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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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12th century fillet - black with white silk embroidery, 12th century projects, Chain Stitch, Embroidery, Kingdom of Meridies, Medieval Embroidery, Projects, SCA, Silk Thread, Stem Stitch

My new black 12th century fillet with white silk embroidery! :D

2016/10/16

Gloria, my dear mother-in-law, took a lovely selfie of us both at the most recent SCA event – Coronation. This cute selfie allows me to finally show you my most recent 12th century project “in use”: My new black 12th century fillet with white silk embroidery! 😀 How come? Well, after completing my new grey/black 12th century dress, I longed for a slightly different 12th century headgear than my ‘normal’ red silk fillet with pearl embroidery. And as the making of a new fillet does not take very long, I decided to simply make a fillet that matched at least one of the colors of my new dress…

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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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Meridian Grand Tournament – the Order of the Velvet Owl and other great things…

2016/09/15

Seeing my scroll for the Armatura tournament go to a worthy and excited recipient was not my only highlight at the Meridian Grand Tournament this very last weekend. So many awesome and memorable things happened throughout the whole day. And being admitted into the Order of the Velvet Owl of my beloved home, the Kingdom of Meridies, was definitely the most amazing surprise for me on this day. Here a beautiful shot of this very special moment which I got to share with three other friends who were also admitted to the Order of the Velvet Owl: The picture above was taken by Becky Cullen. Becky, thank you very much for this lovely memory! …and if you would…

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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. step by step embroidery tutorials, Projects, Rose, Rose embroidery for Elisenda's 14th century hood, Surface Couching

More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .1 – the preparatory work

2016/08/30

And finally a posting about what might interest you the most: A step-by-step tutorial of how I created the rose embroidery for my friends 14th century hood. Though the rose embroidery for my friends 14th century hood might appear quite simple at first sight, it is definitely much more complex than it looks like. Well, there is quite some work involved to make it appear so simple, proper and effortless.

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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, Surface Couching

14th century hood for a friend – 4th rose finished & already working at the 5th rose! :)

2016/08/21

Woohooo! I just managed to finish another embroidered rose for my friends 14th century hood project. It took nearly a week and many tiny stitches but I made some really good progress during the last days. Ok, I admit it, I made most progress during my usual embroidery time at night. But well, I am – and always was – a night owl when it comes to working on my projects… *giggle* However, I guess that no one is more surprised about this great progress in such a rather short time than I am. Why? Well, my husband brought some organic pears home which a very nice coworker gave him. And I spent about two whole nights with…

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Racaire
14th century hood with roses for Elisenda de Luna, 14th century projects, Embroidery, Embroidery Patterns, Gold embroidery / gold work, Gold Thread, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Projects, Rose, Surface Couching

14th century hood for a friend – 3rd rose finished & already working at the 4th rose! :)

2016/08/12

I know, it’s about time for another update concerning the 14th century hood project with rose embroidery for my friend Elisenda. Well, what a great coincidence as I just managed to finish the third rose for her hood! …and not only that, I already started working on the fourth rose! 😀 Despite the small set-back due to the work on my arming coat and a knighting scroll for a friend, I never ceased to dedicate every spare minute to the embroidery for my friends 14th century hood project.

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arming coat / gambeson, Chain Stitch, Embroidery, Projects, SCA - Heavy Fighting

SCA Heavy Fighting – my new embroidered arming coat / gambeson is finished! :)

2016/08/02

Wooohooo! My new, embroidered arming coat is finally finished! …and yeah, I have photos to prove it! But first things first! The last week was really intense. All week long I was working like crazy at a special knighting “scroll” due to a very short deadline. I even worked my nights through to make sure that I am able to finish the “scroll” in time. Though my sweetheart might have missed snuggling with me at night, he was very understanding and supportive – thank you hon! I love you! 😀 And finally all the hard work and back pain paid off as I just finished the last details! And damn, it looks pretty amazing…

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arming coat / gambeson, Chain Stitch, Embroidery, Embroidery Patterns, Fleur-de-Lis, Projects, SCA - Heavy Fighting

SCA Heavy Fighting – some embroidery for my arming coat / gambeson :)

2016/07/24

After adding all the eyelets and buttonholes, I took a look at my finished arming coat. Well, what shall I say – it looked nice but also very plain and boring! And I definitely don’t like to look plain or boring in my new arming coat! Therefore I decided to extend my work at the arming coat project by adding some nice embellishment. And the easiest way for me to add some “bling” is to add some embroidery! Well, why not, some embroidery will definitely not hurt my arming coat… 😉

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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, Rose, Silk Thread, Surface Couching

First sneak peek at a new embroidery project – a 14th century hood for a friend or roses, roses, roses,… :)

2016/07/13

And todays posting is all about roses! …or to be more specific: embroidered roses! Well, you know me, I love me some good rose embroidery from time to time… 😉 After all my sewing related postings concerning my husbands new tunic, the time has finally come to show you some of my hand embroidery again! And as it happens, I just quite recently started a new embroidery project. Not only that, I already worked several hours on this project and therefore already have a nice sneak peek for you of: …a 14th century hood with roses (and maybe one or two pelicans) for my dear friend Elisenda de Luna! 😀

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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Needle Made Lace, Projects, Stem Stitch

12th century tunic for my husband – how I made the counterpart for the 12th century neckline fastening and some other details…

2016/07/05

Todays posting about “how I made the counterpart for the 12th century neckline fastening and some other details…” brings us finally to the last progress pictures of the 12th century grey light-wool tunic project for my husband. Though I already showed you my period inspiration for this quite special 12th century neckline shape and how my take on this special neckline form based on the 12th century neckline inspiration looks like, it seems like I neglected a quite important detail till now: the period inspired fastening and its counterpart…

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12th century projects, 12th century Saint Michael and the Dragon, Applique, Appliqué border embellishment, Embroidery, Gold Thread, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Projects, Split Stitch

I finally finished my new 12th century “Saint Michael and the Dragon” banner!

2016/05/14

In my previous posting “Working at my 12th century “Saint Michael and the Dragon”“ banner I already showed you the very first steps needed to turn my finished 12th century inspired “Saint Michael and the Dragon” into a small banner for my living room. My last posting included information about how I chose the fabric and where I found the inspiration for the final shape for my banner project. Furthermore I also wrote about how I attached the embroidery to the surface and how I prepared the final shape of the banner…

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12th century projects, 12th century Saint Michael and the Dragon, Applique, Appliqué border embellishment, Books, Embroidery, Gold Thread, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Projects, Zeitschrift für christliche Kunst

Working at my 12th century “Saint Michael and the Dragon” banner

2016/05/10

Some embroidery projects take more time than others until they finally get finished and my 12th century inspired “Saint Michael and the Dragon” embroidery was such an embroidery project. I already finished the 12th century inspired “Saint Michael and the Dragon” embroidery in the summer of 2014. Though I really liked the finished embroidery, it laid dormant in one of my project boxes ever since…

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Update of my “Medieval embroidery techniques” page

2016/04/23

Just a short note to let you know that I just updated my page Medieval embroidery techniques in order to include some more techniques and to add some further postings and links which might be helpful on your journey into the fabulous world of medieval embroidery… 😀 I hope that you’ll find my personal collection of links and postings about medieval embroidery helpful and inspiring. I wish you a lot of fun with your medieval inspired embroidery projects!

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Embroidery, Gold embroidery / gold work, Gold Thread, Materials, Medieval Embroidery

A patch with gold embroidery for Catelin’s elevation dress

2016/04/14

Now, that the elevation of my friend Catelin The Wanderer is over, I can finally share the small gold embroidery with you which I made for her elevation dress. It is always a great pleasure and honor for me to contribute to the special days of my friends. Therefore I was very happy when Catelin asked for some embroidered patches for her dress for her upcoming Laurel elevation.

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