The old rubber letters from the market at Santo Stefano di Sessanio

The inspiring hills of Gran Sasso where Santo Stefano di Sessanio is situated.

So I finally finished my first Twinkle Twinkle - duvet cover for small children. The idea came to me when I found a box of really old, beautiful, rubber stamps at a market place in a little medieval town in Abruzzo (Italy) called Santo Stefano di Sessanio. Just a few days later I found the text to the poem! Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and so two things that I really liked merged into one.

Here is the whole poem:

Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are?


Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky.



When the blazing sun is gone, when he nothing shines upon,

Then you show your little light, twinkle, twinkle all the night.

Then the traveler in the dark, thanks you for your tiny spark,


He could not see which way to go, if you did not twinkle so.



In the dark blue sky you keep, and often through my curtains peep,


For you never shut your eye, 'till the sun is in the sky.



As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark,


Though I know not what you are – twinkle, twinkle little star.

Jane Taylor 1806

(Yes, the text in the picture is written in Swedish)