RAECHEL HENDERSON
Raechel Henderson is a dual class seamstress / shieldmaiden. She has sewn professionally since 2008. Over the years she has traveled around the Midwest region selling her handmade bags, skirts (with pockets!), coats and accessories at various events and conventions. Arachne hangs out in the window of her workshop reminding her to check the tension on the sewing machines. She writes about magic, creativity, living a life by one’s own life patterns, her family and books.
THE WITCH'S WARDROBE
Llewellyn, 2024
Projects to Stitch for the Crafty Witch: Draft and Customize Your Own Patterns
Create personalized garments that match your unique spirit with this spellbinding sewing guide. Raechel Henderson, author of Sew Witchy, presents thirty projects, such as wrap-around pants and fingerless gloves, that will bring you closer to the clothing collection of your dreams. She also teaches you step-by-step how to make custom patterns, so your outfits always fit like magic.
Explore size-inclusive plans for a variety of pieces:
Petticoat • Walking Skirt • Fairy Dress • House Jacket
Pinafore • Cape • Waist Cincher • Bustle • Gathering Apron
The Witch’s Wardrobe also introduces witchy techniques―like color, knot, glamour, and mending magic―that you can weave into your projects. Embroider prosperity sigils into your pockets, enhance your voice with an infinity scarf, and sew protective button spells onto your belt pouch. With hundreds of figures and full-color photographs, this book is filled with inspiration to break out your sewing machine and make garments that excite you.
Templates for projects that require tracing patterns are available at the back of the book. Large patterns are also available in PDF format at 100% for easy printing here.
THE NATURAL HOME WHEEL OF THE YEAR
Llewellyn Publications, 2023
Invite the sabbats into your home the natural way and create a vibrant Wheel of the Year tradition with this book of crafts, activities, and recipes. For each sabbat, Raechel Henderson features sections on low-cost activities, inspiration for your seasonal altar, journal prompts, food ideas, decoration suggestions, and more.
With Raechel’s ecofriendly emphasis on found and foraged materials, you will learn to make a twig wreath for Samhain, naturally dyed banners for Ostara, and twine flowers for Beltane. Explore activities like drawing a milk bath for Imbolc, leaving offerings for the faeries on Litha, and conducting a gratitude ritual for Mabon. With so many sustainable ways to enjoy seasonal themes and lessons, each turn of the wheel can grant you a new perspective and an opportunity to enrich your life.
THE SCENT OF LEMON & ROSEMARY: WORKING DOMESTIC MAGICK WITH HESTIA
Llewellyn, 2021
The Scent of Lemon & Rosemary is a fabulous book of magical spells, crafts, and recipes for your house and home. Based on the powerful energy and mythos of the goddess Hestia, the magical activities and workings in this book can be practiced by anyone, regardless of spiritual orientation.
Magic themes and techniques abound for each room of your home―love and transformation in the kitchen, communication and friendship in the living room, purification and health in the bathroom, prosperity and sleep in the bedroom, and protection in the threshold. You will discover recipes for food magic as well as tips for creating your own green cleaning supplies and tying your cleaning tasks to the lunar phase. Author Raechel Henderson also includes hands-on exercises for connecting with Hestia as a deity of bodily autonomy, racial equity, and social justice.
Creating a harmonious environment that fosters feelings of acceptance, safety, and abundance is possible. With tools like visualization, centering, grounding, and raising power as well as crystals, essential oils, meditations, and rituals, this book guides you in balancing the energy of each room and turning your entire home into a sacred space.
SEW WITCHY: TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROJECTS FOR SEWING MAGICK
Llewellyn, 2019
Enhance your witchcraft by putting needle and thread to fabric. Part sewing manual and part grimoire, this fun and easy guide turns every craft project into a magickal ritual. Packed with easy-to-follow instructions and photographs, Sew Witchy presents a wide variety of projects that complement and improve your practice, from dream pillows and spell bags to cords and altar cloths.
With spells grouped by type, this book encourages you to enhance familiar spells with sewing supplies and try spells that infuse mundane sewing tasks with magickal intent. You’ll also find a comprehensive list of the magical correspondences for sewing tools, notions, and fabrics. Perfect for any skill level or magical path, this enjoyable and colorful book explores the historical and cultural uses of magic and sewing from all over the world.
Fun projects, from the very simple to the more complex…Pleasing photographs and clear diagrams inspire while increasing understanding of the instructions. — Library Journal, Starred Review
Indiebound
B&N