Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making

Updates and New Items for Ordinary Times in the Church Year

It has been a while since our last post – spring is flying by. We welcome those of you who are new to Ecclesiastical Sewing and are glad to have many… Read more →

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June 22, 2017 by Carrie R

Tags: Altar Linens church vestment patterns Deacon Stole Pattern Ecclesaistical Sewing Ecclesiastical Sewing Luther Rose Stole

In Remembrance: Urn Palls for use at Funerals

It has been a while since our last post – spring is flying by and summer is just around the corner. This spring has been eventful, as usual. Some of… Read more →

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May 29, 2017 by Carrie R

Tags: Brocade Fabric Ecclesaistical Sewing Ecclesiastical Sewing Funeral Pall Urn Pall

April 25th & The Secrets of Venice

Goodmorning! Tomorrow we have another feast day! This saint is a much better known than the saint we celebrated on Friday. So, as a type of hint, let me ask… Read more →

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April 24, 2017 by Ashley Z.

Tags: April 25th Saint's Day Church Symbolism Ecclesiastical Sewing Eusebius Feast Days St. Mark St. Mark's Basilica Venice The Church History

Monastic Chasuble Pattern

If you are like me, I love patterns. I love to spend hours searching through a pattern book at the local fabric store, or even looking at patterns online. I… Read more →

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April 22, 2017 by Carrie R

Tags: chasuble Chasuble Patterns church vestment Ecclesiastical Sewing Monastic Chasuble Pattern vestment pattern vestment patterns

The Pallium & The Ontological Argument

Good-morning! So do you know whose feast day it is today? Have you ever heard of the Ontological Argument? The saint, who we celebrate today, is given the honor of… Read more →

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April 21, 2017 by es12ashley

Tags: Church Embroidery and Church Vestments church vestment Ecclesiastical Sewing Free Hand Embroidery Design Ontological Argument Pallium Philosophy St. Anselm of Canterbury William II of England

How to prepare fabric for machine embroidery?

For today’s post, I want to share a sewing technique with y’all. We have been plugging away at our product development here at Ecclesiastical Sewing. (Have you been following the… Read more →

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April 19, 2017 by Carrie R

Tags: Designs for Church Embroidery Dream Weave Ultra Ecclesiastical Embroidery Ecclesiastical Sewing embroideries embroidery design prayer Religious embroidery designs vestments

The Ecclesiastical Sewing Family’s Easter in 2017

We hope you have all had a safe and blessed Easter Holy Day. The Ecclesiastical Sewing family had such a wonderful weekend that it is hard to return to our… Read more →

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April 17, 2017 by Carrie R

Tags: Brocade Fabric Church Embroidery and Church Vestments church vestment Cloth of Gold Dossal Curtain Easter Church Vestment Set Ecclesiastical Sewing Liturgical Brocade Fabric stoles

Good Friday 2017 and Stabat Mater Dolorosa

Tonight at church, the stripped altar will be adorned in black with six candles upon it and the seventh being the Paschal candle. The crucifix is already veiled, not to… Read more →

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April 14, 2017 by Carrie R

Tags: Black Vestments Church Embroidery and Church Vestments Dossal Curtains Ecclesiastical Sewing Ecclesiastical Vestments Good Friday Vestments Stabat Mater Dolorosa

The First Chapter of a New Book

Monday this week was the beginning of the Passover. This is a good time to take a look at some history on Ecclesiastical Dress. Over the years there seemed to… Read more →

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April 12, 2017 by Carrie R

Tags: Alb chasuble Church Embroidery and Church Vestments church vestment Ecclesiastical Sewing stole

Litchfield Brocade Dossal Curtain

Earlier this week, Ashley shared a photo of the Dossal Curtain Project for Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. The project came about as a desired to update a chancel with… Read more →

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April 09, 2017 by Carrie R

Tags: Dossal Curtains Eccleaistacal Sewing Ecclesiastical Sewing Litchfield Brocade Palm Sunday

Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making

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