Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making
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Top 10 materials for DIY stole making
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…...
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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…...
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O Radix Jesse – O Root of Jesse Antiphon for December 19
Today’s O Antiphon: O Radix Jesse – O Root of Jesse This Antiphon is a personal favorite. I think of this as we hike Glacier Park each summer. My…...
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Monastic Chasubles and Stole: A New Collection Pugin Style
There is a new project underway in the Ecclesiastical Sewing Workroom. Well, that is not quite true. There are multiple new projects in the works. Some days it seems like…...
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A Reader’s Labor of Love: Making Liturgical Vestments
Tonight we would like to share something special. It is the story of a labor of love. The story began quite a number of months ago. I was delighted when…...
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What is needed for Vestment Makers?
As we continue to grow Ecclesiastical Sewing in 2017, it seems appropriate to stop and ask our faithful readers what are the things on your “wish lists” when it comes…...
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Making a Chalice Veil Part II: Good Friday Chalice Veil
We all know how it is when we have a burning desire to get to a project. We get other projects completed and out-of-the-way and then the fun begins. At…...
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Sewing a Chalice Veil: Construction Details
The most recent development in the Ecclesiastical Sewing work room has been the development of a Chalice Veil. The pattern & instructions for this will be available soon on our…...
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Small Altar Linens and a Gift for You
Linens are an item used everyday or every week in the life of most churches. Linens are used for the most sacred and important part of a church service during…...
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Altar Linens: Linen Fabric Choices
As many of us return to our respective church sacristies following the sporadic nature of summer schedules, there is often a bit of house keeping needed to put things in…...
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Holy Cross Day September 14
Today marks yet another day of celebration in the year of the church. September 14th is noted as being Holy Cross Day, which is celebrated in both Eastern and Western…...
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Rose Chalice Veil Construction
This weekend past weekend was Laetare Sunday, one of the two Sundays in the Church Year when Rose colored vestments are used. For this Ecclesiastical Sewing project, the two fabrics…...