Liturgical Vestments: Ecclesiastical Sewing and Embroidery for Making Clergy Vestments
We are truly humbled by the outpouring of volunteers willing to take a few moments to share the sewing patterns for making isolation gowns. It is a true testament of… Read more Thank you! And Another Pattern or Two or Three! →
We know that staying at home is a challenge for many during these uncertain times. We all struggle with many issues, large and small. We wonder and turn our focus… Read more Top 10 New Embroidery Designs to Stitch While “Being Still” at Home →
Christ love little children and he implored his disciples to let the little children come unto him. Children are an important part in the life of a church. Many pastors… Read more How to Make Baptismal Towel Altar Linens →
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 →
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 →
June 25th marks the celebration of the Nativity of John the Baptist. Christ said, “I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one… Read more June 24 Celebrates the Nativity of John the Baptist →
How often do you look through Church Vestment Catalogs or at Vestments online and think, “If only I could make a chasuble like that! It can’t be that difficult, but… Read more Top 5 Tips for Sewing Perfect Chasuble Orphrey Bands →
A few days back we were talking about Traditional Church Vestment patterns and the conversation centered around the chasuble pattern. Today, we are going to review clergy stole patterns. We… Read more Top Five Traditional Clergy Stole Patterns for Church Vestment →
We receive a lot of emails from our readers in the Ecclesiastical Sewing Studio. One of the questions that frequently come up relates to church vestment pattern or patterns for… Read more Traditional Church Vestment Sewing Patterns →
Ecclesiastical Sewing offered the widest range of patterns for those interested in creating their own church vestments, or for those needing patterns for their seamstresses who are making church vestments.… Read more Traditional Linen Alb Priest Vestment Sewing Pattern →
Church vestments come in all sizes from small to extra-large. Just as we find in the ready-to-wear fashion market, the hope is the existing size ranges will provide something that… Read more Custom Sized Church 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 →
Church Vestment Making Classes In a few short weeks to go, there is still time to sign up for the Liturgical Arts Conference in Canton, MS. The conference has a… Read more It’s Not Too Late – Vestment Making Class →
Clergy Stoles and Priest Chasubles – When standard sizes don’t fit Pastors and priests come in all sizes from petite to very tall, with many variations in between. Yet all… Read more How to Determine the Correct Stole length →