Liturgical Vestments: Ecclesiastical Sewing and Embroidery for Making Clergy Vestments
Slate frames have been used for countless years (or may we centuries) as a way of mounting fabric for working hand embroidery. There are many advantages to using a slate… Read more Slate Frames – How to Determine Size →
Deacons and Seminarians spend years in school preparing for their roles as future pastors or priests. There are the usual years of undergraduate work and then it is on to… Read more Ways to Honor Soon to be Ordained Pastors and Priests →
This has been ages in coming. We get requests constantly for traditional Latin Mass Vestments. Churches and priests wish to have someone create unique vestments that reflect a more traditional… Read more Three New Latin Mass Chasuble Patterns →
We enjoy spending time each summer hiking in Glacier National Park. A few years back, we were out for an early morning hike just as the clouds came settling in.… Read more Transfiguration Sunday 2019 →
The Church Year is an ongoing Pageant How do you view the church year? Have you ever thought of the church year as a pageant – not the kind of… Read more The Church Year is a Pageant →
Needlework is always fun and exciting. I especially love hand embroidery but running a busy sewing studio does not leave much time for the pleasures a favorite pastime. So,… Read more Through the Needle’s Eye – EGA Traveling Exhibit →
O Morning Star, splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. New collections are months in the… Read more Dayspring Vestment Collection by Ecclesiastical Sewing →
O Emmanuel – O God with Us. What comfort those words bring if we stop to think about them. God with us. Latin Text: O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,… Read more O Emmanuel – O God with Us O Antiphon for December 23 →
O Oriens – O Dayspring. The word Dayspring today is considered archaic, yet it is a word that is beautiful and poetic. The word is used in the… Read more O Oriens – O Dayspring Antiphon for December 21 →
Today is O Antiphon #4 O Clavis David ~ O Key of David Keys are interesting things. They come in all kinds of sizes from small to large. They open… Read more O Clavis David – O Key of David Antiphon for December 20 →
Today’s O Antiphon: O Radix Jesse – O Root of Jesse This Antiphon is a personal favorite. I think of this as we hike Glacier Park each summer. My… Read more O Radix Jesse – O Root of Jesse Antiphon for December 19 →
O Adonai ~O Lord The symbol for this day is a burning bush. The Lord appeared to Moses on Mount Sinai and spoke to him from a burning bush. Latin:… Read more O Adonai Antiphon for December 18 →
Today begins the Great O Antiphons of Advent. The Antiphons are Magnificat Antiphon used during Vespers on the last seven days of Advent. Each Antiphon is a name for Christ… Read more O Sapientia – O Wisdom: The Great O’ Antiphon for December 17 →
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 →
