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JACQUELINE STRANO

HANDMADE EMBROIDERY ART FROM BROOKLYN

Blending tradition with creativity to craft embroidered pieces that speak to the heart and stand the test of time

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Embroidered Portrait

Untitled (Heart Thread)

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Embroidered Portrait

Untitled (Heart Thread)

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One-of-a-Kind Collage Notecards

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One-of-a-Kind Collage Notecards

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Embroidered Portrait

Radical Left Lunatic

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Embroidered Portrait

Radical Left Lunatic

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Embroidered Portrait

How are egg prices?

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Embroidered Portrait

How are egg prices?

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Embroidered Portrait

I am evil

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Embroidered Portrait

I am evil

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Embroidered Portrait

Marilyn Monroe in a Taylor Swift Tee

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Marilyn Monroe in a Taylor Swift Tee

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ABOUT ME

Welcome to Ricamo Strano, where artist and fashion historian Jacqueline Strano weaves history, memory, and personal story into handmade embroidery art. With a background in fashion, visual culture, and textile history, Jacqueline creates custom pieces that reimagine vintage and historical photographs through thread, giving new life to forgotten moments. Her work is a conversation between past and present, layered with texture, emotion, and meaning.

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LEARN EMBROIDERY THAT SPEAKS TO YOU

Join mindful embroidery classes for creatives and beginners, led by artist and experienced instructor Jacqueline Strano. These calm, supportive workshops explore slow stitching as a path to creativity, presence, and personal restoration. Whether online or in-person, you’ll learn hand embroidery techniques while nurturing focus, emotional well-being, and self-expression. With years of teaching at institutions like Parsons School of Design, Jacqueline offers artistic expertise and a gentle, mindful approach in every session.

Floral Hoops

Elegant blooms stitched with intricate details.

Thread Art Frames

Contemporary threads crafted into modern art pieces.

Custom Wearables

Personalized embroidered shirts, jackets, and more.

Gift Sets

Hand-embroidered collections made for special ocassions.

Historical Costume Consulting & Research

Looking for expert historical costume consulting to ensure authentic, period-accurate clothing and accessories for your characters or productions? With over 20 years of experience in fashion history research and teaching, I specialize in detailed historical costume research and consulting for writers, costume designers, stylists, filmmakers, and creative professionals.

Services include historical costume research for books, scripts, and screenplays; costume consulting for film, theater, and photoshoots; fashion accuracy review and manuscript editing; and custom research on textile history and material culture. Whether you need help with period clothing authenticity, vintage costume sourcing, or culturally informed dress accuracy, I offer personalized guidance to elevate your storytelling and production design.

Blog

Soft Stitches. Sharp Messages.

Lately, I’ve been working with vintage imagery as a site of interruption—using embroidery to stitch contemporary language into images that were never meant to speak back. Radical Left Lunatic ​Radical Left Lunatic​ reclaims a phrase frequently used by Donald Trump to defame and dismiss the left. By stitching it into the hands of a flapper-era figure, the insult is stripped of its power and turned outward—no longer a smear, but a declaration. What is meant to shame becomes self-definition. I

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jmstrano January 27, 2026 2:54 pm

Custom Embroidery Art Commissions: Hand-Stitched Art Made from Memory

Custom embroidery art transforms photographs, memories, and personal stories into one-of-a-kind hand-embroidered artworks. Unlike digital prints or mass-produced decor, embroidered art preserves emotion through time, texture, and the physical presence of the maker’s hand. Each piece is slow-made, intentionally designed, and stitched entirely by hand—resulting in an heirloom fiber artwork that cannot be replicated. If you’re looking for custom embroidery art commissions that feel intimate, meaningful, and collectible, embroidery offers a rare and lasting alternative to conventional portraiture. What Is

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jmstrano January 20, 2026 2:52 pm

Fashion History + Gore: Macabre Beauty in Corsetry, Hearts & Classic Film

There’s a reason we can’t stop staring at old Hollywood glamour: it’s beautiful, but it’s also a little gruesome. Behind every silk gown, behind every cinched waist and red-carpet smile, there are bruises—sometimes literal, sometimes emotional. Classic film icons, especially women, wore pain the way couture houses demanded they wear satin. This is the place where fashion history meets gore, where beauty and blood share a seam. As a fiber artist obsessed with vintage fashion and classic cinema, I stitch

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jmstrano January 2, 2026 8:00 am
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