A Rare Find
As my love of Ecclesiastical Sewing and Ecclesiastical Embroidery grows, so does the collection of books and other items relating to the field of Ecclesiastical Embroidery. When I read modern… Read more A Rare Find →
Advent Altar Hanging and Pulpit Fall Ideas
After the bustle of finishing the Monk’s Habit this week on Ecclesiastical Sewing, it is time to take a short break and enjoy a little catching up on projects and… Read more Advent Altar Hanging and Pulpit Fall Ideas →
Testing Colors on the Pulpit Fall
It is time to test out a few colors on the Easter Set Pulpit Fall. A few other major projects have been claiming my time on Ecclesiastical Sewing, but the Easter… Read more Testing Colors on the Pulpit Fall →
A Little Splash of Color
Yesterday, I showed you the finished section of flat silk in the Ecclesiastical Embroidery Design for the Easter Set Pulpit Fall. It is always a thrill to finish one section… Read more A Little Splash of Color →
Paper Matters
The other day, I posted about framing up my next Ecclesiastical Embroidery Design for the Easter Set pulpit fall http://blog.ecclesiasticalsewing.com/2014/08/15/all-framed-up-and-ready-to-stitch/ And I have to confess. The pouncing did not go as well as it usually does because of the error that happened at the printers. Paper Matters. Let me explain. As I had mentioned before, the design for the pulpit fall came from a very old embroidery book. I blew the Ecclesiastical Embroidery Design up on the copier, and used my home-made light box to retrace the design. I had a… Read more Paper Matters →
All framed up and ready to stitch
Yesterday, I showed you the framing of my next hand embroidery project. It is the Ecclesiastical Embroidery design for the Pulpit fall for the new Easter Set. The Ecclesiastical Embroidery design features a cross in the center of a circle. The bars on the cross have detailed floral motifs. At the center of the cross is a Chi-Rho with an Alpha and Omega on either side in a modified quatrefoil design. There are some lovely lilies in the corners between the bars of the cross. This is a design… Read more All framed up and ready to stitch →