As many parishioners return to their home churches after the summer months of travel and activities, fall is a perfect time to check the condition of vestments, altar linens, altar… Read more Sacristy Check List: 10 Things to Review for Fall →
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At Ecclesiastical Sewing, we have been working to create many new machine embroidery design and will try to get those introduced as quickly as possible. The embroidery designs will include symbols, logos, whitework designs, and seasonal designs. One of the new logo designs is shown above. The Concordia Theological Seminary Logo is now available as a machine embroidery file to download. The file is suitable for use on jackets, bags, banners, and tippets! The size is 4″. Due to the detailed nature of the design, it does not translate as… Read more Concordia Theological Seminary Machine Embroidery Logo →
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Hand Embroidery Classes Many of us have enjoyed taking classes with the Royal School of Needlework and Hand and Lock in recent years. The Royal School of Needlework and… Read more Trestle Stands for Slate Frames →
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A few days back we were talking about what tippets are and the history of a tippet. Tippets are an easy church vestment item to create for yourself, especially… Read more Sewing Tips: What is needed to make a Tippet →
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While blue or violet are the predominant colors for the season of Advent, and violet is the color for Lent, during Rose-colored vestments are often seen in the middle of… Read more Rose Chasuble and Stole Vestments for Advent and Lent →
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Church Vestment Making Classes In a few short weeks to go, there is still time to sign up for the Liturgical Arts Conference in Canton, MS. The conference has a… Read more It’s Not Too Late – Vestment Making Class →
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When something special is needed to fill areas in goldwork embroidery or to edge a design, Gilt Twist is a great option. But what does one do with goldwork appliques?… Read more Gilt Twist Goldwork Threads for Hand Embroidery →
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Last year marked an incredible anniversary in the Lutheran Church. It was 500 years from the time Martin Luther started it all with the posting of his 95 Thesis on… Read more Reformation 2018 – 501 Years in the Making →
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Depending on the day, there are a large number of projects in the works in our Ecclesiastical Sewing Studios. Most of our embroidery on vestments, altar hangings and stoles is… Read more Imitation Japanese Goldwork Embroidery Threads →
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What is a tippet? A great question you may ask. For some, the answer has to do with fishing. We won’t look at the definition today as our focus at… Read more What is a Tippet? →
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