Liturgical Vestments: Ecclesiastical Sewing and Embroidery for Making Clergy Vestments
Advent Collection City of David At long last, a new Ecclesiastical Sewing Advent Collection has come to life. Creating a new Liturgical Embroidery and Church Vestment Collection can be… Read more Advent Comes – City of David Collection →
I have been getting a few questions on the making of altar frontals over the past few weeks here on Ecclesiastical Sewing. I have some good news: written instructions are… Read more Altar Frontals →
Vestments and Church Embroidery are most often viewed from a distance. When an embroidered design is placed on a vestment or an altar hanging, it may often become difficult to… Read more Outlining: Finishing Touch or Distraction →
Sometimes a hand embroidery project is started, knowing it will be impossible to make its deadline. But for some unknown reason, that does not become a deterrent. So it is with the Advent Vestment Set currently spread all over my sewing room. There are bits of blue Silk Dupioni and broadcloth, and frames of blue and white on both work tables. Life always provides interruptions with any major Ecclesiastical Embroidery project, and this one is no exception. Meant to be a “quick” project of couching and outlining, this is going… Read more Time is Ticking Away →
It’s time to start preparing the Altar Frontal for the Advent Set. This Ecclesiastical Sewing project is on a tight time frame, and the reality is that it will not… Read more Preparing Altar Frontal →
The best laid plans often have to take a sudden change. And so it is with an Ecclesiastical Sewing Project. The Advent Set is underway, but plans are being… Read more Changing Plans? →
A new project is being attempted here on Ecclesiastical Sewing. It will be a new Advent Altar Frontal, Chalice Veil, and Pulpit Fall. The Altar Frontal will have a large… Read more Advent Star Stitching Underway →
With only a few weeks until the New Church Year begins, an attempt is being made to create a new Advent Star Set of Vestments on Ecclesiastical Sewing. The Advent… Read more Advent Star Altar Frontal →
The fun part about hand embroidery is that one can read, study, and practice; test, learn, and grow. Yet on occasion, there is the that little something in the… Read more IHS Turning Corners →
The past two days have been spent sharing information relating to the Giants. No, not the football team, or some creature from ancient mythology. These Giants are the Ecclesiastical Giants from the past… Read more Books: The Next Best Thing Part III →
Yesterday was such a fun day spent talking about Books: The Next Best Thing and becoming immersed in the works of the Ecclesiastical Giants who designed and created many beautiful pieces… Read more Books: The Next Best Thing : Part II →
It is great fun to research Ecclesiastical Sewing projects and Church Vestments with books, catalogs, and on the internet. There are many options available when it comes to fabric selection… Read more Ecclesiastical Vestment Fabric Cost →
Perhaps you have thought about Ecclesiastical Sewing, or about making an Ecclesiastical Vestment or Altar Hanging, or even a chasuble. You have done a little reading and searching online, and… Read more Ecclesiastical Fabric Pattern Repeats →
One Ecclesiastical Embroidery project times two, in large and small. That is The Tale of Two Lambs. What started as a small Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) hand embroidery design… Read more From the Beginning in The Tale of Two Lambs →
Last week, I mentioned receiving several new books relating to the topics of Ecclesiastical Sewing and Ecclesiastical Embroidery, or Church Embroidery. In case you missed the article, you can check it out the post New Books, New Information. I was sharing information about a book entitled Design for Church Embroidery by R.A. Alethea Wiel. The book, available online through Google Books, is a resource book of embroidery pattern designs for various vestment and altar furnishings such as chalice veils, pulpit falls, and altar frontals. While flipping through the pages and reading… Read more Weekend Reading and Musing →
