Any guesses?
What is 88″ wide by 124″ long? We will use it at our local church for Good Friday…. It is so big that we are spending Saturday at church with… Read more Any guesses? →
Pastoral Stoles for Advent, Lent, and Good Friday
There is never a dull moment in the Ecclesiastical Sewing workroom – except during the hours I must be at my full-time day job. Once the working day is over,… Read more Pastoral Stoles for Advent, Lent, and Good Friday →
Silk Dupioni Liturgical Stole Kit with Evesham Orphrey
Silk Duipioni might be describe as lustrous, rich, brilliant, vibrant, and there would still be many more terms that one could devise to tell of it’s beauty. Silk Dupioni is… Read more Silk Dupioni Liturgical Stole Kit with Evesham Orphrey →
Lovely Ecclesiastical Fabrics
Rich, bold, vibrant, striking. These adjectives cannot begin to describe the beautiful nature of true Ecclesiastical or liturgical fabrics used for making church vestments. Whether it is a pattern or… Read more Lovely Ecclesiastical Fabrics →
Pastoral Stoles: How Much do They Cost?
How much does it cost to make a pastoral stole? We all ponder that question when we undertake an Ecclesiastical Sewing project. Parishioners often desire to give the gift of a stole,… Read more Pastoral Stoles: How Much do They Cost? →
Quatrefoil Ecclesiastical Design
After running the weekend errands, it was time to get to work on the next Ecclesiastical Embroidery Project. And I could hardly wait. The hard part was the time it took to press several pieces of silk dupioni. Sometimes silk gets creased if it has not been carefully rolled back on a tube or a bolt from the fabric store. And such was the case today………….tough creases that would not release, regardless of the various methods employed. But this process would lead to the next process of applying the Ecclesiastical… Read more Quatrefoil Ecclesiastical Design →
Time is Ticking Away
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 →
Preparing the Advent Pulpit Fall Design
Time is slipping away, and the Advent Pulpit Fall needs to get started. The Ecclesiastical Embroidery Design selected for the Pulpit Fall will be a combination of applique and couching stitches. (At least that is the plan for now). To aid with the placement of the applique pieces, I decided to transfer the Ecclesiastical Design to the Silk Dupioni using the prick and pounce method of design transfer. When I first learned about this technique for transferring an embroidery design, it took a year, maybe longer than that, before I took the… Read more Preparing the Advent Pulpit Fall Design →