Liturgical Vestments: Ecclesiastical Sewing and Embroidery for Making Clergy Vestments
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 →
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? →
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! →
The Christmas Rose Vestment set has been a personal favorite of mine. There are several things about the set that keeps drawing me back to it. The first is the… Read more Christmas Rose Vestments →
A happy first day of Advent and start of the new church year to you! For those of you in the Midwest, we hope you are enjoying the snow. We… Read more Blue or Purple: An Advent Debate →
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 →