Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment 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…...

  As many parishioners return to their home churches after the summer months of travel and activities, fall is a perfect time to check the condition of vestments, altar linens, altar…...

Which linen is the best for use in making altar linens or for sewing church linens? That question comes up frequently from our clients at Ecclesiastical Sewing who are interested…...

As the weather turns colder, it brings thoughts of a cozy fireplace, soft music and something relaxing to wile away the afternoon. In the Ecclesiastical Sewing workroom, that usually means…...

Linens are an item used everyday or every week in the life of most churches.  Linens are used for the most sacred and important part of a church service during…...

Linen. What is not to love about this fabric, especially when it is used for making altar linens that will be used during Holy Communion or the Eucharist? And what…...

Today I would like to talk about linen and those vestments and vestures made of linen. While doing some reading on linen pieces, I came across this brilliant thought from…...

As many of us return to our respective church sacristies following the sporadic nature of summer schedules, there is often a bit of house keeping needed to put things in…...

Here is the second church; this is the Duomo di Mantova—The Cathedral of Mantova. This church is dedicated to St. Peter and is the official seat of the Bishop of…...

Fair Linens   – what a lovely title for an article used in the church. But do we really know what is behind that title? What makes a Linen “Fair”? Fair…...

What could be more beautiful than white Carrara Marble, German Stained glass windows depicting Biblical scenes from the life of Christ, magnificent statues and classical architecture with soaring ceilings? There are…...

There are several whitework altar linen projects waiting in the wings in what has now become the Ecclesiastical Sewing workroom.  Church vestment pattern making is going full steam at the...