Adventures in Sewing for the Church and Vestment Making
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Preparing the Advent Pulpit Fall Design
Time is slipping away, and the Advent Pulpit Fall needs to get started. The Ecclesiastical Embroidery Design selected for the Pulpit Fall will be a combination of applique and couching stitches....
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Bits and Pieces Advent Set
Every evening after work, I try to accomplish something on various Ecclesiastical Sewing Projects. Sometimes it is quite late before other obligations of the day are finished, and the enjoyment…...
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Preparing Altar Frontal
It’s time to start preparing the Altar Frontal for the Advent Set. This Ecclesiastical Sewing project is on a tight time frame, and the reality is that it will not…...
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Changing Plans?
The best laid plans often have to take a sudden change. And so it is with an Ecclesiastical Sewing Project. The Advent Set is underway, but plans are being…...
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Framing Steps Part 2 Advent
It’s linen time! And this is exciting because linen means an Ecclesiastical Embroidery project is one step closer to being ready for the hand embroidery to start. While one step closer…...
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Framing Steps
Tonight it is time to get another frame prepared for the Advent Ecclesiastical Sewing project. Time is ticking away. If I stand any chance of getting this hand embroidery project…...
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Classes for Church Needlework
Learning about Ecclesiastical Sewing and Church needlework has been a work in progress for many years now. Someday it would be wonderful to take a real, live course with a…...
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Reformation Vestment Set Ideas
Today’s post is in honor of the The Lutheran Reformation. Where do Ecclesiastical Sewing and Ecclesiastical Embroidery Design ideas come from? How does one come up with ideas to create…...
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Resources for Ecclesiastical Symbols
Coming up with Designs for Ecclesiastical Embroidery is sometimes a challenge. Many of us have the ability to sew, applique, embroider, or do other types of hand work to execute…...
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Advent Star Stitching Underway
A new project is being attempted here on Ecclesiastical Sewing. It will be a new Advent Altar Frontal, Chalice Veil, and Pulpit Fall. The Altar Frontal will have a large…...
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Advent Star Altar Frontal
With only a few weeks until the New Church Year begins, an attempt is being made to create a new Advent Star Set of Vestments on Ecclesiastical Sewing. The Advent…...
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Testing Card Padding
The hour is late, so this will be short. Tonight on Ecclesiastical Sewing, there is time for a quick update on card padding. Last weekend, I shared information about a…...