A funny thing happened on the way to the laundromat I discovered another arty place - BSW OY ( Birch Sewer) in Helsinki, Finland. . from a magazine article On 5 June, it was a wet, fairly cold and grey Tuesday and we had lots of dirty clothes and the unthinkable prospect of another week of wearing "smelly" clothes before we reached our friend’s home in Oulu . Determined to locate a laundromat (about a 25 minute walk from our hotel) we started off with a map, and found some wonderful little streets with quaint shops, formidable buildings and a Swedish designed Gothic revival Church! One of the shops I spotted was worth further investigation, once I saw the sewing symbols and the beautiful cheerful orange pansies in the window boxes. I boldly entered and then realised that I couldn’t even pretend to be a customer, as this was a dressmaker’s studio for custom made clothing. But not just any dressmaker! The delightful , talented and ex...
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