A few days ago I shared a post on Ecclesiastical Machine Embroidery. The design, worked in a quatrefoil border on silk dupioni, will need to be applied to the base… Read more Quatrefoil Ecclesiastical Design – Part 2 →
Treasure hunting can be a great deal of fun, especially if you actual stumble across a bit of treasure. Treasure can be a wide variety of things to many people.… Read more The Process of Making Vintage Embroidery Patterns Usable →
Normally the posts on Ecclesiastical Sewing focus on the topic of hand embroidery and sewing for the church. Today’s post will take a little liberty and veer off topic slightly. … Read more Habsburg Splendor at Minneapolis Institute of Arts →
All sewing is a series of steps, worked in a certain order, with the goal of obtaining a finished project. For the past few posts on Ecclesiastical Sewing, we have been… Read more Chalice Veil Cross Applique →
Deadlines can be a great motivator to wrapping up a project. There will be a bit of midnight oil burned this weekend in the Studio here at Ecclesiastical Sewing trying… Read more Trellis Stitching Over Laid Silk Floss →
The Holidays are a wonderful opportunity to spend time with family and friends, but oh, how the stitching and other Ecclesiastical Embroidery and church vestment projects suffer from lack of… Read more Agnus Dei Neglected but not Forgotten →
With the Advent, Christmas and New Year Holidays upon us, there has not been much time to get in the workroom, let alone time to work on any projects. With… Read more Holiday Break →
Trying new embroidery techniques and learning by doing is what makes sewing and embroidery so much fun. When Ecclesiastical Sewing and hand embroidery are being done for the Lord’s House,… Read more Stretching the Wings →
Have you ever stitched a hand embroidery project, and been less than pleased with the results? But every time you look at the hand embroidery stitching, there is a battle… Read more Seeing Red and Starting Over →
Advent is here, and regretfully, the new Advent Vestment Set will not be ready for this season. The Advent Vestment Set, which had not been on the horizon for this… Read more Silver Couching Progress →
With the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend comes the cooking, the cleaning, and the time spent with guests; it has been a few days since there was time either for Ecclesiastical Sewing… Read more Thanksgiving Weekend Break and Gift Ideas →
Thank goodness for the Internet. With a few clicks, one can be transported to some wonderful places to explore the world of Needlework of every kind. There were a few topics of “embroidery” interest from weekend browsing that I though might be fun to share with you all. If you are not familiar with Thistle Threads you might enjoy heading over to their website and taking a peak around. There is much to peruse and explore. Tricia Nguyen has spent years bringing new needlework supplies to the market place for hand… Read more Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Initiative →
A few weeks back the Large Advent Star was started for the Altar Frontal church embroidery project. It did not take long before it became apparent that the Silver Threads… Read more Long Awaited Threads →
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 →
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