Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making

Normally the posts on Ecclesiastical Sewing focus on the topic of hand embroidery and sewing for the church. Today’s post will take a little liberty and veer off topic slightly. …...

The constructing Chalice veils has been a topic we’ve been looking at for the past few weeks on Ecclesiastical sewing. In the past, Chalice veils were made in the same…...

All sewing is a series of steps, worked in a certain order, with the goal of obtaining a finished project. For the past few posts on Ecclesiastical Sewing, we have been…...

Have you ever wondered or thought about using one of the beautiful Ecclesiastical Fabrics to make vestments for your church or parish?  You may have looked at a few fabrics,…...

My children were laughing after Ash Wednesday Service. They loved the new vestments and heard all of the buzz throughout the evening.  Their comments afterwards went something like this, “Your…...

Today is the beginning of the Lenten Season as we celebrate Ash Wednesday.  The past few weekends have been spent working on an Ecclesiastical Sewing Project of a Black Chalice…...

Every morning, I look forward to that first glance at the day’s emails. There is always that bit of anticipation: what information is needed by someone, what information are others…...

What a surprise!  Seeing flowers as the first site to greet the day certainly brings a smile!  How can one help smiling when beholding the beauty of flowers?  They are…...

Deadlines can be a great motivator to wrapping up a project.  There will be a bit of midnight oil burned this weekend in the Studio here at Ecclesiastical Sewing trying…...

With the season of Lent soon beginning, a few new Ecclesiastical Hand Embroidery Designs have been cropping up in the workroom.  It is fun to take some of beautiful old…...

The first weekend in February is upon us, and life is finally settling down a bit.  A few projects are in need of immediate attention to make the Ash Wednesday…...

This past Sunday, everything was supposed to be back to green for a few weeks before heading into Lent.  Upon arrival at an early hour for church, I noticed the…...