Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making
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What is a Monastic Style Chasuble?
What is a Monastic Style Chasuble? A Monastic style chasuble is a fuller and longer chasuble style. It can be between 60 to 80″ wide and is usually a…...
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Tapestry Fabrics: How to Measure Pattern Repeats
Tapestry fabrics Tapestries – they are a thing of beauty, steeped in history reminding us of tales almost forgotten in the recesses of the mind: of knights and chivalry and…...
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Sanctified Collection of Church Vestments
The entire Ecclesiastical Sewing team is pleased to present our latest collection of machine embroidery designs for church vestments. The designs were created by Edward Riojas, a talented liturgical…...
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Stole Making: A Little Encouragement
New things often cause fear in the hearts of many people. Yet once we get past the fear, we realize how simple things can be. And what was once feared…...
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Luther Rose Brocade – Something Special
As a designer, I love to create. Creating something can take on many forms. It can be creating a vestment from scratch or creating a design for a vestment. It…...
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Monastic Chasuble Pattern for Making Church Vestments
Churches come in all types and sizes. There are the grand Cathedral and Basilicas. And the humble mission church with everything in between. With such a wide array of churches…...
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Red and Gold Liturgical Brocade Fabrics
Ecclesiastical Sewing recently had a very special project in the works. When an idea takes root and begins to turn into a project I have the joy and privilege of…...
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The Rose of the Lutherans
On Sunday, the Protestant Church remembers the death of one of her most beloved Saints. Martin Luther died February 18th, 1546. I have been interested in flowers and greenery…...
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Something Special For Lent and Good Friday: Black Vestment Fabrics
At Ecclesiastical Sewing, we specialize in offering a wide range of Liturgical Fabrics ranging from Brocades to Tapestries. Most of our fabrics are patterns and designs that have been around…...
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Violet Stole and Chasuble Sets for Lent and Advent
The Advent and Christmas Season are nearing their end. Yet even in the midst of one church season, it is time to start looking ahead to the season of Lent.…...
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On point with a V-Neck Stole Pattern
There are two sizes of pre-cut material—face fabric, canvas, and lining—, but only one stole kit—Silk Dupioni—comes in both size A and size B. Most if not all of…...
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How to Match Patterns using Violet Ely Crown Liturgical Fabric
Violet – when we mention that color a host of images may come to mind. I often think of beautiful summer days hiking under clear blue skies in the beauty…...