Her most notable works include the 1930-31 furnishing textile and carpet designs for the newly built Finnish Parliament building, which are considered her professional breakthrough.

[5] She is among other things known for her work in modernising the design language and methodology of the traditional Finnish ryijy wall hangings and other tapestries.

[5] When raw materials were in short supply during the war years, she created her now-iconic line of wallpaper designs using birch bark and straw.

[3][5] Skogster's works received awards and commendations at the Milan Triennial V in 1933, as well as the World Expos in Brussels (1935), Paris (1937) and New York (1939).

[6] She was married to Vuorineuvos William Lehtinen, a long-time managing director of the forestry and paper company Enso-Gutzeit (now part of Stora Enso); they had one son.