{"id":10950,"date":"2026-08-08T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/?p=10950"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:36:03","slug":"jenny-haynes-the-curves-that-began-in-stockholm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/en\/jenny-haynes-kurvorna-som-borjade-i-stockholm\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Haynes \u2014 the curves that started in Stockholm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Studio Saturday Portrait<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It all starts in Sweden. Jenny Haynes, born Nilsson, grew up with a needle and fabric even before she knew it would become her profession. In Stockholm, she studied pattern construction and tailoring \u2014 the artisanal foundation that is still visible in every stitch she makes today. But curiosity pulled her further. Her passion for fabric took her to London, where she delved into fashion and textiles at the London College of Fashion, and it is there, in the meeting between Swedish precision and British experimentation, that her signature was born.<\/p>\n\n\n<nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\"  id=\"modal-1\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\"\n\t\t\t id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Jenny runs her own brand, Paper, Scissors, Stone, from Sheffield in northern England. The name is a playful nod to childhood games \u2014 and a reminder that creativity is always about simple tools coming together in new ways. Her quilts are easy to recognize: soft, sweeping curves in solid colors, a composition that holds together clean, mid-century-inspired lines with a bold color palette. She\u2019s not afraid of a color clash, and likes to mix rich tones with pastels \u2014 always with the Scandinavian sense of form as the common thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swedish heritage has been showcased on truly grand stages. In the summer of 2015, Jenny was invited by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce to participate in Heal&#039;s Swedish Summer Exhibition together with eighteen other Swedish designers. In 2017, she contributed to a book from Thames &amp; Hudson in collaboration with the V&amp;A Museum, where two of her quilts are highlighted as examples of cutting-edge craftsmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The quilts that put her on the map<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3542.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3542.jpeg 401w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3542-300x276.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3542-13x12.jpeg 13w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3542-64x59.jpeg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was around 2018\u20132019 that Jenny&#039;s name seriously began to spread in the quilting world. <em><strong>Paper Round Quilt<\/strong><\/em> above was featured in Curated Quilts Magazine and their 2019 wall calendar \u2014 an early preview of her playful, graphic curvilinear language. That same year, she took home third place in the Modern Traditionalism category at QuiltCon in Nashville with <em><strong>Modern Times Quilt<\/strong><\/em>, and another third place in American Patchwork &amp; Quilting&#039;s two-color challenge with <strong><em>Reel to Reel Quilt<\/em>.<\/strong> These were quilts that showed exactly what made her unique: straight, mid-century-inspired surfaces suddenly broken by a soft, confident curve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3536-64x64.jpeg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later, the design language has grown further, becoming more complex and more experimental. <em><strong>Stern Swivel Quilt<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 with its Swedish name as a little greeting home \u2014 is based on circles and wedges that are multiplied and mirrored into a kaleidoscope of color, with a hidden \u201dsurprise design\u201d in the cut-out pieces. She has since built on this block technique in <strong><em>Full Tilt Quilt<\/em>,<\/strong> which she teaches at retreats around Europe. Going from <em>Modern Times<\/em> to <em>Full Tilt<\/em> is to see an artist who never stops challenging his own curve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3540.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3540.jpeg 389w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3540-227x300.jpeg 227w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3540-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3540-64x85.jpeg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A course weekend in Stockholm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got to experience Jenny&#039;s teaching firsthand. In the fall of 2024, I took a course for her at Bussler in Stockholm, together with a wonderful group of women \u2014 great atmosphere, lots of laughter and some were &quot;squeaked&quot; when the curves didn&#039;t fit on the first try. What I remember best is her ironing technique: how a single iron, at the right angle and at the right moment, can make the difference between a curve that wrinkles and one that lies perfectly flat. I went home with several of her own rulers in my bag \u2014 and a whole new sense of how fun and neat it actually is to sew curves when the technique is right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3827-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3827-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3827-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3827-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3827-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3827-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3827-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3827-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/amaelle.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3827-64x48.jpeg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><code>My own photo of my own favorite machine from the course day at Bussler, Stockholm, autumn 2024<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Jenny doesn\u2019t stop at creating herself. She regularly teaches at the V&amp;A and gives lectures and workshops for textile societies and guilds in the UK and abroad \u2014 she has led courses in her signature curves on location in France. For her, knowledge is something that should be passed on, not left in one\u2019s own studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#039;s exactly the feeling we want to capture in Studio Saturday: that the joy of creation becomes stronger when it&#039;s shared. Jenny Haynes took her Swedish roots with her into the world and let them encounter new techniques, new colors, new contexts \u2014 and came home with something completely her own. A nice reminder that flow rarely goes in a straight line, and that it&#039;s often precisely where it collides that the most beautiful patterns emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Next Saturday: Birgitta Jadenfelt, the woman behind Sybiggan, who creates her own blocks for playful quilts from her home in Kv\u00e4num.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A forward push from me, Maria<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studio Saturday Portrait It all started in Sweden. Jenny Haynes, born Nilsson, grew up with a needle and fabric even before she knew it would become her profession. In Stockholm, she studied pattern construction and tailoring \u2014 the artisanal foundation that is still visible in every stitch she makes today. But curiosity pulled her further. 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