Medieval Embroidery Archives - Racaire's Workshop

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, Islamic laid and couched work, Medieval Embroidery, OvO - Order of the velvet Owl - pouch, Projects, Refilsaum, Wool-Silk Thread

…my medieval islamic inspired embroidery project – the embroidery

2017/08/12

And today I am going to show you more pictures of my medieval islamic inspired embroidery for Gloria’s OvO pouch. Due to the time restraints of this project I didn’t get to take many pictures. However, I did my best to capture some of the more interesting parts for you. Therefore I hope that you’ll enjoy my progress pictures as much as I enjoyed working on this project.

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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, 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, Embroidery, Gold embroidery / gold work, Gold Thread, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Projects, Silk Thread, Surface Couching

More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .5.3 – some gold thread embellishment for the border of the rose leaf :)

2017/02/02

The days are rushing by and another week is coming to its end. Yeah, the weekend is close and I know quite too well that I have less and less time left for my super secret embroidery project. But that’s fine as I am making really good progress. In fact I am just some days away from finishing the main part of the project – the embroidery – which normally takes the longest… And I will need any day I can spare for the other project on my to do list before Gulf Wars. No, it’s not another sewing project for my husband or I for war. I promised to make a scroll for…

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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, Craft with Racaire, Embroidery, Long and short Stitch, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Misc. step by step embroidery tutorials, Projects, Silk Shading, Silk Thread

More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .5.1 – the rose leaf embroidery or my first “silk shading” :)

2017/01/12

In my last posting “More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .5 – the rose leaf embroidery or my first “silk shading” 🙂” I showed you how I established the foundation for the silk shading technique by creating an initial layer along the outer border of one of my rose leaves. And today we are going to take a look at the second step concerning the rose leaf and the above mentioned silk shading technique.

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14th century hood with roses for Elisenda de Luna, 14th century projects, Crewelwork, Embroidery, Long and short Stitch, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Projects, Silk Shading, Silk Thread

More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .5 – the rose leaf embroidery or my first “silk shading” :)

2017/01/01

I wish you all a happy new year! And hope that you had a good and enjoyable “slide” from the old year into the new one, as we tend to say in Austria! 😀 Looking retrospectively at the last year, it amazes me how fast 2016 actually went by. The last year was very busy, as it was filled with many different projects, research, learning, a lot of laughter and love but also some tears as some of us had to say good bye to some dear friends and family members…

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