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  • 14th century projects,  14th century reliquary boxes,  Hand-Sewing,  Projects,  Reliquary box - "Rose"

    14th century inspired Klosterstich rose – turning a medieval inspired embroidery into a lid for a reliquary box .2

    2015/05/27

    In my last posting “14th century inspired Klosterstich rose – turning a medieval inspired embroidery into a lid for a reliquary box .1” I showed you how I mounted my Klosterstich embroidery on the top side of the lid for my most recent reliquary box project. But mounting the embroidery on top of the lid is just half of the work. A proper looking top also always needs a nice backside. Therefore I am going to take it one step further today and show you how I applied the silk fabric to the backside of the lid. 🙂

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  • 14th century projects,  14th century reliquary boxes,  Adornments,  Embroidery,  Finishing technique for borders,  Klosterstich,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  Pearls,  Projects,  Reliquary box - "Rose"

    14th century inspired Klosterstich rose – turning a medieval inspired embroidery into a lid for a reliquary box .1

    2015/05/23

    I already prepared my rolling frame for a new medieval inspired embroidery project. But before I tell you more about my new project, I would like to show you the small side project at which I was working during the last days… 🙂 You might remember the 14th century inspired Klosterstich rose embroidery which I  recently finished. I started this small project in order to take pictures for my “Klosterstich hands on tutorial” which you can find here: – “…Part 1 – how to start your Klosterstich embroidery“ – “…Part 2 – how I do my Klosterstich embroidery”

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  • 12th century wedding clothing project,  Embroidery,  Patches for my 12th century wedding dress project,  Projects

    Racaire’s wedding cloak project – two embroidered patches from the SCA Shire of Phoenix Glade in Meridies :D

    2015/05/14

    Life tried its best to keep me very busy recently but it’s definitely time again to present another awesome patch for my wedding cloak project to you. But wait… it’s not only one patch – I got two beautiful patches from ‘Inan… 😉 During the last year I received many lovely embroidered patches for my 12th century wedding cloak project by mail and in person. Though our 12th century wedding was delayed by at least one year due to the major heart attack of my husband, I haven’t given up on my 12th century wedding clothing project yet – I just took a short break to deal with the whole situation.

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  • 12th century dress - blue & yellow silk,  12th century projects,  12th century wedding clothing project,  Hand-Sewing,  Projects

    12th century dress for the “12th century wedding clothing project” – sneak peek .6 – working at the keyhole neckline

    2015/05/13

    And again new news and progress pictures concerning my 12th century wedding clothing project! During the last two days I picked up my 12th century wedding dress again and continued the hand sewing of my keyhole neckline. 😀 The hand sewing part of the keyhole neckline seems to be the most difficult step of this dress project – at least for me. While working at a keyhole neckline I always tend to worry that I might mess up the keyhole neckline somehow – despite all the previous keyhole necklines I successfully completed during the last years. But I guess it is what it is – everyone of us has to fight this battles from time to time…

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  • 12th century Agincourt Heart for Bella,  12th century projects,  Embroidery,  Hand-Sewing,  Herringbone stitch,  Materials,  Medieval Embroidery,  Pearls,  Projects,  Surface Couching,  Surface Couching 2:1

    Surface couching embroidery – how I made the 12th century Agincourt Heart for Bella’s elevation garment

    2015/05/06

    I will be very busy and away from my computer for the next days, therefore I thought that you might enjoy some of the progress pictures which I took while I was working at the 12th century Agincourt heart for Bella’s elevation garment. As some of you might have already noticed, I am very keen on medieval and especially 12th century surface couching embroidery. And today’s progress pictures will give you a nice glimpse at the “2:1 surface couching” embroidery technique which I used for Bella’s 12th century Agincourt heart.

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  • 14th century French pouch 1,  14th century projects,  Embroidery,  Medieval Embroidery,  Projects

    14th century French Pouch .1 – finished! :D

    2015/05/01

    And finally, after all the progress pictures of my 14th century French pouch project, I can present the finished pouch to you today! 😀 Yes, it took a while but as a German saying says, all good things in life take time. And well, medieval hand embroidery is really not a fast craft. *giggle*

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  • 14th century French pouch 1,  14th century projects,  Eyelets,  Hand-Sewing,  Projects

    14th century French Pouch .1 – sneak peek progress .24 – sewing the pouch together .2 :)

    2015/05/01

    In my last posting “14th century French Pouch .1 – sneak peek progress .23 – sewing the pouch together .1” you could see a good part of the progress pictures concerning the last finishing steps for my 14th century French pouch project. And as I promised in my last posting, I am going to show you even more pictures today – the very last progress pictures I took of the finishing process.

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  • 14th century French pouch 1,  14th century projects,  Adornments,  Finger Braiding,  Hand-Sewing,  Herringbone stitch,  Medieval finishing technique for borders,  Pouch,  Projects

    14th century French Pouch .1 – sneak peek progress .23 – sewing the pouch together .1 :)

    2015/04/28

    Maybe some of you remember my 14th century French pouch commission. And I have great news concerning this project – I managed to finish the pouch and it was delivered in time to surprise a beautiful lady on Valentines day. And during the recent down time of my blog I found some time to sit down and go through the pictures on my tablet…

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  • 12th century dress - blue & yellow silk,  12th century projects,  12th century wedding clothing project,  Hand-Sewing,  Keyhole neckline step-by-step tutorial,  Projects

    12th century dress for the “12th century wedding clothing project” – sneak peek .5 – working at the keyhole neckline

    2015/04/10

    During the last days I found again some spare time to work at the lovely golden keyhole neckline of my dark blue 12th century wedding dress. And I am very glad to say that I made some good progress. But there is still a lot to do before the hand-sewing part of the keyhole neckline is finished.

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  • 12th century wedding clothing project,  13th century male tunic,  13th century projects,  Books,  Books - Textiles,  Catalogues,  Museum,  Museums - Germany,  Projects

    My husbands 13th century under tunic – about my medieval inspiration

    2015/04/05

    New inspiration for our hobby can be quite difficult to find but some books really make a difference. Like the one in which I found the inspiration for my husbands new 13th century under tunic. Since I started with this hobby, which was more then 10 years ago, I have been searching for interesting and inspiring books. But well, with every new book purchase for my book collection I always take a chance.

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  • I received my most recent order today and I just had to come on here to say that getting an order from this shop is second to none - it’s like Christmas every time. Racaire puts a ton of extra care into every order - each item is wrapped like a present, carefully folded, tied with ribbon, and includes care instructions. Getting to unwrap each item is such a joy. Beyond that, the work is spectacular, looks good, and wears well. You can wash and rewash and the prints look as good or better than they did on day one. I would give Racaire 10/10 stars every time.

    Elizabeth Leino Avatar Elizabeth Leino
    2024/03/12

    positive review  Racaire's Workshop made me this custom X-Large Coif as seen at https://www.facebook.com/Racaires.Workshop/photos/a.148957655152826/2884613781587186/?type=3&theater The customer service including answering a ton of questions related to my'big head' and other unusual/unique requests that I made were absolutely SUPERB!!!! The only thing that surpassed my experience in ordering this coif was the pleasure I have received from wrapping it around my rather 'big head'....:) Looking forward to having the rest of my WARdrobe completed by Racaire's Worlshop!!! with Anna E. Dockery Experience was a 12 out of possible 10....... Boo McAfee

    Boo McAfee Avatar Boo McAfee
    2020/06/28

    I have had such a joy watching my tunic be created by such a wonderful person! Extreme talent! Thank you so much for working on my tunic <3 I cannot wait to wear it out at events!

    Cody David Rusch Avatar Cody David
    2022/05/05
  • had the lovely experience of wandering into this pop-up shop at an EMP event. not only is the seller one of the absolute sweetest people (and extremely historically knowledgeable!) but her items are also all extremely high quality and more than worth the cost. i bought two coifs and was very pleased with how comfortable they were while also remaining steadfast on my head without needing any sort of pins.

    Emilia Sunderland Avatar Emilia Sunderland
    2022/09/22

    positive review  Her work is flawless and high quality. She will not send out a product that you would need to repair!

    Stephanie Payton Avatar Stephanie Payton
    2019/07/28

    positive review  Racaire is an amazing artist who’s work has taken our jousting troupe to the next level!! Highly recommended!

    Joe A Farley Avatar Joe A
    2019/07/29

Sneak peek at my Shop

  • Dark green mid-weight linen fabric patch with white dragonfly print. Hand printed with my own hand carved Art Nouveau inspired dragonfly stamp. New, pre-washed & machine washable! Linen patch with dragonfly print - green (dark)/white $7.00
  • Black midweight linen fabric patch with purple scissors print. Hand printed with my own hand carved scissors stamp. New midweight 100% linen, pre-washed & machine washable! Linen patch with scissors print - black/purple $4.00
  • Large purple linen coif/arming cap made from lovely 100% linen fabric, handprinted with a hand carved boar stamp in premium copper print. Ready to wear, pre-washed fabric! The coif is machine washable! Large linen coif/arming cap in purple (magenta)/copper with boar print $36.00
  • Cotton canvas patch set with 3 triskele patches - blue cotton canvas printed with white triskeles. Hand printed with my own hand carved stamps. New, pre-washed & machine washable! Cotton patch set with triskele prints $8.00
  • Soft lightweight white 100% linen gauze scarf with copper Art Nouveau dragonfly print for a special experience all year long! Hand printed with my own hand carved dragonfly stamp with premium copper ink and heat set. New lightweight linen gauze scarf, pre-washed, ready to wear & machine washable! Scarf with dragonfly print - white/copper - light weight linen gauze $98.00

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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