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Passionate fiber artist, blockprinter, stampcutter, seamstress & more. One of a kind wearable art handmade with love in Florida.

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  • Basics,  Books,  Books - Embroidery,  Craft with Racaire,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Accessories,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  Museum

    Thoughts on mastering medieval embroidery

    2020/08/30

    Some people once told me that if I wasn't so nice, they would have to hate me because of my talent. I agree, talent is nice but talent is just one thing and it only gets you to a certain point. To understand a craft fully, one has to allow oneself to imerge into the desired field completely. But what does that really mean?

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  • 14th century hood with roses for Elisenda de Luna,  14th century projects,  Craft with Racaire,  Embroidery,  Gold embroidery / gold work,  Gold Thread,  How to start a new thread,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  Misc. step by step embroidery tutorials,  Projects,  Rose,  Rose embroidery for Elisenda's 14th century hood,  Silk Thread,  Surface Couching

    More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .5.2 – some gold thread embellishment for the border of the rose leaf :)

    2017/01/26

    Woohoo! I am working on a super secret project at the moment! 😀 …and though I can’t really share any information or progress pictures concerning the new project until it’s finished and the recipient got it, you really don’t need to worry that I might take a break from posting until the project is finished. On the contrary! I took so many pictures of my recent embroidery and sewing projects that I can keep you quite busy until I can finally reveal my new, super secret project. 🙂 Which brings me right to the topic of todays posting. In my last two postings I showed you my two work steps concerning the silk shading embroidery for the rose…

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  • 14th century hood with roses for Elisenda de Luna,  14th century projects,  Basics,  Craft with Racaire,  Embroidery,  Gold embroidery / gold work,  Gold Thread,  How to start a new thread,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery Hands On Tutorials,  Misc. step by step embroidery tutorials,  Projects,  Rose embroidery for Elisenda's 14th century hood,  Silk Thread,  Surface Couching

    More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .2 – starting the surface couching

    2016/10/03

    Wow! What a week! During the last days I was struggling with fighting off a head cold as well as finally facing my driving test. As easy as embroidery and some other things might come to me, I really struggle a lot when it comes to taking any kind of tests. And the driving test, which took place yesterday, was definitely no difference. I was a complete wreck before, during and after the test and not even my dear husband was able to calm me down…

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  • 12th century belt,  12th century projects,  Basics,  Embroidery,  How to do pearl embroidery,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  Pearl embroidery,  Pearls,  Projects

    12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress – pearl embroidery .3

    2016/03/08

    During the last weeks I was busy preparing for Gulf Wars and actually wanted to work on my “leg armor” for SCA “Heavy Fighting” today. Given the amount of layers and the thickness of the material I decided to do the sewing with the help of my sewing machine. But, well, after several hours facing a never ending fight with my sewing machine, I think I finally have to face the sad truth. My sewing machine really hates me and doesn’t want to cooperate with me at all. *sigh* But life is too precious to end the day feeling frustrated and defeated. Therefore I finally decided to stop fighting my sewing machine…

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  • 12th century belt,  12th century projects,  Basics,  Craft with Racaire,  Embroidery,  How to do pearl embroidery,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery Hands On Tutorials,  Pearl embroidery,  Pearls,  Projects

    12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress – pearl embroidery .1

    2016/02/20

    And today let’s talk about one of my other favorite topics besides Klosterstich and surface couching – pearl embroidery! 😀 Well, pearls per se were and still are something very special. Their availability is quite limited and their price is rather high due to the natural production process. Besides the beautiful appearance and shine pearls possess naturally, their rather restricted availability as well as their quite high monetary value might have added to their great appeal in the medieval age. I think that the usage of pearls for jewelry or pearl embroidery used to reflected the wealth of the person who could actually afford to use them in either high quality (large, round and with a perfect surface appearance)…

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  • 14th century Meridian Cross Cyclas / sideless surcote,  14th century projects,  Applique,  Chain Stitch,  Embroidery,  Hand-Sewing,  How to prepare patches for appliqué,  How to use embroidery models / Schablonen,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects

    My new “Meridian Cross Cyclas” – a Manesse inspired 14th century cyclas / sideless surcote .1 – the appliqué embroidery

    2015/11/20

    Yeah, it’s true and no typo – I made a 14th century cylas / sideless surcote for me! Or how I call the newest addition to my wardrobe: my 14th century “Meridian Cross Cyclas”! 😀 How come? Well, while I was living in the kingdom of Drachenwald – the SCA group covering Europe, the middle East and South Africa – I wasn’t able to make it to many SCA events. Not that I didn’t want to but quite many of the events were out of my budget due to the required travel to the location in a rather far away country like Sweden, Finland, UK,… Therefore my normal event count per year was about 1 to maximal…

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  • 14th century projects,  14th century XL hood for Pelican elevation,  Applique,  Appliqué border embellishment,  Basics,  Embroidery,  How to prepare patches for appliqué,  Knight belts,  Medieval Embroidery,  Pelicans

    White 14th century XL hood for a friends Pelican elevation – embroidery .4 – how I created the embroidered Pelican patches .2

    2015/10/21

    In my last posting – “White 14th century XL hood for a friends Pelican elevation – embroidery .4 – how I created the embroidered Pelican patches .1” – I showed you how I created the two different kinds of golden beaks for the embroidered pelicans. After this step and and after finishing the rest of the embroidery for the pelicans, I decided to add even more embroidery. Instead of removing the base fabric in-between the knighthood belt and the pelican embroidery, which didn’t have any appliqué or other kind of embroidery, I made the decision to fill this empty space with lovely purple silk/wool thread.

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  • "Helping Lines" for embroidery,  14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    Sneak peek at my next embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .9

    2015/08/05

    Yesterday, after a weekend filled with fishing and hanging out with some of our good friends, I finally got back to work at two of my embroidery projects again. First I managed to flatten the seams and also the rest of the fabric of the 14th century XL hood. And I also ironed the lovely purple wool fabric which I got for the appliqué embroidery.

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  • 14th century hood,  14th century projects,  Blackwork,  Chain Stitch,  Embroidery,  How to use embroidery models / Schablonen,  Projects

    My pink 14th century hood with long liripipe & decorative chain stitch embroidery – revisited

    2015/07/09

    And now, that I already started my new 14th century hood project for a friend – about which I told you yesterday – I would like to take the chance and tell you a little bit more about my other 14th century hood projects. As some of you might remember, I already revisited my 14th century hood with daggings, long liripipe and decorative chain stitch embroidery project last year. This 14th century hood was my favorite hood until I decided to give it away to a very nice friend whom I met at an SCA event in England – at Rhaglan.

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  • Books,  Books - Embroidery,  Craft with Racaire,  Embroidery,  How to start a new thread,  Klosterstich,  Klosterstich tutorial,  Medieval Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery Hands On Tutorials

    Klosterstich hands on tutorial – part 1 – how to start your Klosterstich embroidery :)

    2014/11/04

    Before we get to the next steps of how to sew a perfect fitting medieval 14th century stocking based on my most recent stocking pattern tutorial, I have the very first part of my Klosterstich hands on tutorial about “how to start Klosterstich embroidery” for you. Already some time ago I promised to put together this Klosterstich hands on tutorial as an addition to my Klosterstich technique handout. It is a summery of my experience based on several Klosterstich classes which I hold throughout the last years.

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Customer Reviews

  • positive review  I commissioned a hand carved stamp for my husband's knighting ceremony clothes. Not only is it gorgeous, but I was given SO MUCH information on sources and instructional information on block printing. I now feel relatively confident I can do this. Perfection.

    Maegwynn Attewode Avatar Maegwynn Attewode
    2020/03/25

    positive review  This woman is so amazingly talented and wonderful!!! She creates the most beautiful things!!! If you are looking for someone to create something for you - you have found her!!!

    Misty April Bushlow Avatar Misty April Bushlow
    2019/10/16

    positive review  Racaire's work is thoughtful, beautiful, historic and absolutely well made! There is care and pride in everything that comes out of her workshop, a craftmanship that you just don't get from mainstream markets! I have several items done by her hand and I am continually asked about them and who made them. Racaire's quality and artistic beauty shines through everytime.

    Brealthen De Raimes Avatar Brealthen De Raimes
    2019/09/12
  • positive review  Rest assured I will do business with you again and spread how good your merchandise is. Your patterned coif was amazing in its fit. and quality.

    David Fordham Avatar David Fordham
    2020/05/30

    positive review  Fantastic quality and really awesome communication. Very much appreciate the beautiful stamp work and high quality sewing. The wool coif will be something he treasures for a long time!

    Libby Cripps Avatar Libby Cripps
    2020/03/24

    positive review  Working with Racaire's Workshop has been wonderful. I special ordered an octopus bag and it is beautiful. She created it to my requested specifications.There was a ton of communication throughout the entire process. It was efficient, and easy.

    Cera Jackson Avatar Cera Jackson
    2019/11/30

Sneak peek at my Shop

  • Beautiful hair stick in silver color with celtic knot. Has a good weight and a lovely shine - very pretty jewelry for your hair! Hair stick with celtic knot $16.00
  • Bag made from blue cotton canvas, lined, printed with a hand carved 15th century Pelican stamp in gold. Bag with 15th century Pelican print - blue/gold - 12 x 12 inch $80.00
  • Large red linen dragon coif/arming cap made from lovely red linen, handprinted in white with a hand carved dragon stamp. Ready to wear! Machine washable! Large linen coif/arming cap in red/white with 12th-14th century dragon print $25.00
  • Beautiful hair stick in silver color triskele. Has a good weight and a lovely shine - very pretty jewelry for your hair! Hair stick with triskele $16.00
  • Large size chain print linen coif / arming cap made from blue linen fabric & hand printed with a hand carved chain stamp. Pre-washed fabric, ready to wear & machine washable! Large linen coif/arming cap in blue/yellow with chain print $25.00

Most recent top posts:

  • Nov 15, 2020 Lazarus mi-parti linen tunic for Count Tristan Greymane – King of The Burning Lands (Amtgard)
  • Oct 23, 2020 “Hey Conrad, let’s talk about fighting!” – Episode 2 – “Learning by adapting”
  • Oct 10, 2020 “Hey Conrad, let’s talk about fighting!” – Episode 1 – “Getting Over Yourself”
  • Aug 30, 2020 Thoughts on mastering medieval embroidery
  • Jan 14, 2020 Blockprinting & stamp cutting – my new obsessions…

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I never thought about making bandanas until I got an interesting customer request - a red triangle linen bandana with black octopus print. And this cute little octopus bandana is ready to go to a loving home.🐙❤️😍❤️🐙...and if you'd like to see all my octopus prints, you can find them here: https://www.racaire.com/product-category/prints-colors/print/octopus/#racaire #printing #mysca #amtgard #empireofmedievalpursuits #larp #cosplay #dagorhir #medieval #reenactment #renaissancefestival #renfaire #renaissancefaire #renaissancefair #handmade #artist #madeinflorida #bandana #bandanas #black #red #blackandred #redandblack #handprinted #handprintedtextiles #octopus #octopus🐙 #octopusproject #octopuses #octopusarthttps://www.racaire.com/ ... See MoreSee Less

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I just finished the handprinted reversible black & I just finished the handprinted reversible black & blue heavy linen hood/fencing mask hood cover commission with white warrior rabbit print! 🖤🐰🖤

The hood is custom made to a specific fencing mask size from two layers of heavy linen in black and blue. It is very interesting how the coarse heavy linen affects the print of the medieval inspired warrior bunny stamp which I cut for this special project.
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I just finished the handprinted reversible black & I just finished the handprinted reversible black & blue heavy linen hood/fencing mask hood cover commission with white warrior rabbit print! 🖤🐰🖤

The hood is custom made to a specific fencing mask size from two layers of heavy linen in black and blue. It is very interesting how the coarse heavy linen affects the print of the medieval inspired warrior bunny stamp which I cut for this special project.
🐰💙😍💙🐰

#racaire #printing #mysca #amtgard #empireofmedievalpursuits #larp #cosplay #dagorhir #armr #reenactment #handmade #artist #hood #cover #fencing #historicalfencing #fencingequipment #blue #bluelove #bluelover #blueandblack #black #handprinted #handprintedtextiles #medieval #rabbit #bunny #killerbunny #killerrabbit #medievalart

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Today I am working on a handprinted reversible lin Today I am working on a handprinted reversible linen hood/fencing mask hood cover from my special commission list!

The hood itself is fresh off the sewing machine and just got finished! It is custom made to a specific fencing mask size from two layers of heavy linen in black and blue. Tomorrow will come the fun part - the very first use of the very first medieval inspired warrior bunny stamp which I cut for this special project. I am already looking forward to using this fun stamp for the first time!
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The best thing about a fun haircut is that one can The best thing about a fun haircut is that one can try something new every day... Trying to get better at braiding so I can do more of the cool belter hair styles from "The Expanse"... And I can't tell you how much I enjoy the short hair at the sides...

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Another special commission just got finished - bla Another special commission just got finished - black cotton placemats with white octopus print!
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Handprinted cotton canvas placemats printed with my own, hand carved octopus stamps, mitered seams and yes, of course, they are machine washable!
You can find my ready to ship placemats and table runners here in my store: https://www.racaire.com/product-category/for-home-table-tent/

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I am slowly but steadily working my way through my I am slowly but steadily working my way through my special commission list! I just finished a pair of black linen face masks with yellow griffin print which will accompany a lovely black scarf with griffin print!
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The masks looks so good that I might make some for my shop as soon as I finish my last commission. But first I have to finish a few more special pieces for my awesome customers!
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If you would like to see my other ready to ship face masks, you can find them here:  https://www.racaire.com/product-category/face-mask/

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Found a great looking little #wafflemaker from #cu Found a great looking little #wafflemaker from #cuisinart in a #thriftshop and decided to give it a try...
Not the prettiest #waffles but definitely better than any store bought ones! A yummy treat before I start today's work in my workshop... ❤️😍❤️

Mhmmmm... Fresh waffles with butter and homemade strawberry Kompott I made last year from local #strawberries ...

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Found a great looking little #wafflemaker from #cu Found a great looking little #wafflemaker from #cuisinart in a #thriftshop and decided to give it a try...
Not the prettiest #waffles but definitely better than any store bought ones! A yummy treat before I start today's work in my workshop... ❤️😍❤️

#racaire #madefromscratch #cookingfromscratch #waffle #treat #thriftstorefinds #thriftstore #brunch #brunchtime
Just got my first moderna shot to keep my family, Just got my first moderna shot to keep my family, friends and customers safe! Thanks #winndixie for your service!

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Waiting for my first covid shot...

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I never thought about making bandanas until I got I never thought about making bandanas until I got an interesting customer request - a red triangle linen bandana with black octopus print.
🐙❤️😍❤️🐙

...and as I had two triangles I also made a second printed bandana. One will go to its new home and the other one will be added to my shop - wonder which one it will be though... ❤️😊❤️

...and if you'd like to see all my octopus prints, you can find them here: https://www.racaire.com/product-category/prints-colors/print/octopus/

#racaire #printing #mysca #amtgard #empireofmedievalpursuits #larp #cosplay #dagorhir #medieval #reenactment #renaissancefestival #renfaire #renaissancefaire #renaissancefair #handmade #artist #madeinflorida #bandana #bandanas #black #red #blackandred #redandblack #handprinted #handprintedtextiles  #octopus #octopus🐙 #octopusproject #octopuses #octopusart

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I never thought about making bandanas until I got I never thought about making bandanas until I got an interesting customer request - a red triangle linen bandana with black octopus print. 🐙❤️😍❤️🐙

...and if you'd like to see all my octopus prints, you can find them here: https://www.racaire.com/product-category/prints-colors/print/octopus/

#racaire #printing #mysca #amtgard #empireofmedievalpursuits #larp #cosplay #dagorhir #medieval #reenactment #renaissancefestival #renfaire #renaissancefaire #renaissancefair #handmade #artist #madeinflorida #bandana #bandanas #black #red #blackandred #redandblack #handprinted #handprintedtextiles  #octopus #octopus🐙 #octopusproject #octopuses #octopusart

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