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  • 14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Framework,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .10 – main pattern framework finished

    2015/08/11

    And finally, after all the recent postings about my progress, I am glad to say that I just managed to finish the main framework pattern of my 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching! 😀 But I wasn’t embroidering all the time – actually, after all the countless hours which I spent working at my current projects last week, I took a brake from my embroidery projects this weekend.

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  • "Helping Lines" for embroidery,  14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    Sneak peek at my next embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .9

    2015/08/05

    Yesterday, after a weekend filled with fishing and hanging out with some of our good friends, I finally got back to work at two of my embroidery projects again. First I managed to flatten the seams and also the rest of the fabric of the 14th century XL hood. And I also ironed the lovely purple wool fabric which I got for the appliqué embroidery.

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  • 14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Accessories,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    Sneak peek at my next embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .8

    2015/07/30

    Finally it seems like working at this 14th century inspired Surface Couching embroidery project became a nice treat for me. 😀 Whenever I am too tired and just want to work at something “simple” or when I want to consider the next step for the 14th century XL hood project for my friends Pelican elevation, I pick up my embroidery frame and do some more stitches…

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  • 14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    Sneak peek at my next embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .7

    2015/07/24

    In my last posting I already showed you a sneak peek at my technical drawing for my next surface couching tutorial. But this was not the only project I was working on during the last days. All of my so-called “free time” was actually filled with drawing as well as a lot of hand-sewing and surface couching embroidery.

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  • 14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  Craft with Racaire,  Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery Technique Tutorials,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    Medieval embroidery techniques – sneak peek at my new technical tutorial for Surface Couching :)

    2015/07/22

    I have great news for all of you who enjoy my technical tutorials of medieval embroidery techniques! It took several days to work out the very detailed technical drawing for my new medieval technique tutorial about Surface Couching but I finally managed to finish it. 😀 Though the Surface Couching technique tutorial isn’t finished by now, I just couldn’t resist to show you a glimpse at the technical drawing I worked out for you.

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  • 14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    Sneak peek at my next embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .6

    2015/07/08

    *Gosh* I think I started too many embroidery projects! But unfortunately there is just not enough time to work at them all! At least not at the same time… 😉 Yes, I really wish I could duplicate myself or at least grow an extra set or arms but I doubt that this will happen anytime soon… But well, who doesn’t know this problem… *lol* Ok, enough self pity for now. I anyway don’t have the time to complain about too many embroidery projects and well, if I complained, who would actually believe me? *lol* You all know that I love embroidery far too much to not enjoy my dilemma. But – *sigh* – there are so many of them…

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  • 14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Framework,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    Sneak peek at my next embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .5

    2015/07/04

    …and finally, after adding another endless amount of small stitches, I am very happy to announce that I just finished the main framework embroidery of my 14th century inspired pattern. *happydance* Well, I guess it’s kinda obvious and I admit it – working at the details is so much more fun than working at the basic pattern. But a good medieval embroidery needs a good basic framework… 🙂

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  • 14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  Embroidery,  Embroidery Patterns,  Framework,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching,  Thoughts about working with medieval patterns...

    Sneak peek at my next embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .4 & some thoughts about medieval patterns

    2015/06/29

    I had a quite busy weekend – hanging out with friends, first time at the drive-in cinema in Franklin (KY), visiting family and even drafting an XXL hood pattern for a friend as well as already cutting the fabric for a sample hood to test the new pattern… But I still managed to make some very good progress concerning my “14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching” project. 😀

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  • 14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    Sneak peek at my next embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .3

    2015/06/23

    Gosh! You won’t imagine how busy I was during the last days. Besides the usual house chores I also got to prime and paint my kitchen walls white, secured the tomato plants in my garden in order to resist the next severe thunder storm here in Kentucky as well as some further garden work, baked some bread and even found several hours per day to work at my new 14th century inspired surface couching project. 😀

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  • 14th century inspired pattern - surface couching on red silk,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects,  Surface Couching

    Sneak peek at my next embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching .2

    2015/06/18

    And finally, after mounting my embroidery frame and putting the pattern PDF together for you, I found some time to work at my new embroidery project – a 14th century inspired pattern worked in surface couching. I haven’t done fine surface couching like this for quite some time but it seems like I didn’t pause at all – the stitches come so easily to me. Well, yes, this technique is in truth a very simple one…

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Customer Reviews

  • positive review  Thank you so much for my beautiful Pelican. bag. The stamp is gorgeous. The bag is well made and I really look forward to using at an event soon. Wonderful work, highly recommended!

    Kathy Milne Whitaker Avatar Kathy Milne
    2019/10/09

    Fantastic, beautiful work. I have a stamped scarf that always gets compliments. And I also just had a small commission completed. Great work with a reasonable turnaround time. I look forward to doing business in the future.

    Sly Symmank Avatar Sly Symmank
    2023/10/05

    positive review  Racaire makes wonderful things, she even takes on the Herculean task of dressing ME up pretty and makes it look easy. Anyone who has seen me at an event the past three or four years has seen her work. Not only is it beautifully made, it's durable enough to wear for heavy combat! Win-win!

    Conrad Vom Schwarzwald Avatar Conrad Vom
    2019/07/28
  • positive review  Just received the most darling pair of handmade earrings from her and I love them. Quick shipping, excellent communication and customer service, excellent and professional craftsmanship and just all around delightful to deal with. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for that perfect item or gift!

    Lexie Huselton Avatar Lexie Huselton
    2019/10/23

    Have purchased two items so far from Racaire. Both items are high quality, superb communication from Racaire with design, what was needed fabric wise and pricing. Everything was straight up and done to my exact specifications. She does beautiful work, extremely well made and is truly an artist above the rest. Purchase with confidence and rest assured that what you get will definitely bring the oohs and ahhhs.

    Todd Bennett Avatar Todd Bennett
    2022/08/30

    Ordered one item and had questions about a second item. Racaire was quick to contact me and and send pics with measurements. I ended up getting both items. They were shipped that day and arrived insanely fast for being across the country. Note: Items I selected were in stock. Racaire is very friendly and strives to know a little about each client/customer it seems. TLDR: Item quality/description: 10/10 Shipping speed/costs: 10/10 Customer service/satisfaction: 10/10

    Brandi Flanagan Butler Avatar Brandi Flanagan
    2022/06/15

Sneak peek at my Shop

  • Black linen coif/arming cap made from lovely black linen fabric, handprinted in blue with a hand carved triple spiral stamp based on Neolithic artwork from the Newgrange site in Ireland. Ready to wear, pre-washed fabric! The coif is machine washable! XXLarge linen coif/arming cap in black/blue with Newgrange triple spiral print $30.00
  • Handprinted black cotton canvas patch with white 16th century butt-licking cat print. Hand printed with my own hand carved stamp. New, pre-washed & machine washable! Cotton patch with 16th century butt-licking cat print – black/white $4.00
  • Dark blue cotton canvas patch with a red 13th century fleur-de-lis print. Hand printed with my own hand carved stamp. New, pre-washed & machine washable! Cotton patch with 13th century fleur-de-lis print - blue (dark)/red $2.00
  • Dark green cotton denim patch with red 13th/14th century raven print. Hand printed with my own hand carved raven stamp. New, pre-washed & machine washable! Cotton patch with 13th/14th century raven print - green (dark)/red $3.00
  • Dark green cotton denim patch with laurel wreath print. Hand printed with my own hand carved stamp. New, pre-washed & machine washable! Cotton patch with laurel wreath print - green (dark)/white (denim) $3.00

Most recent top posts:

  • Feb 21, 2025 Let’s call it an update…
  • Nov 15, 2020 Lazarus mi-parti linen tunic for Count Tristan Greymane – King of The Burning Lands (Amtgard)
  • Aug 30, 2020 Thoughts on mastering medieval embroidery
  • Jan 14, 2020 Blockprinting & stamp cutting – my new obsessions…
  • Dec 28, 2019 …a little 7th to 9th century doll tunic…

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