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#2 Fast & easy Pouch, 14th century projects, Back Stitch, Craft with Racaire, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, How to start a new thread, Pouch for my 14th century inspired Backgammon Game, Projects

Craft with Racaire – Project 2 – fast and easy pouch tutorial – Step 3.2 – hand sewing – how to start a new thread & hide it .2 :)

2014/05/20

I know, when I am having fun with an embroidery project, I tend to forget everything around me… *lol* But well, I love embroidery and I also love posting new progress pictures for you… 😀 Now, after I made some really nice progress concerning my new 12th century project “Saint Michael and the Dragon“, it is time to go back again to my second “Craft with Racaire” project: the fast and easy pouch tutorial. Wow, I have so many projects at which I am working at the moment and already so many ideas for new projects that I really should finish this one as soon as possible… 😀 In the last posting I showed you how…

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#2 Fast & easy Pouch, Craft with Racaire, Hand-Sewing, How to start a new thread

Craft with Racaire – Project 2 – fast and easy pouch tutorial – Step 2.2 – hand sewing – how to start a new thread & hide it…

2014/04/20

Some time ago I learned from some of my friends that several of my hand sewing & embroidery steps are rather new and unknown to others. Even if I consider this techniques very basic and elemental. I always try to keep that in mind while I am working at my projects. This is the main reason why I also try to document my “very basic” steps by taking as many useful photos as possible for you. Recently I took some detail photos of a very basic hand sewing technique I use very often. This detail photos will show you how to start a new thread and how to hide it in a seam. This posting is especially devoted to…

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#2 Fast & easy Pouch, 14th century projects, Basics, Craft with Racaire, Hand-Sewing, How to work with rapports, Pouch, Pouch for my 14th century inspired Backgammon Game, Projects

Craft with Racaire – Project #2 – Pouch #1 – fast and easy pouch tutorial (handsewn) & how to work with “rapports”

2014/03/17

I know that many of you really have enjoyed my pouch-projects and I guess that some of you miss my “old” fast and easy pouch tutorial. Therefore I started a new project for you and also for my “Craft with Racaire” section: My fast and easy pouch tutorial Before I introduce you the more difficult techniques and we start with the embroidered and fancy pouches, I decided to show you a simple way how to make a hand-sewn pouch for yourself, for a gift, your favorite card game,… or whatever you want to store in it. Btw. this is a tutorial for a hand-sewn pouch which you can easily embroider and…

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14th century French pouch 1, 14th century projects, Basics, Embroidery, How to match colours, Medieval Embroidery, Projects

14th century French Pouch .1 – which color for the hood? …an easy way to match colors

2014/03/15

Well, today I have a very special topic for you concerning my 14th century French pouch: “Which color for the hood?”. Furthermore this is also a very good reason for another posting about very “basic techniques”. In particular I want to show you “an easy way to match colors” today. 🙂 But first things first – as you can imagine, I have many possible colors which I could use for the “hood” in the 2nd section of my 14th century French pouch. Well, it’s great to have so many colors to chose from but that’s also the point where the “grande miseria” begins. Now I have to decide which color out of…

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14th century French pouch 1, 14th century projects, Basics, Embroidery, How to "park" threads, Medieval Embroidery, Projects

14th century French Pouch .1 – sneak peek progress .8 & short basic embroidery hint

2014/03/10

…a new week just started and what is better then starting a new week with new progress and another “short basic embroidery hint”? …yeah, I have again new embroidery progress concerning my 14th century French pouch for you – enjoy! 🙂 …as you can see at the following pictures – section 1 & 2 are nearly finished and I already started with section 3:

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Medieval Embroidery Basics – how to start a new thread / “sew in the thread” :)

2014/03/05

I normally don’t care much about the “basic” techniques I use because… Well, actually there is no because – I “just”use them. Though they come rather natural to me, it seems like they are not so basic to others like I thought. While I was chatting with a member of my blog about my recent tutorials, I was rather surprised to get to know that what I considered “common” knowledge was rather new to her. Therefore I decided for the future also to take a look at my simple and basic steps and to share them from time to time. I am starting today by adding the new category “Basic” to…

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