How to Make Baptismal Towel Altar Linens
As a special reminder of their baptism day when they receive the washing of rebirth in Holy Baptism, we have created these special little keepsake baptismal towels.
Best White Liturgical Fabrics for Easter and Festival Seasons of the Church Year
The choice of fabrics for creating vestments and altar hangings is a feast for the eyes, and different churches have different needs. The range of white church vestment fabrics available at Ecclesiastical Sewing for making church vestments is quite nice. White includes a broad range of colors: creams, ivory, deep cream, gold, and of course the stunning brocatelles with their shimmering gold highlights!
Altar Linens
Altar linens are often overlooked but essential. Regular checks for stains, tears, and faded colors are crucial. Making altar linens is a cost-effective option, offering flexibility in design and size. Renaissance Linen, a medium-weight Irish Linen, and Opalescent Linen, a fine sheer fabric, are excellent choices available at Ecclesiastical Sewing.
Top 10 materials for DIY Stole Making
A DIY stole can be a truly special gift. We hope to help you make a stole that will serve your pastor, priest, or deacon for many years to come. Here at Ecclesiastical Sewing we have the top 10 materials for your DIY stole-making projects!
Planning Your Lent Church Vestment Projects: a Liturgical Fabric Review
Violet is an appropriate color for Lent. It is associated with pain, suffering, mourning, and loss. Yet it is also the color of Royalty. Winchester is a wonderful Brocade Fabric. It has a nice hand and the weight is designed for use with hand embroidery and goldwork embroidery. It holds up well for machine embroidery. It drapes beautifully for chasubles and copes.
Lent Vestment Fabric – Violets and Golds
Ecclesiastical Sewing church vestment sewing patterns offer an extensive collection of fabrics ranging from textured polyester, silk dupioni, and brocades to Silk Damasks and metallic Brocatelles. We have selected a few of the violet fabrics for you to explore for your next church vestment sewing project.
Quick Sewing Tip: Add Goldwork Dove Appliques to Red Stoles for Pentecost
To create a vibrant Pentecost stole, start with a red stole, such as the Ely Crown Stole, featuring plain fabric near the chest area. Choose a gold Dove Applique, like the goldwork Dove with imitation Japanese Goldwork threads, which may include colored thread accents. For couching, use Goldwork threads like Imitation Japanese Gold Thread, Gilt gold twist, or Au Ver a Soie Gold Thread.
Pentecost a Season of Red Liturgical Fabrics
Red is the traditional color for Pentecost vestments, and among my favorite “red” options are fabrics like the St. Margaret Brocade, showcasing a bold pattern with a Tudor Rose and Crown. This liturgical brocade is available in solid red and two-toned variations, including the fiery red/gold option in the Fairford Brocade. Another excellent choice is the Red Lichfield Brocade, offering a rich hue perfect for Pentecost. Additionally, there’s the Luther Rose Brocade, Ely Crown, Silk Dupioni, and more in vibrant red tones.
Creating Orphrey Bands for Church Vestments
Ecclesiastical Sewing introduces new Chasuble patterns with fancy trims called orphrey bands. The blog explains orphrey bands’ history and talks about the special St. Hubert Brocatelle fabric. It shows how to choose trims and cut the fabric to make these beautiful church vestments, making the process easy to understand for everyone.
Tips for Sewing with Cloth of Gold or Silver
The Cloth of Gold and Cloth of Silver are wonderful fabrics to select for use as full vestments or for accent pieces such as orphrey bands or appliques. Cloth of Gold is also a frequent fabric used for trimming a Bishop’s miter. The Lurex Diaper Cloth of Gold. It has a slightly different weave that creates almost a zig-zag effect. Diaper is a term that refers to a particular type of repeating pattern. In this case, it is the repeating zig-zag pattern.
The New Church Year Begins December 2, 2018
Prepare for the Advent season with Ecclesiastical Sewing’s exclusive Luther Rose Brocade and St. Margaret Brocade in vibrant royal blue. These liturgical fabrics are perfect for creating stoles, chasubles, and altar hangings.
Sewing Tips: What is needed to make a Tippet
The tippet pattern is one of the many church vestment sewing patterns available through our Ecclesiastical Sewing online storefront. The tippet pattern is sized to have a nice length and width. Tippets are worn with a surplice and cassock as part of the choir dress. They are used for the offices of morning and evening prayer or at other times when Holy Communion is not served.
Tapestry Fabrics for Vestments: How to Measure Pattern Repeats
Tapestry fabrics used in churches today are woven into a rich palette of colors and patterns to delight the eye. The fabric is by nature a bit heavier than most liturgical brocades. And such rich detail – often like pictures. This detail requires the use of many threads or yarns in the weaving process.
Embroidered Appliques: How to Apply Goldwork Pieces
Applying goldwork appliques for church vestments. Center the design, temporarily pin, and hand-tack the applique, using Japanese gold threads for couching. Choose a suitable needle and threads for a polished finish, adding beauty to your ecclesiastical embroidery.
Luther Rose Brocade – Something Special
Designed in collaboration with Edward Riojas, the Luther Rose Brocade is a special liturgical fabric. It features the Luther Rose emblem and Patonce Cross, created through a meticulous weaving process for durability in goldwork and hand embroidery. Available in Red, Green, Blue, Violet, White, and Ivory, this exclusive fabric is offered at Ecclesiastical Sewing for creating unique church vestments.
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