Liturgical Vestments: Ecclesiastical Sewing and Embroidery for Making Clergy Vestments
We know that staying at home is a challenge for many during these uncertain times. We all struggle with many issues, large and small. We wonder and turn our focus… Read more Top 10 New Embroidery Designs to Stitch While “Being Still” at Home →
Here at Ecclesiastical Sewing, we’re always happy to make stoles for our customers. After all, these are arguably the most important vestments for pastors and priests. They’re worn with preaching… Read more Top 10 materials for DIY stole making →
We know many churches would love to have new vestments or altar hangings. But for many churches, the ideas never go beyond being an idea. Creating church vestments is often… Read more Sewing Church Vestments and Linens: 10 Tips for Success →
Those of us who grew up in denominations that don’t use liturgical colors often find the change of vestments with the seasons a bit confusing. After all, if our pastors… Read more Why do we use purple during Lent? →
Lent Stoles for Pastors and Priests The designer (that’s ME – Carrie) has been busy keeping our seamstresses stitching away to create a wonderful new collection of stoles that are… Read more Do you have your favorite Violet Stole Style Selected Yet? Lent is coming! →
How often do you look through Church Vestment Catalogs or at Vestments online and think, “If only I could make a chasuble like that! It can’t be that difficult, but… Read more Top 5 Tips for Sewing Perfect Chasuble Orphrey Bands →
Graduation season will soon be upon us. As seminarians prepare for their upcoming ordination celebrations, we hope you will keep them in your prayers. Ordination and being installed as the… Read more Custom Crafted Ordination Stoles for Pastors →
Today at Ecclesiastical Sewing we are going to talk about a simple little trick to transform a simple plain stole into an elegant Pentecost Stole with Goldwork Dove appliques. What… Read more Quick Sewing Tip: Add Goldwork Dove Appliques to Red Stoles for Pentecost →
Feast Day of St. James and St. Philip On May 1st, we celebrated the feast days of St. Philip and St. James the Apostles in the Lutheran Church, and today… Read more St. Philip and St. James and New Apostle Pastor Stole! →
A few days back we were talking about Traditional Church Vestment patterns and the conversation centered around the chasuble pattern. Today, we are going to review clergy stole patterns. We… Read more Top Five Traditional Clergy Stole Patterns for Church Vestment →
We receive a lot of emails from our readers in the Ecclesiastical Sewing Studio. One of the questions that frequently come up relates to church vestment pattern or patterns for… Read more Traditional Church Vestment Sewing Patterns →
The seasons of the church year follow an orderly pattern. This week we wrap up the season of Lent and enter Holy Week. In just a matter of days, we… Read more Pentecost a Season of Red Liturgical Fabrics →
Ecclesiastical Sewing offered the widest range of patterns for those interested in creating their own church vestments, or for those needing patterns for their seamstresses who are making church vestments.… Read more Traditional Linen Alb Priest Vestment Sewing Pattern →
Last week, we introduced our Quick Ship vestments. These are items where customers have requested that we have certain styles available for those last-minute needs. These are also items that… Read more Evangelist Stole for Easter Quick Ship →
Easter and Christmas are the highest festivals in the church year. The vestments worn by clergy and used in the church are often decorated with white and gold. Last Christmas,… Read more White and Gold for Easter and Christmas →