Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making
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Results of Organization Weekend
It was a long-awaited 4-day weekend. I had envisioned the weekend spent working on Ecclesiastical Sewing projects and continuing on several Ecclesiastical Embroidery projects that are underway, including some much-needed…...
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Summer Travels and Unexpected Surprises!
Summer vacation this year meant a road trip to Montana, for the Ecclesiastical Sewing family. The drive is long, and there is often not much to see from Minnesota, across North...
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A Quick Tidy Up
Moving from one project to another in Ecclesiastical Sewing and Ecclesiastical Embroidery often involves doing various amounts of research and reading. One of the major problems with this in the...
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Weekend Reading and Musing
Last week, I mentioned receiving several new books relating to the topics of Ecclesiastical Sewing and Ecclesiastical Embroidery, or Church Embroidery. In case you missed the article, you can check...
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Goldwork and Meandering Thoughts
A small amount of stitching has been added to the Easter Set Pulpit Fall. The amount is almost not worth mentioning at this point, expect for the fact that it...
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Pouncing with the Blues
Everything is out and ready to transfer the Ecclesiastical Embroidery patterns for the trial run. Yesterday, I showed you the new transfer products that were purchased while traveling over the...
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Trial Run at Marking for Whitework
A few weeks back, I posted about a special Sunday at church and some concerns with the Sacristy. The problem that was happening is that small linens such as Purificators...
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Underway with Glitters of Gold
Now that the initial task of getting the Ecclesiastical Embroidery Design for the Easter Set Pulpit fall has been accomplished and the laid threads of the Italian stitch seem to...
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From Inspiration Source to Stitching
Putting inspiration into action is often a difficult thing when it comes to starting a new Ecclesiastical Embroidery project, especially if it is a little larger hand embroidery project. A...
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Paper Matters
The other day, I posted about framing up my next Ecclesiastical Embroidery Design for the Easter Set pulpit fall https://ecclesiasticalsewing.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/all-framed-up-and-ready-to-stitch/ And I have to confess. The pouncing did not go as...
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White Garment for Holy Baptism
Today we celebrated Holy Baptism for an infant girl in our congregation. As part of the Order of Holy Baptism, the Pastor places a white garment on the child signifying...
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All in a Day’s Work
Before the day is over, it’s time to share a quick update in Ecclesiastical Sewing on the newest Ecclesiastical Embroidery Design project for the Easter Pulpit Fall https://ecclesiasticalsewing.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/93/. This is...