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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Questions come in almost daily asking about the making of all things church vestment related. Today we will give you a quick rundown on all things inside when it comes… Read more What to use on the Inside to get a great look on the Outside for Vestments →
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Altar Linen Refresher Altar linens are items that usually go unnoticed by most parishioners. The care of linens Often altars are bare of having linens, or altars have worn and stained linens. As many of us return to our respective church sacristies following the sporadic nature of summer schedules, there is often a bit of house keeping needed to put things in order. It is a good idea to take inventory of the altar linens, and put a call in to all members of the altar guild to return… Read more Altar Linens →
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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 →
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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 →
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Thomas Aquinas is universally known as one of the greatest teachers and writers within the Catholic tradition. Canonized by the Catholic church in 1323, Saint Thomas Aquinas is… Read more St. Thomas Aquinas →
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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? →
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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! →
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