Liturgical Vestments: Ecclesiastical Sewing and Embroidery for Making Clergy Vestments
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 →
Gaudete Sunday: Breaking The Rules Please enjoy this article. It was passed around our local church and we felt that y’all might enjoy it as well! A Blessed Sunday–A Blessed Gaudete Sunday to you all. Gaudete Sunday. Breaking The Rules -Soli Deo Gloria-
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 →
Every year as the holiday season draws near, the weather turns colder, and the daylight leaves us much sooner. Many of us start earnestly preparing for the Christmas season. One… Read more The Saint Andrew Christmas Novena Prayer →
Linens are an item used everyday or every week in the life of most churches. Linens are used for the most sacred and important part of a church service during… Read more Small Altar Linens and a Gift for You →
Today marks yet another day of celebration in the year of the church. September 14th is noted as being Holy Cross Day, which is celebrated in both Eastern and Western… Read more Holy Cross Day September 14 →
Over the next few days I would like to talk to you about certain ecclesiastical vestments that are worn on the head. Often we focus our gaze on the voluptuous garments that cover our ministers of the church. It is important to know each distinct garment and its history. Based in practical reasoning, traditions are now carried on without knowing the origin. When we travel to Europe, view exhibits in a museum, or look in old volumes, we see all kinds of garments that our ministers no longer wear, or… Read more Part I: The Amice—Norris →
The summer season is approaching, and it might be a good time to start thinking about small altar linens. The Easter season is coming to an end and the green… Read more Hand Embroidery Design Small Linens →
Goldwork embroidery gathers a great deal of attention from across the web. It is so beautiful and elegant. Goldwork Embroidery has a regal look to it when gold threads are… Read more Shining Silver – Stars? →
It is so rewarding to feel like something was accomplished at the end of a weekend, especially when the weekend started off feeling like nothing was getting done. Sometimes weekends are… Read more A Simple Design Framed Up →
Ecclesiastical Embroidery and Ecclesiastical Sewing are wonderful, relaxing pass times. I enjoy them with great passion, especially if I get uninterrupted time over the weekend to work on projects. Ecclesiastical… Read more Progress on Ecclesiastical Embroidery →
After a weekend of organization and fun, it has been back to the work week, and the normal routine during the day. After work and evening chores, trying to squeeze… Read more A Little Stitching Time →
Moving from one project to another in Ecclesiastical Sewing and Ecclesiastical Embroidery often involves doing various amounts of research and reading. One of the major problems with this in the past was organization. Over the years, I have been able to develop a nice reference library on the topics of Design and Sewing, and most recently, I have been adding Ecclesiastical works to the collection. When something comes up, the most challenging part has been, where to find the needed book for reference. There was no specific area devoted to… Read more A Quick Tidy Up →
Everything is out and ready to transfer the Ecclesiastical Embroidery patterns for the trial run. Yesterday, I showed you the new transfer products that were purchased while traveling over the summer. Today is the day. It is time to test them out and see how they work on white fabrics. The goal is to have something that will show up with a clean, crisp line that is visible when stitching, but….. and this is the big part. It must not leave residue on the white floss and must be able… Read more Pouncing with the Blues →