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22
Mai
2010
4th item for my artfire shop… 13th century German Brick Stitch pouch :)
Finally I managed to take some nice photos of my 13th century German Brick Stitch pouch in day light (and some additional ones of my small pouch with 14th centruy German Brick Stitch) and therefore I also added my 13th century German Brick Stitch pouch to my artfire.com studio – “Racaire’s embroidery & needlework“ 
…completely embroidered and sewn by hand…
…it took me about 250 hours to embroider and finish this pouch.
Details:
- For more information please follow this link: German Brick Stitch Pouch 2
- Height: ca. 27.5 cm / Width: ca. 22.0 cm
- Embroidery:
- German Brick Stitch (13th century pattern)
- border: ‘Finishing the seams of 14th/15th century pouches’ along the border of the embroidery - Working time: 250 hours
- Pattern inspiration: Tristans ‘German Brick Stitch’ pattern – “13th century brick stitch pattern, revised version”
- Used fabrics: linen and cotton/linen blend
- Embroidery & Cord thread: Lana Grossa – Basics, “Lauflänge ca. 115m, 100% Baumwolle gasiert, mercerisiert” (Cotton – can be washed in the washing machine: delicates / 30°C / no tumble-dryer, can be ironed)
- Cord technique: “1. A Broad Lace of 5 Loops” based on the instruction in the book: TAK V BOWES DEPARTED – A 15th Century Braiding Manual Examined
…and here are the new (daylight) photos of my 14th century pouch:
13
Mai
2010
second item for my artfire shop… a small pouch with 14th century German Brick Stitch pattern
This time I made a small pouch with German Brick Stitch embroidery for my artfire shop - my second item on sale at artfire.com – “Racaire’s embroidery & needlework“
The embroidery pattern is inspired by a pattern found at a hanging from the cloister Wienhausen (Germany), which was produced shortly after the middle of the 14th century – you can see a photo of the pattern on the left side. I found it in the book:
R. Kroos – Niedersächsische Bildstickereien des Mittelalters
ISBN 3871570109
picture Nr. 284 “hl. Martin den Mantel teilend”
more information on page 155 “121 Behang, kurz nach Mitte 14. Jh.”
…it took me about 64 hours to embroider and finish this pouch- “Racaire” logo on the inside
pattern inspiration:
- hanging from the cloister Wienhausen, produced shortly after the middle of the 14th century – picture “hl. Martin den Mantel teilend” – the saint Martin dividing his cloak, some of you would maybe find the story with the cloak quite interesting:
-> Wikipedia “Martin von Tours” (German)
-> Wikipedia “Martin of Tours” (English)
embroidery:
- German Brick Stitch (14th century pattern)
- border: ‘Finishing the seams of 14th/15th century pouches’ along the border of the embroidery
fabrics:
- linen and cotton/linen blend
embroidery thread:
- lovely thin wool thread from Renaissance Dyeing, 100% Lambswool, hand dyed – http://www.renaissancedyeing.com/
cord:
- wool: wool thread from Renaissance Dyeing
– technique: “1. A Broad Lace of 5 Loops” and “2. A Round Lace of 5 Loops” based on the instruction in the book: TAK V BOWES DEPARTED – A 15th Century Braiding Manual Examined
…worked in a non-smoking, cat-friendly environment
…and here a detail photo of the German Brick Stitch embroidery (front):
…and here also a picture of the back side of the embroidery:
23
Apr
2010
first item for my artfire shop… a needleroll – medieval rose – Klosterstich :)
Ok, finally I did it – my very first item on sale at artfire.com – “Racaire’s embroidery & needlework“
…completely embroidered and sewn by hand…
No logo applied – if you wish I can embroider a small “Racaire” logo at the inside for no extra cost…
pattern inspiration:
- border of the “Malterer-Teppich” / ”Weiberlistenteppich”, a German Wallhanging from the 14th century (about 1320/30) – you can find pictures of the original tapestry at Wikipedia (in German): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltererteppich
embroidery:
- surface & sections: Klosterstich / cloister stitch (same technique like the 14th century “Malterer-Teppich” wallhanging – if you would like to learn more about this embroidery technique, you can find my class handout here: http://racaire.at/index/embroidery/handouts/Klosterstich_v1-00.pdf
- outlines: Stem Stitch
- border: ‘Finishing the seams of 14th/15th century pouches’ along the border of the embroidery
fabrics:
- underneath the embroidery is a cotton/linen blend
- the red fabric is wool (maybe Merino wool)
embroidery thread:
- lovely thin wool thread from Renaissance Dyeing, 100% Lambswool, hand dyed – http://www.renaissancedyeing.com/
cord:
- wool: wool thread from Renaissance Dyeing
- technique: “2. A Round Lace of 5 Loops” based on the instruction in the book: TAK V BOWES DEPARTED – A 15th Century Braiding Manual Examined
…worked in a non-smoking, cat-friendly environment
22
Apr
2010
first item for my artfire shop … a needleroll … progress :)
(pictures of the progress now – pictures of the finished needleroll as soon as I figure out how to put my very first item on sale…)
Maybe some of you remember that I was thinking about an artfire or etsy shop (-> link to the posting) for my very own travel fund concerning holiday/SCA events and my very own book fund – you know, I am addicted to old books, very often have to buy them unseen on the internet, love to post about them and I also love to travel to events but unfortunately books and traveling affords money that I don’t really have at the moment, but I can do embroidery… – and therefore I decided to start an artfire shop – and I already set up my very first small online shop at artfire:
“Racaire’s embroidery & needlework“
Yeah! …it’s just a little bit empty at the moment …
Many thanks to my good friend Brooke and my boyfriend – they thought I should give it a try… and, ok, I did it…
…even a small shop needs items to be filled with and therefore I made a small needleroll:
pattern: border of the “Maltererteppich”/”Weiberlistenteppich” – some of you will recognise that the flower looks like a part of the border of my ‘Weiberlisten” wallhanging and yes, the border of the wallhanging is my inspiration for this embroidery
embroidery: Klosterstich for the surface of the sections, Stem Stitch for the outline, ‘Finishing the seams of 14th/15th century pouches’ along the border of the embroidery
fabrics: the fabric underneath the embroidery is a cotton/linen blend, the red fabric is wool (it should be Merino wool but I am not sure)
embroidery thread: wool thread from Renaissance Dyeing, 100% Lambswool, hand dyed. My wallhanging did not only inspire me, I also still have many wool thread left – therefore I embroidered this needleroll with the ‘leftover’ threads from my wallhanging project
cord: also wool thread from Renaissance Dyeing – “2. A Round Lace of 5 Loops” based on the instruction in the book: TAK V BOWES DEPARTED – A 15th Century Braiding Manual Examined
…worked in a non-smoking, cat-friendly environment 
I am sure it will be difficult to calculate a reasonable price for my embroidered items, but I will try my best – I don’t expect that I will sell them because embroidery takes a rather long time and therefore the items won’t be cheap, but quality always has its price…
…I am also thinking about selling my items with a discount for SCA members (and at a special friencs price for friends, like I sometimes used to in the past)…
…ok, I give it a try, I don’t expect a lot but I am sure it’s a good idea to just try it…
13
Apr
2010
German Brick Stitch II – 13th century pattern – status: pouch finished / + 6hours :)
…embroidery status:
236 hours 18 minutes
+8 hours for sewing
+6 hours for cords/braiding & tassels
Tristans ‘German Brick Stitch’ pattern
“13th century brick stitch pattern, revised version”
At the picture above you can see my first try of a Turk’s Head Knot – many thanks to my friend Tristan and his great “Taschen” blog who pointed me to a posting about knots at the Medieval Silkwork blog: “Racaire, the tutorial I use is this, which I got from one of Machteld’s posts @ Medieval Silkwork.”
Tristan uses the Turk’s Head Knot as a decoration for the tassels for his beautiful pouches – this very special pouch inspired me to learn this technique. The thread that I used for this Turk’s Head Knot is not very decorative on its own therefore I added more thread and separated the different sections by some “gold thread” – to keep the threads together and to add some nice decoration I added three lines of chain stitch underneath the Turk’s Head Knot…
Yesterday I tried my first “A Broad Lace of 5 Loops” and today I used this technique again for the cords for this pouch
11
Apr
2010
German Brick Stitch II – 13th century pattern – status: sewing finished / + 8hours :)
…embroidery status:
236 hours 18 minutes
+8 hours for sewing
…maybe some of you will ask why it took me 8 hours to finish the ‘sewing’ – first I had to cut the pieces for the lining, than I had to pin them together and finally I could start sewing… and in the end I tried to hide and secure the threads as good as possible…
Tristans ‘German Brick Stitch’ pattern
“13th century brick stitch pattern, revised version”
1
Dez
2009
A Crafty Challenge – gift for Copper Oxide :)
Copper Oxide told me that she got her “A Crafty Challenge” gift and therefore I can finally share the pictures of the gift with you
I made this pouch for her – with her coat of arms embroidered at one side – embroidery done in Refilsaum, outlines done in Stem Stitch
…and I think she likes her small pouch
24
Nov
2009
…my opinion on the stitches to create this trim… Raca’s 5cents ;)
I was asked about my opinion on the stitches to create this trim:
…and I think some of you would be interested in my solution:
…the same without tension:
10
Okt
2009
German Brick Stitch – pouch finished :)
The pouch is finally finished!
I decided, while working at it, to send it as a gift to a very nice lady – but I won’t tell you more before she tells me that she got my present (and she don’t knows that she will get one – surprise, surprise – I love sending gifts 
), just that I think that she really deserves this gift
…and once again the credit for the pattern:
Tristan and his blog “Taschen” (http://medievalpurses.blogspot.com) were I found this nice pattern (http://medievalpurses.blogspot.com/2008/06/pattern-redaction-part-1.html)
…and don’t forget – if you find a pattern you like, but you don’t like the colors or would like to use an other color combination – try the pattern with other colors.
The best thing that works for me is to take some colors I would like to use and put them at one place together and than I change/adjust the single colors until I think that it looks right and gives me a good feeling – some combination can look very cold, lifeless, boring, … and sometimes crazy combinations can look very nice and I had a very good feeling concerning this color combination – I hope more people will have the courage to use bright colors and I think that some of the medieval embroideries look best with bright and very differing color combination (-> Klosterstich, -> Refilsaum )
…and the credit for the seam finishing:
Medieval Silkwork blog and the posting “Finishing the seams of 14th/15th century pouches” (http://m-silkwork.blogspot.com/2007/04/finishing-seams-of-14th15th-century_29.html)
…maybe the beginning is a little bit tricky, when it is done the first time, but the effect is very nice
…and for the thread that will hold the pouch I tried to braid with 4 threads for the first time – I had to try the beginning two times, but than it worked quite well
9
Okt
2009
Finishing the Seams… :)
Concerning ‘finishing the seams’ a big thank you to the Medieval Silkwork blog and the posting “Finishing the seams of 14th/15th century pouches” (http://m-silkwork.blogspot.com/2007/04/finishing-seams-of-14th15th-century_29.html) – I really like the result