Gothic Chasuble Sewing Pattern Fabric Options What is a Chasuble? It may be a word you have heard once in a great while but you wonder, what is a… Read more Gothic Chasuble Sewing Pattern Fabric Options →
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Laetare Sunday in Lent There is a six-week period of time leading up to Easter, these six weeks are known as Lent. Lent is a time spent in the… Read more Laetare Sunday in Lent →
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White and Gold Liturgical Fabrics for Easter and other Festival Seasons of the Church Year 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! Easter is the highest festival season in the church year. The ancient churches recognized the importance of this festival and even if the church had the plainest of hangings for the altar during the… Read more Best White Liturgical Fabrics for Easter and Festival Seasons of the Church Year →
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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 →
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A few days ago the Ecclesiastical Sewing Studio announced the release of three new Latin Mass Chasuble sewing patterns. The chasuble patterns have lots of design details with crosses and… Read more Creating Orphrey Bands for Church Vestments →
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Cloth of Gold. Just the very name brings up images of a knight in armor and kings with all their medieval court in the days of chivalry. Cloth of gold… Read more Tips for Sewing with Cloth of Gold or Silver →
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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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Tapestry Fabrics Tapestries – they are a thing of beauty, steeped in history reminding us of tales almost forgotten in the recesses of the mind: of knights and chivalry and… Read more Tapestry Fabrics for Vestments: How to Measure Pattern Repeats →
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It is that time of year. Winter has passed to the dim recesses of our memory, and the earth is awakening with a profusion of blossoms. The unexpected beauty of… Read more Ordination and Installation of Clergy →
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Ecclesiastical Sewing recently had a very special project in the works. When an idea takes root and begins to turn into a project I have the joy and privilege of… Read more Red and Gold Liturgical Brocade Fabrics →
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The Advent and Christmas Season are nearing their end. Yet even in the midst of one church season, it is time to start looking ahead to the season of Lent.… Read more Violet Stole and Chasuble Sets for Lent and Advent →
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Liturgical Fabrics are fabrics specially woven for use in making church vestments. Some of you may be familiar with Liturgical Fabrics and for others, this may be new territory. Liturgical… Read more Dainty Liturgical Fabrics? How Will They Look! →
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V-Neck Pastor or Priest Stole Sewing Pattern The V-Neck stole has become a favorite here. We love the pointed back; that instead of curing as the other stoles do,… Read more On point with a V-Neck Stole Pattern →
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