Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making
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What is a Monastic Style Chasuble?
What is a Monastic Style Chasuble? Ā A Monastic style chasuble is a fuller and longer chasuble style. It can be between 60 to 80ā³ wide and is usually aā¦...
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Tapestry Fabrics: How to Measure Pattern Repeats
Tapestry fabrics Tapestries ā they are a thing of beauty, steeped in history reminding us of tales almost forgotten in the recesses of the mind: of knights and chivalry andā¦...
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Sanctified Collection of Church Vestments
Ā The entire Ecclesiastical Sewing team is pleased to present our latest collection of machine embroidery designs for church vestments. The designs were created by Edward Riojas, a talented liturgicalā¦...
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How to Determine the Correct Clergy Stole length
Pastors and priests come in all sizes from petite to very tall, with many variations in between. Yet all too often chasubles come in a one size fits all.ā¦ Read...
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Stole Making: A Little Encouragement
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.Ā And what was once fearedā¦...
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Luther Rose Brocade ā Something Special
As a designer, I love to create. Creating something can take on many forms. It can be creating a vestment from scratch or creating a design for a vestment. Itā¦...
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Gothic Chasuble with Column Orphrey Bands
Over the past few weeks, we have been discussing the various chasuble patterns and styles available at Ecclesiastical Sewing. This next chasuble pattern is one that I refer to asā¦...
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Monastic Chasuble Pattern for Making Church Vestments
Churches come in all types and sizes. There are the grand Cathedral and Basilicas. And the humble mission church with everything in between. With such a wide array of churchesā¦...
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Chasuble Patterns for Making Church Vestments
I remember making my first chasuble over 30 some years ago. There was nothing available for a chasuble pattern at that time.Ā The only thing I could use for aā¦...
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Evangelist Collection of Embroidery Designs for Church Vestments
I love vintage embroidery designs ā looking at them and admiring the hand embroidery worked in stitches of silk and gold threads. I love researching and seeking out vintage embroideryā¦...
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Something Special For Lent and Good Friday: Black Vestment Fabrics
At Ecclesiastical Sewing, we specialize in offering a wide range of Liturgical Fabrics ranging from Brocades to Tapestries. Most of our fabrics are patterns and designs that have been aroundā¦...
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Violet Stole and Chasuble Sets for Lent and Advent
The Advent and Christmas Season are nearing their end. Yet even in the midst of one church season, it is time to start looking ahead to the season of Lent.ā¦...