Liturgical Vestments: Ecclesiastical Sewing and Embroidery for Making Clergy Vestments
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
What is a Monastic Style Chasuble? A Monastic style chasuble is a fuller and longer chasuble style. It can be between 60 to 80″ wide and is usually a… Read more What is a Monastic Style Chasuble? →
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: How to Measure Pattern Repeats →
The entire Ecclesiastical Sewing team is pleased to present our latest collection of machine embroidery designs for church vestments. The designs were created by Edward Riojas, a talented liturgical… Read more Sanctified Collection of Church Vestments →
New things often cause fear in the hearts of many people. Yet once we get past the fear, we realize how simple things can be. And what was once feared… Read more Stole Making: A Little Encouragement →
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 →
On Sunday, the Protestant Church remembers the death of one of her most beloved Saints. Martin Luther died February 18th, 1546. I have been interested in flowers and greenery… Read more The Rose of the Lutherans →
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 →
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! →
