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14th century Malterer tapestry, 14th century projects, Embroidery, Embroidery Patterns, Klosterstich, Medieval Art, Medieval Embroidery, Museum, Museum - Online Collections, Projects

FAQ – 14th century embroidery & medieval inspiration

2014/10/06

During the past years I was often asked for the medieval inspiration for the Klosterstich embroidery which you can see at the picture above. And I have not only embroidered this lovely theme – I also already used it for a hand painted mug and a hand painted box… And, well, I might even use it again in the future because I love it so much… 🙂

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Embroidery, FAQ, Medieval Embroidery, Misc., Museum, Racaire

FAQ – research & medieval embroidery inspiration – some personal thoughts based on 14years of experience

2014/08/21

Recently one of my blog members asked me a very simple but also very important question: Where shall she start her research? Well, though this question seems to be a very simple one, the answer is by far not simple. And I really think that this is actually one of the most simple but also most interesting questions I was ever asked about my work.

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Barcelona, Impressions, Middle Ages, Misc., Mission Medieval Barcelona, Museum, Museum Photos, Museums - Spain, Photos

Mission Medieval Barcelona accomplished… – my favorite photos from day #3 :D

2014/07/20

Recently I already posted the photos of day #1 and day #2 of my trip to Barcelona. And today I have even more photos for you from day #3. It took some time to go through all the photos which I took during this day. But finally I managed to put together another selection of my favorite photos for you – enjoy! 🙂

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Impressions, Middle Ages, Misc., Mission Medieval Vienna, Museum, Museum Photos, Museums - Austria, Photos, Vienna

…on a medieval photo safari in Vienna…

2014/07/18

At the moment I am on a medieval photo safari in the museums of Vienna… 😀 …I was so excited about the quality of the photos which my new Sony Alpha dslr takes that I decided to “re-take” some photos of my favorite pieces on display at the local museums. Yesterday I already spent about 3.5hours at the treasury and after a first look through my new photos I have to say: all this awesome details! I want more! I am definitely going back today to take more photos! *lol*

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Barcelona, Impressions, Medieval Art, Middle Ages, Misc., Mission Medieval Barcelona, Photos

Mission Medieval Barcelona accomplished… – my favorite photos from day #2 :D

2014/07/17

*gosch* I really can’t believe it. I already took about 1300 photos during my very first day in Barcelona and thought that this is a really large number. Well, this was until I started to go through the photos of day #2…. …it seems that I took even more photos during my second day in Barcelona. More than 2000 photos – *gosch* – how did I manage this? *lol*

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Barcelona, Impressions, Middle Ages, Misc., Mission Medieval Barcelona, Museum, Museums - Austria, Photos

Mission Medieval Barcelona

2014/07/10

I am such a happy girl and I still can’t believe it. For the next days I will be away from the computer because I am going to Barcelona! Viva Espana! *happydance* 😀 …and my motto is again: “Mission Medieval Barcelona”! But I promise that I will also take a look at the “modern” stuff and that I will take many-many-manyyyy photos. 😉

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12th century art, 12th century projects, Embroidery, Kingdom of An Tir, Medieval Art, Medieval Embroidery, Museum - Online Collections, Patches for my 12th century wedding dress project, Projects, Split Stitch

Racaire’s wedding cloak project – 12th century inspired patch #4 from the SCA Barony Montengarde in Avacal (Canada)

2014/05/30

It’s time again to show you another awesome patch I got for my wedding cloak project! I proudly present to you this beautiful embroidered patch for my 12th century wedding cloak project by courtesy of lady Sorcha de Lenche. It was hand embroidered by the lovely and very talented lady Sorcha de Lenche. Who is not only a very talented artisan but also a very kind and nice lady. She sent this beautiful hand embroidered wedding cloak patch from the SCA Barony Montengarde situated in the Principality of Avacal, a part of the mighty SCA Kingdom of An Tir. 😀

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10th century art, 12th century art, 13th century art, 14th century art, Embroidery, Exhibitions, Inspiration for Scrolls - 10th century, Medieval Art, Medieval Embroidery, Museum, Museum - Online Collections, Museum Photos, Projects, Scriptorium, Scroll Peerage - Knighting

Interesting Links – inspiration for a 10th century SCA knighting scroll and more…

2014/05/28

It appears somehow funny and also really amazing to me how Fortuna works from time to time… *lol* Yesterday I was talking about a very special scroll commission for a SCA peerage scroll. About a 10th century SCA knighting scroll for the upcoming knighting ceremony of a friend – btw. my very first peerage scroll! 🙂 …and today I already run into an inspiration for it, awesome coincidence, isn’t it… *lol* Well, I don’t worry much about the fact that I have never done a peerage scroll till now. I already made so many scrolls that even a peerage scroll is also “just” another scroll for me. Like always I hope that the…

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12th century art, 12th century projects, 12th century Saint Michael and the Dragon, Embroidery, Medieval Art, Medieval Embroidery, Museum, Museum Photos, Museums - Germany, Projects, Split Stitch

12th century embroidery – Saint Michaels 12th century face finished – sneak peek.10

2014/05/14

Yesterday I made again some good progress concerning my “12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon“. 😀 It was really a hard struggle with the thread, the needle and the fabric but finally Saint Michael got his 12th century face. I am very happy and also very proud of how it turned out. When you compare the original outlines at the picture at the top left with the embroidery underneath, you will see that the final embroidery looks really very different. Though the final shape of his face might look odd to our modern eyes, it is based on a period example which I found on a 12th century wallhanging.

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12th century art, Medieval Art, Museum, Museum - Online Collections, Museum Photos, Museums - USA

Interesting Links – 12th century art on display in museums – a beautiful fresco in the USA…

2014/05/04

Recently I run into some very nice examples of 12th century art on display in online museum collection. And not only 12th century art, I also found other nice pieces of medieval art from other centuries… 😀 Normally I just look through the photos and information and save what I find interesting to my hard disk for later inspiration and research. But I got to know that some of my gentle readers are not only interested into medieval embroidery but also into history and medieval art. Therefore I started collecting new interesting links as soon as I run into them to be able to share them with you.

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