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Hand painted christmas ornaments, Handmade christmas presents, Misc., Projects, Projects - Misc., Racaire

…special christmas gifts for family & friends – more hand painted christmas ornaments… :D

2016/12/17

Christmas is nearly upon us! But I don’t really worry about it anymore as I should have all christmas presents covered now! Yeah, I just managed to finish another three christmas ornaments! And if I didn’t miscount, I have all christmas presents for closest family and friends covered by now… 😀 Making the very first three hand painted christmas ornaments was so relaxing that I just couldn’t resist to make some more for family and friends. And though this kind of christmas gifts takes quite some time to make, they are such pleasant little projects. Especially as they help to also cover the friends and in-laws for which I wasn’t able to find a suitable christmas present throughout…

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Misc., Modern Nailbinding, Projects, Projects - Nailbinding, Racaire

Crazy nailbinding ideas – a nailbinded cover for my gear shifter… :)

2016/12/15

Wooohooo! It seems like my level of crazy just hit a new level! Believe it or not – I made a nailbinded cover for the gear shifter of my car! And I love it! *lol* Why? Well, it seemed so much easier than every other option. …and how come? Well, let’s see… As some of you might know, I really enjoy living in a quite rural neighborhood here in Kentucky. All the trees, grass and the fresh air make quite a huge difference after living in a big city like Vienna for nearly my whole life…

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Hand painted christmas ornaments, Handmade christmas presents, Misc., Projects - Misc., Racaire

…special christmas gifts – some hand painted christmas ornaments… :D

2016/12/10

…and a sneak peek for you at my very first hand painted christmas ornaments… 😀 I have to admit that this posting was quite an inner struggle for me. Should I keep my special christmas gifts a secret or shall I post a picture of them to inspire other fellow crafters? Well, it’s quite obvious that the urge to inspire others finally got the upper hand. I am just too proud of the outcome to not share it! *giggle* Maybe you remember the short note about the glass ornaments which I found at a local crafting store in my recent “…christmas is coming…” posting. When I saw these glass ornaments for the very first…

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Projects, Projects - Tablet weaving, Tablet weaving cards

Just made some new tablet weaving cards for future tablet weaving… a cheap and easy way… :D

2016/12/07

Woohooo! I just made my very first tablet weaving cards! And now I have 54 new tablet weaving cards to play with! 😀 Well, not that I really need all these tablet weaving cards right now but I suddenly felt the urge to make some. It all started while I was working at my husbands christmas present – a new 12th century tunic. I suddenly worried that I might not have a suitable tablet woven trim to embellish my sweethearts new tunic… Fortunately I found a lovely tablet woven trim in my stash which worked beautifully with the lovely raw silk fabric of the new tunic. However, I also noticed that my stash of tablet woven…

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Misc., Racaire

…christmas is coming…

2016/11/30

Well, well, well,… As my husbands status reports on facebook remind me – christmas is just 25 shopping days away. *lol* But I have absolutely no reason to panic yet as my plans for christmas presents are already set. 😀 Like every year I will bake a huge amount of cookies for friends & family and make a new tunic for my sweetheart. And not only that – I found some glass ornaments at a local crafting store and might try to paint them. Yeah, just a little side project in case that the mood strikes me and I get bored… 😉 Yes, I admit it, I prefer to give away handmade gifts whenever it is possible. It seems like…

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Embroidery, Embroidery Links, Medieval Embroidery, Medieval Embroidery, Surface Couching, Voided Work, White Work

Interesting links concerning medieval embroidery….

2016/11/30

After receiving a question from a good friend about books concerning 13th century embroidery and having some fun searching for academic papers related to embroidery, it seems like it is time again to share some interesting medieval embroidery related links with you. 🙂 First I would like to share a link which should be well known by now but just in case you are not aware of it yet – here it is again, my most favorite website about medieval embroidery: Historical Needlework Resources (http://medieval.webcon.net.au) This website is actually pretty old compared to many other websites but it is still one of the best ones when it comes to sources and pictures of medieval embroidery.…

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

14th century hood for a friend – 5th rose finished! :)

2016/11/22

Wooohooo! I am very glad to say that I just finished another embroidered rose for my friends 14th century hood project! Recently I was quite busy with other projects – like sewing a hood for our beautiful Queen Oda and painting a shield for my husband for the Meridian Crown Tournament – but whenever I found some idle time inbetween, I continued working on the roses for my friends 14th century hood. And it finally paid off – though it seemed to take forever, the 5th rose is finally finished too!

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Kingdom of Meridies, Meridian Crown Tournament, painted shield 2, Projects, Racaire, SCA, SCA - Heavy Fighting, SCA Events

A new shield for my husband for the Meridian Crown Tournament :)

2016/11/15

I am so tremendously excited! It took nearly a week but I finally managed to finish my husbands new shield for the Meridian Crown Tournament just in time. You should have seen his face whenever he talked about his new shield – like a kid with an awesome new toy. But we have a rule here at home, however awesome any new gear is, it’s not allowed to be brought to bed… Yeah, there is no snuggling with new gauntlets or shields in the bed… 😉 And well, my sweethearts new shield and the awesome Crown Tournament event were not the only highlights this very recent weekend. Thursday night someone suddenly knocked…

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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, Surface Couching

More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .4 – a little pelican and the red silk embroidery around the middle…

2016/11/07

It’s time again for some embroidery. The focus of todays posting will be on some red silk embroidery and a tiny embroidered pelican. I hope you are just as excited as I am. Today I am going to show you the technique which I used to embroider the red embellishment along the border of the middle part of the roses. And that’s not all – I also have a sneak peek at the little, very cute pelican which I added to the middle of one of the roses. 😀

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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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