JACQUELINE STRANO

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.

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.

Embroidered Portrait

Radical Left Lunatic

$20.00

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Embroidered Portrait

How are egg prices?

$20.00

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Embroidered Portrait

I am evil

$25.00

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Embroidered Portrait

Marilyn Monroe in a Taylor Swift Tee

$50.00

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Blog

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

jmstrano January 2, 2026 8:00 am

❄️🖤 Witchy Winter Stitching Rituals: Creative Hibernation for the Fiber Artist

When the cold arrives, some artists speed up to meet holiday deadlines. I don’t.I slow down.I go inward, like a creature burrowing underground—hoarding ideas the way a raven collects shiny bones. Winter is when my embroidery becomes ritual. Not hobby, not hustle—ritual. Thread replaces incense. Fabric becomes altar. Silence becomes spellwork. As a fiber artist, I treat winter the way witches treat the dark moon: a time for replenishing power, letting inspiration gestate, and protecting energy from the outside world.

jmstrano December 19, 2025 8:10 am

Custom Embroidery Art: I Embroider Memories That Haunt Us

Custom Fiber Art by Jacqueline Strano Some people frame photos.I stitch the ones that won’t let go. As a custom fiber artist, I create one-of-a-kind embroidered portraits and mixed-media textile pieces based on personal photographs, family history, vintage imagery, and secret stories. My custom embroidery art doesn’t decorate a wall—it resurrects what’s been forgotten. I use thread the way others use paint, but my process isn’t sentimental. I treat personal memory as raw material, blending vintage photos, anatomical illustrations, corset

jmstrano December 5, 2025 3:57 pm