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  • 10th to 15th century - medieval islamic inspired embroidery,  Bayeux Stitch,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Islamic,  Islamic laid and couched work,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  OvO - Order of the velvet Owl - pouch,  Projects,  Silver Thread,  Stem Stitch,  Surface Couching,  Surface Couching 2:1,  Wool-Silk Thread

    …my medieval islamic inspired embroidery project – the embroidery .1

    2017/09/13

    Yes, I know, I was quite silent recently. But I had a very good reason for my break as I’ve been working like crazy on a fitted 12th century silk bliaut (dress) for the future Queen of the Kingdom of Meridies. …and like always – when it comes to special projects like these – the time frame for completion is very limited. The bliaut has to be finished before the upcoming coronation event – preferably sooner than later. However, you find me relatively relaxed as I already made some great progress. Her silk underdress is already finished as well as a good part of the bliaut. I am quite optimistic that…

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  • 10th to 15th century - medieval islamic inspired embroidery,  Bayeux Stitch,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Islamic,  Islamic laid and couched work,  Medieval Embroidery,  OvO - Order of the velvet Owl - pouch,  Projects

    …my medieval islamic inspired embroidery project – from the medieval inspiration to an actual pattern or “an interesting journey” .3

    2017/07/19

    And once again a posting about my most recent embroidery project – my medieval islamic inspired embroidery project for my dear mother-in-law, Gloria. I can’t tell you how great it feels to find some time and peace to post about this project again. It is a very special project which is very close to my heart. I intended to write my next posting about it earlier but then life happened. Yeah, the last two weeks were quite rough on me. I twisted my ankle quite badly and if that wasn’t already enough, I also got a really bad stomach bug. However, there is no cause for concern – my ankle as well…

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  • 10th to 15th century - medieval islamic inspired embroidery,  Bayeux Stitch,  Books,  Books - Embroidery,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Islamic,  Islamic laid and couched work,  OvO - Order of the velvet Owl - pouch,  Projects,  Refilsaum

    …my medieval islamic inspired embroidery project – from the medieval inspiration to an actual pattern or “an interesting journey” .2

    2017/06/29

    And today we are taking another close look at my very first medieval islamic inspired embroidery project – the OvO pouch for Gloria, my dear mother-in-law. My last posting was about the problems I had to solve concerning the Arabic inscription of the extant medieval islamic embroidery before I could even think about starting with the actual embroidery. But once this initial problem was resolved, I could continue with exploring the embroidery technique which was used for the extant medieval islamic piece which inspired me.

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  • 10th to 15th century - medieval islamic inspired embroidery,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Islamic,  Islamic laid and couched work,  Medieval Art,  Medieval Embroidery,  Museum,  Museum - Online Collections,  OvO - Order of the velvet Owl - pouch,  Projects,  Thoughts about working with medieval patterns...

    …my medieval islamic inspired embroidery project – from the medieval inspiration to an actual pattern or “an interesting journey” .1

    2017/06/20

    Today we’re taking another close look at my very first medieval islamic inspired embroidery project – the OvO pouch for Gloria, my dear mother-in-law. The path which starts with the initial inspiration and finally leads to the finished project is not always easy. Sometimes one has to follow a quite difficult way and get rid of one obstacle after another. And yes, this project was one of those not quite so easy ones and sent me on an interesting journey…

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  • 10th to 15th century - medieval islamic inspired embroidery,  Bayeux Stitch,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Links,  Embroidery Patterns,  Islamic,  Islamic laid and couched work,  Materials,  Medieval Art,  Medieval Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery,  Museum,  Museum - Online Collections,  OvO - Order of the velvet Owl - pouch,  Projects,  Refilsaum,  Wool-Silk Thread

    Gloria’s OvO pouch with medieval islamic inspired embroidery – my period inspiration :D

    2017/06/05

    My previous posting, “super secret project revealed: OvO pouch with medieval islamic inspired embroidery“, already contained a sneak peek at this very special embroidery project. And today I am going to show you the period inspiration for my medieval islamic inspired embroidery project. 🙂 But let’s talk about the project first. When I took on this project, I was already aware that it wouldn’t be a simple task for me. Being so close to the recipient – Gloria, my beloved mother-in-law – made this embroidery project easier but also much more difficult at the same time.

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  • 10th to 15th century - medieval islamic inspired embroidery,  Applique,  Bayeux Stitch,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Gulf Wars,  Hand-Sewing,  Islamic,  Islamic laid and couched work,  Kingdom of Meridies,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  OvO - Order of the velvet Owl - pouch,  Projects,  Refilsaum,  SCA,  SCA Events,  Surface Couching,  Wool-Silk Thread

    my super secret project revealed: OvO pouch with medieval islamic inspired embroidery

    2017/05/03

    And finally a picture of the OvO pouch with the medieval islamic inspired embroidery which I put together for Gloria, my awesome mother-in-law. (OvO -> Order of the velvet Owl, Kingdom of Meridies, SCA) Yeah, this quite special piece of medieval islamic inspired embroidery was the super secret project on which I was working on from the first day of January until our favorite SCA event – Gulf Wars – in March. And at Gulf Wars Gloria finally got introduced into the Order of the velvet Owl. Just right before the knighting ceremony of her son, my dear husband. And not a moment too soon as keeping this project secret was killing me… 😉

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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,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Gold embroidery / gold work,  Gold Thread,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  Padded Satin Stitch,  Projects,  Rose,  Satin Stitch,  Silk Thread,  Surface Couching

    14th century hood for a friend – 5th rose finished! :)

    2016/11/22

    Wooohooo! I am very glad to say that I just finished another embroidered rose for my friends 14th century hood project! Recently I was quite busy with other projects – like sewing a hood for our beautiful Queen Oda and painting a shield for my husband for the Meridian Crown Tournament – but whenever I found some idle time inbetween, I continued working on the roses for my friends 14th century hood. And it finally paid off – though it seemed to take forever, the 5th rose  is finally finished too! 

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  • 14th century hood with roses for Elisenda de Luna,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Gold Thread,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  Pelicans,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .4 – a little pelican and the red silk embroidery around the middle…

    2016/11/07

    It’s time again for some embroidery. The focus of todays posting will be on some red silk embroidery and a tiny embroidered pelican. I hope you are just as excited as I am. Today I am going to show you the technique which I used to embroider the red embellishment along the border of the middle part of the roses.  And that’s not all – I also have a sneak peek at the little, very cute pelican which I added to the middle of one of the roses. 😀

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

    More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .3 – my surface couching embroidery for the center of the roses…

    2016/10/27

    It took some time but today I finally have my third part of my rose embroidery tutorial ready for you. Todays posting will show you how I used Surface Couching to embroider the central section of the roses for my friends 14th century hood. 😀 But before we get to the embroidery tutorial, I would like to write a little about the last days and weeks as they were quite a journey for me. As some of you might recall from my recent postings, I was taking one test after another to qualify for my GED diploma. And though all these tests drained me mentally, I am excited to tell that all the hard work and concentration finally…

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  • positive review  Racaire makes beautiful and period pieces from A-Z! My little family proudly owns three of her bags, which are extremely durable and gorgeous! My daughter (5 years old) even has her own sized bag! They go to every event with us and often I use mine as my purse in mundane life. Racaire will only make and sell items which will stand the test of time and is extremely detailed in everything she does. I recommend 10/10!

    Katie Whipple Avatar Katie Whipple
    2019/07/28

    positive review  I recently bought a run of octopus print fabric from Racaire’s Workshop. The piece is beautiful and it’s always a pleasure to business with a fellow artist. Anna’s attention to detail is amazing.

    Deborah Yegerlehner Sweeney Avatar Deborah Yegerlehner Sweeney
    2019/09/26

    positive review  Amazing work, love the stamp created for me. The details are amazing. You just kind find anything their equal for quality and artistic design. Def

    Robert de Bray Avatar Robert de Bray
    2019/09/04
  • positive review  I have admired Racaire’s Workshop for a while. The examples of period style and the detail put into the finished work always looks great. I ordered some linen coifs for my kit and was asked important question that made my experience a good one. Besides size, color and intended use. I am happy with my purchase.

    John Reuter Norman Armoury Avatar John Reuter Norman Armoury
    2020/01/13

    positive review  She made a masque for me, and helped me pick color an design, then gift-wrapped (😍) it when I said it was a birthday present from me to me -- well constructed and as attractive as possible given what it is. I will definitely buy again. Kendra of the White Castle

    Lou Villadsen Avatar Lou Villadsen
    2020/04/25

    positive review  I ordered an octopus printed bag on October 27th. By the next day, the bag was finished, packaged up, and shipped to me. It arrived today, October 31st. Included in the package was a hand-written note detailing how to clean the bag as-needed, and a few extra small pieces of stamped fabric. The seller was very responsive to questions, and gave me some great tips as I'm going to start getting into doing fabric painting myself. I would definitely recommend purchasing from Racaire's Workshop.

    Joe Sites Avatar Joe Sites
    2019/11/01

Sneak peek at my Shop

  • Soft, cozy & warm green scarf with white 12th century print. Hand printed with my own hand carved stamps. New scarf, pre-washed, ready to wear & machine washable! Scarf with 12th century print - green/white $59.00
  • Large linen coif/arming cap made from lovely black linen fabric, handprinted in white with a handcut medieval inspired rose stamp. Large linen coif/arming cap in black/white with rose print $25.00
  • Bag made from white cotton fabric, lined with white cotton fabric & hand printed in magenta with a hand carved 13th century lion stamp. Bag with 13th century lion print - white / purple (magenta) & green - 12 x 12.5 inch $70.00
  • Bag made from red cotton canvas, lined with red cotton fabric & hand printed in white with a hand carved 13th century griffin & decorative border stamp. Bag with 13th century griffin & border print - red / white - 13 x 13 inch $70.00
  • Bag with octopus print Bag with octopus print - green/white - 13 x 14 inch $80.00

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I just finished working on another fun scarf: the second handprinted buttlicking cat scarf with paw prints!
❤️🐾😺🐾❤️

This one is already promised but if you like cats and would like to see more cat prints, you can find them here: https://www.racaire.com/product-category/prints-colors/print/cats/

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...and also a custom handprinted scarf with griffi ...and also a custom handprinted scarf with griffins got finished today! I love how nice the 13th century inspired griffins look on this bright red! 

...and if you'd like to see more prints, you can find them here: https://www.racaire.com/

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I just finished working on a fun scarf commission I just finished working on a fun scarf commission you might enjoy: the very first buttlicking cat print scarf with paw prints! ❤️🐾😺🐾❤️

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

#racaire #printing #mysca #amtgard #empireofmedievalpursuits #larp #cosplay #dagorhir #medieval #reenactment #handmade #artist #madeinflorida #scarf #scarves #printedscarf #black #white #blackandwhite #whiteandblack #handprinted #handprintedtextiles #medieval #cat #cats #catlover #catfan #catmom #funnycats #catsofinstagram #catlovers

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Sneak peek at my favorite work: custom made pieces Sneak peek at my favorite work:
custom made pieces ❤️

Red medium size linen coifs handprinted with white griffin print fresh off the sewing machine & handprinted dark green cotton canvas pouches with white 12th century lion print which should get finished tomorrow. Don't worry, I made some extra ones for my shop! ❤️😊❤️
...and then I have some stamp cutting on my to-do list!

Wearable art, handmade with love in Crestview, Florida, USA. You can find more handprinted one-of-a-kind items here:
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The short table runners with laurel wreath & fleur The short table runners with laurel wreath & fleur-de-lis print are now back in stock again! Lovely, very dark blue cotton canvas, which is nearly black, hand printed with my handcut laurel wreath & fleur-de-lis stamp!

Two layers of nice sturdy canvas which will look great on your table at home, at your coffee table or at your next feast! It's so versatile and most important - machine washable!

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A new cat scarf fresh off the drying rack for a co A new cat scarf fresh off the drying rack for a cozy and warm experience all year long!
Thanks for all your great input! I finally decided to leave this one as it is but the next one will definitely get some random paw prints as you suggested. ❤️🐾😺🐾❤️
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Prewashed lovely soft 'Pashmina feel' fabric in black color, hand printed in white with my own handcarved buttlicking cat stamp which was inspired by period medieval artwork.
Cozy & warm, great for cooler days & air conditioned rooms, machine washable!

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

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A new black scarf fresh off the drying rack with t A new black scarf fresh off the drying rack with the very first griffin print for a cozy and warm experience all year long!
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Prewashed lovely soft 'Pashmina feel' fabric in black color, hand printed in yellow with my own handcarved 13th century griffin & fleur-de-lis stamps, which were inspired by period artwork. Beautiful cozy & warm, great for cooler days & air conditioned rooms, machine washable!
💛🖤😍🖤💛

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

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Working on a special scarf commission for a lovely Working on a special scarf commission for a lovely lady - a black 13th century dragon print on (smooth) raw silk. 🖤😍🖤

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I got some lovely new colors for my workshop! They I got some lovely new colors for my workshop!
They will make some lovely handprinted placemats, table runners and aprons! ❤️😍❤️

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...and another table runner just got finished! 60i ...and another table runner just got finished! 60in of lovely slightly darker red canvas with yellow 13th century griffin and fleur-de-lis print.
It will be an interesting challenge to take a nice picture of this long table runner for my shop... ❤️

#racaire #printing #mysca #amtgard #empireofmedievalpursuits #larp #cosplay #dagorhir #medieval #reenactment #handmade #artist #madeinflorida #red #darkred #yellow #handprinted #handprintedtextiles #medieval #tabledecoration #tablerunner
#tablesetting #tablerunners #tabledecor #tablesettings #fleurs #fleurdelis #griffin

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Sneak peek! ...when you made a lot of new things f Sneak peek! ...when you made a lot of new things for your little shop but would rather like to sew some more than set up for a photo shoot... *lol*

However, I promise to take some photos soon - I just have to familiarize myself with my new phone first as my old one stopped working properly... I am already excited about the first pics and can't wait to find out what the camera of my new phone can do... ❤️💕❤️

Wearable art, handmade with love in Crestview, Florida, USA. You can find more handprinted one-of-a-kind items here:
https://www.racaire.com

#racaire #scarf #placemat #tablerunner #facemask #mysca #fashion #fashionable  #madeinflorida #amtgard #empireofmedievalpursuits #cosplay #larp #dagorhir #green #yellow #purple #black #white #octopus #cat #catking #catlover #printedfabric #printedmaterial #linen #facemasks #handprinted #handprintedtextiles #handprintedfabric

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...it always makes me smile when I am working with ...it always makes me smile when I am working with my (early) 16th century butt-licking cat stamp. After thinking for so long about it, I finally had to print a new scarf with it for my shop. What do you think? Shall I add some stars or cat paw prints or simply leave it as it is?
❤😸😻😸❤

#racaire #racairesworkshop #catfan #cat #catmom #buttlickingcat #cats #catlover #catlovers #black #white #blackscarf #blackandwhite #printed #printedtextiles #handprinting #handprintedtextiles #handprinted #scarf #scarves #unique #specialproject #special #fun #funproject
A new orange scarf with black 13th/14th century ra A new orange scarf with black 13th/14th century raven print fresh off the drying rack for a cozy medieval experience all year long!
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Prewashed lovely soft 'Pashmina feel' fabric, hand printed in black with my own handcarved 13th/14th century raven & 13th century fleur-de-lis stamps which were inspired by period artwork. Beautiful cozy & warm, great for  cooler days & air conditioned rooms, machine washable!
💛💜😍💜💛

#racaire #printing #mysca #amtgard #empireofmedievalpursuits #larp #cosplay #dagorhir #medieval #reenactment #handmade #artist #madeinflorida #scarf #scarves #printedscarf #orange #black #blackandorange #orangeandblack #orangelove #thirteenthcentury #handprinted #handprintedtextiles #13thcentury #14thcentury #medieval #bird #raven #birdprint #fleurdelis

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