Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making
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Quick Sewing Tip: Add Goldwork Dove Appliques to Red Stoles for Pentecost
Today at Ecclesiastical Sewing we are going to talk about a simple little trick to transform a simple plain stole into an elegant Pentecost Stole with Goldwork Dove appliques. What…...
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St. Philip and St. James – Apostles
Feast Day of St. James and St. Philip On May 1st, we celebrated the feast days of St. Philip and St. James the Apostles in the Lutheran Church, and today…...
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Top Five Traditional Clergy Stole Patterns for Church Vestment
A few days back we were talking about Traditional Church Vestment patterns and the conversation centered around the chasuble pattern. Today, we are going to review clergy stole patterns. We…...
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Good Friday Liturgical Art
Luke 23:50-55 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action. He came…...
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Identifying an Embroidery Design
We have an unusual request today at Ecclesiastical Sewing, and I hope some of your, our dear Readers, may be able to help. We were contacted by a church in…...
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Pentecost a Season of Red Liturgical Fabrics
The seasons of the church year follow an orderly pattern. This week we wrap up the season of Lent and enter Holy Week. In just a matter of days, we…...
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Traditional Linen Alb Priest Vestment Sewing Pattern
Ecclesiastical Sewing offered the widest range of patterns for those interested in creating their own church vestments, or for those needing patterns for their seamstresses who are making church vestments.…...
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Evangelist Stole for Easter Quick Ship
Last week, we introduced our Quick Ship vestments. These are items where customers have requested that we have certain styles available for those last-minute needs. These are also items that…...
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White and Gold for Easter and Christmas
Easter and Christmas are the highest festivals in the church year. The vestments worn by clergy and used in the church are often decorated with white and gold. Last Christmas,…...
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Custom Sized Church Vestments
Church vestments come in all sizes from small to extra-large. Just as we find in the ready-to-wear fashion market, the hope is the existing size ranges will provide something that…...
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Quick Ship Items Now Available
With Easter only a quick few weeks away, we thought we would take a quick second to tell you about our Quick Ship Items. Quickly, these are items that are…...
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Creating Orphrey Bands for Church Vestments
A few days ago the Ecclesiastical Sewing Studio announced the release of three new Latin Mass Chasuble sewing patterns. The chasuble patterns have lots of design details with crosses and…...