Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making

Top 5 Tips for Sewing Perfect Chasuble Orphrey Bands

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 →

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May 20, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: Advent Burse Chalice Veil chasuble Chausbles Ecclesiastical Sewing orphrey Rose Chasubles Rose Vestments Sewing Church Vestments vestment making vestment pattern vestment patterns

Custom Crafted Ordination Stoles for Pastors

Graduation season will soon be upon us. As seminarians prepare for their upcoming ordination celebrations, we hope you will keep them in your prayers. Ordination and being installed as the… Read more →

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May 06, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: Ecclesiastical Sewing embroidery design ordination stoles Pentecost Stoles Red stole Red Stoles Reformation Stole stole

Quick Sewing Tip: Add Goldwork Dove Appliques to Red Stoles for Pentecost

Today at Ecclesiastical Sewing we are going to talk about a simple little trick to transform a simple plain stole into an elegant Pentecost Stole with Goldwork Dove appliques. What… Read more →

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May 04, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: Church Symbolism Ecclesiastical Sewing embroidery floss Feast Days goldwork embroidery Hand embroidery passing threads Red Stoles stole

St. Philip and St. James – Apostles

Feast Day of St. James and St. Philip On May 1st, we celebrated the feast days of St. Philip and St. James the Apostles in the Lutheran Church, and today… Read more →

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May 03, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: Christian Symbols Church Embroidery and Church Vestments Church Symbolism church vestment Ecclesiastical Sewing Feast Days Green Vestments St. James Apostle St. Philip Apostle White Vestments

Top Five Traditional Clergy Stole Patterns for Church Vestment

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 →

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May 01, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: clergy stole pattern Ecclesiastical Sewing Pastoral Stole kit Pastoral Stole Patterns stole vestment pattern

Traditional Church Vestment Sewing Patterns

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 →

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April 28, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: chasuble chasuble sewing patterns Church Embroidery and Church Vestments church vestment patterns Ecclesiastlcal Sewing embroidery patterns Gothic Chasuble pattern Latin Mass Vestment patterns orphrey Traditional Church Vestment patterns vestment pattern vestment patterns Vestments and How to Make Them

Good Friday Liturgical Art

Luke 23:50-55 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action. He came… Read more →

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April 19, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: Ecclesiastical Sewing Good Friday liturgical art

Identifying an Embroidery Design

We have an unusual request today at Ecclesiastical Sewing, and I hope some of your, our dear Readers, may be able to help. We were contacted by a church in… Read more →

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April 15, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: Altar Frontal Christian Symbols cross and monogram symbols Ecclesiastical Sewing Ecclesistical Sewing Hand embroidery

Pentecost a Season of Red Liturgical Fabrics

The seasons of the church year follow an orderly pattern. This week we wrap up the season of Lent and enter Holy Week. In just a matter of days, we… Read more →

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April 10, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: chasuble church vestment fabric Cope Easter Church Vestment Set Ecclesiastical Sewing Liturgical Brocade Liturgical Fabrics Pentecost Stoles Pentecost Vestments Red Stoles Silk Dupioni stole

Traditional Linen Alb Priest Vestment Sewing Pattern

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 →

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April 09, 2019 by Carrie R

Tags: Alb Alb sewing pattern Church Embroidery and Church Vestments church vestment Church vestment sewing patterns Ecclesiastical Sewing making church vestments vestment pattern vestment patterns