Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making
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Top 10 New Embroidery Designs to Stitch While “Being Still” at Home
We know that staying at home is a challenge for many during these uncertain times. We all struggle with many issues, large and small. We wonder and turn our focus…...
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Altar Linens
Altar Linen Refresher Altar linens are items that usually go unnoticed by most parishioners. The care of linens Often altars are bare of having linens, or altars have worn and...
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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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Imitation Japanese Goldwork Embroidery Threads
Depending on the day, there are a large number of projects in the works in our Ecclesiastical Sewing Studios. Most of our embroidery on vestments, altar hangings and stoles is…...
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Sewing Tips – Top10 Scissors for all Occasions
When it comes to sewing tools, my motto for the Ecclesiastical Sewing workroom as well as my own studio is less is better. I love sewing and could have…...
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Trestle Embroidery Stand and Slate Frames
Winter has settled on us in Northern Minnesota with a vengeance. It is too cold for man or beast to venture outside beyond what is absolutely needed. Thankfully, the…...
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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…...
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Inspiration for a Lazy Sunday Afternoon: Small Altar Linens
Sundays are the most special day of the week. They always start with church followed by Bible Study. That usually ties up the day until around noon. Since yesterday was…...
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Messianic Christmas Rose with Crown Liturgical Machine Embroidery Design
Roses are a special flower. They have a long history not only in the world of romance, but also in Heraldry and in the church. The book of Isaiah 35.1…...
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Wooden Slate Embroidery Frames
Slate frames. Those words may mean nothing to some of you, and to others who have taken the plunge head first into hand embroidery, you know that working on a…...
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October 11th–Philip the Deacon
I wanted to mention that today we celebrate the feast day of one of the first deacons, the deacon Philip. The office of the deacon was the first auxiliary office...
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Wardrobes for Clergy: Liturgical Vestments and Pastoral Stoles
The wardrobe of a member of the clergy is vast. Hopefully your clergy has the basic liturgical wardrobe pieces but if they do not, it is the job of the…...