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! →
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 →
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? →
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 →
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 →
Last week at Ecclesiastical Sewing, we updated everyone with the exciting news that our Roman Square Yoke Surplice Pattern is now available in an expanded size range. That is something… Read more Carlisle Fabric in White for Roman Square Yoke Surplice Patterns →
You ask and we try our best. We decided years ago when we first launched Ecclesiastical Sewing that a focus on our business would be to provide sewing patterns and… Read more Square Yoke Surplice Pattern in Multiple Sizes →
What is a tippet? A great question you may ask. For some, the answer has to do with fishing. We won’t look at the definition today as our focus at… Read more What is a Tippet? →
We love details and when making pastor or priest stoles in the Ecclesiastical Sewing workroom, there are always a few last minute details to stitch up prior completing that… Read more Top 5 Pastor Stole Finishing Touches →
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 →
New things often cause fear in the hearts of many people. Yet once we get past the fear, we realize how simple things can be. And what was once feared… Read more Stole Making: A Little Encouragement →
It’s a story we hear so often – “Our church is too small to afford vestments and altar hangings.” Churches often get stuck in the mentatity that being small means… Read more Vestment making Classes →
It has been a pleasantly busy fall in the Ecclesiastical Sewing workroom. We have transitioned from sewing a steady stream of red to sewing the colors of the church year.… Read more New Rose Pastoral Chasuble and Stole →
There are two sizes of pre-cut material—face fabric, canvas, and lining—, but only one stole kit—Silk Dupioni—comes in both size A and size B. Most if not all of… Read more On point with a V-Neck Stole Pattern →
As we talked about last post, there are two sizes of pre-cut material—face fabric, canvas, and lining—, but only one stole kit—Silk Dupioni—comes in both sizes online. Size “B” must… Read more The 4.5 inch pattern; Our Tried & True Stole →