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• Red Wakefield Brocatelle Liturgical Fabrics
• Cotta Sewing Patterns for Altar Servers
• Dressing a Slate Embroidery Frame
• Processional Cross Cover
• Liturgical Artwork Prints | Gift Ideas
• Matthias Church, Budapest: A Journey Through History
• Bespoke Vestments and Paraments
• A discussion about Chasubles
• Caring for your Pastor or Priest During This Time
• Symbols of Lent: Penitence to Hope
• Thank you! And Another Pattern or Two or Three!
• Do you have sewing skills, fabric, a few hours and a desire to make a difference?
• Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis: A Taste of Europe in the New World
• Top 10 New Embroidery Designs to Stitch While “Being Still” at Home
• Fish during Lent: Every Day or just on Friday?
• How to Make Baptismal Towel Altar Linens
• Best White Liturgical Fabrics for Easter and Festival Seasons of the Church Year
• What to use on the Inside to get a great look on the Outside for Vestments
• Altar Linens
• Top 10 materials for DIY stole making
• Sewing Church Vestments and Linens: 10 Tips for Success
• St. Thomas Aquinas
• Why do we use purple during Lent?
• Do you have your favorite Violet Stole Style Selected Yet? Lent is coming!
• Planning Your Lent Church Vestment Projects: a Liturgical Fabric Review
• Epiphany: A Celebration with Varied Traditions
• Lent Vestment Fabric – Violets and Golds
• Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
• The Christmas Rose Legend & Symbolism
• Christmas Rose Vestments
• The O Antiphons and O Come, O Come Emmanuel
• December 20th: Katie Luther!
• O Radix Jesse
• An Article About Gaudete Sunday
• Blue or Purple: An Advent Debate
• The Saint Andrew Christmas Novena Prayer
• Sanctified Collection of Church Vestments
• February 2nd, 2018
• Summer Travels and Unexpected Surprises!
• June 24 Celebrates the Nativity of John the Baptist
• A Beautiful Confession: Guest post by Edward Riojas
• Top 5 Tips for Sewing Perfect Chasuble Orphrey Bands
• Custom Crafted Ordination Stoles for Pastors
• Quick Sewing Tip: Add Goldwork Dove Appliques to Red Stoles for Pentecost
• St. Philip and St. James – Apostles
• Top Five Traditional Clergy Stole Patterns for Church Vestment
• Traditional Church Vestment Sewing Patterns
• Good Friday Liturgical Art
• Identifying an Embroidery Design
• Pentecost a Season of Red Liturgical Fabrics
• Traditional Linen Alb Priest Vestment Sewing Pattern
• Evangelist Stole for Easter Quick Ship
• White and Gold for Easter and Christmas
• Custom Sized Church Vestments
• Quick Ship Items Now Available
• Creating Orphrey Bands for Church Vestments
• Slate Frames – How to Determine Size
• Ways to Honor Soon to be Ordained Pastors and Priests
• Three New Latin Mass Chasuble Patterns
• #juliska is for #lovers (at Jane Leslie & Co.)
• Classic best wishes
• This Spring, the Ducklings!
• Hop in for bunny gifts!
• Under the blossoms
• Loving #Earthday 15%
• #Earthday 15% Saturday
• The Registry favorite
• Back in for Spring15%
• Give the classic gift!
• The JL Wedding Registry
• He deserves the best!
• My painting for Jules.
• Tuscany trip raffle gift with $100.00 purchase! #Ostehout...
• Loving cool nights and Arte Italica.
• Best served in Bella Bianca
• Where art and glass become gifts!
• Pendleton arriving for Fall-Winter!
• Changing seasons at home! @janeleslieco #jlco
• This week’s gift #lizziefortunato
• Transfiguration Sunday 2019
• The Church Year is a Pageant
• Through the Needle’s Eye – EGA Traveling Exhibit
• Dayspring Vestment Collection by Ecclesiastical Sewing
• O Oriens – O Dayspring Antiphon for December 21
• Christmas Greetings
• O Emmanuel – O God with Us O Antiphon for December 23
• O Clavis David – O Key of David Antiphon for December 20
• O Radix Jesse – O Root of Jesse Antiphon for December 19
• O Adonai Antiphon for December 18
• O Sapientia – O Wisdom: The Great O’ Antiphon for December 17
• Tips for Sewing with Cloth of Gold or Silver
• Rose Stoles for Gaudete and Laetare Sundays
• Advent Comes – City of David Collection
• Carlisle Fabric in White for Roman Square Yoke Surplice Patterns
• Advent Vestment Projects in the Studio
• A History of Advent with a Hand Embroidery Design
• Square Yoke Surplice Pattern in Multiple Sizes
• The New Church Year Begins December 2, 2018
• Custom Made Slate Frames and Trestle Stands for Hand Embroidery
• Sacristy Check List: 10 Things to Review for Fall
• Concordia Theological Seminary Machine Embroidery Logo
• Trestle Stands for Slate Frames
• Evangelists Vestments Collections to Celebrate the Feast of St. Matthew September 21
• Sewing Tips: What is needed to make a Tippet
• Rose Chasuble and Stole Vestments for Advent and Lent
• It’s Not Too Late – Vestment Making Class
• Gilt Twist Goldwork Threads for Hand Embroidery
• Reformation 2018 – 501 Years in the Making
• Imitation Japanese Goldwork Embroidery Threads
• What is a Tippet? Clergy Tippet Modern Use & Historical Background
• What is a Monastic Style Chasuble?
• Tapestry Fabrics: How to Measure Pattern Repeats
• National Altar Guild Convention This Weekend
• Sanctified Collection of Church Vestments
• Sewing Tips – Top10 Scissors for all Occasions
• Blessed Virgin Mary Monogram and Stoles
• Top 5 Pastor Stole Finishing Touches
• How to Determine the Correct Clergy Stole length
• Adding Fringe Trim to a Pulpit Fall or Superfrontal
• Ordination and Installation of Clergy
• Embroidered Appliques: How to Apply Goldwork Pieces
• Opus Anglicanum: Medieval Embroidery
• Stole Making: A Little Encouragement
• Vestment making Classes
• Luther Rose Brocade – Something Special
• Hand Embroidery Design for Altar Linens
• Pentecost Dove Emblem
• Altar Linen Fabric Selection
• Hope in the Midst of Tragedy – Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Milwaukee
• Gothic Chasuble with Column Orphrey Bands
• St. Margaret Liturgical Brocade for Church Vestments
• Monastic Chasuble Pattern for Making Church Vestments
• Church Vestment Making Classes Fall 2018
• Upcoming Events: Needlework Exhibit At the Haehn Museum
• St. Luke – The Evangelist Collection of Church Vestments
• Easter 2018
• Good Friday 2018
• Red and Gold Liturgical Brocade Fabrics
• Chasuble Patterns for Making Church Vestments
• Evangelist Collection of Embroidery Designs for Church Vestments
• The Massachusetts Historical Society Exhibit
• The Rose of the Lutherans
• Virgin and Child Goldwork Embroidery Design
• February 2nd, 2018
• Something Special: White and Gold Religious Fabrics
• Something Special For Lent and Good Friday: Black Vestment Fabrics
• New Rose Pastoral Chasuble and Stole
• Violet Stole and Chasuble Sets for Lent and Advent
• Dainty Liturgical Fabrics? How Will They Look!
• Dainty Liturgical Fabrics? How Will They Look!
• Forgotten Altars? Take Another Look!
• Trestle Embroidery Stand and Slate Frames
• The Christmas Rose
• Rose Colored Vestments
• Just the smallest of notes….
• Saint of the Day
• Final pattern: a stole for our deacons
• On point with a V-Neck Stole Pattern
• In Honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
• A Tapered Stole
• The First Pattern to go with Silk Dupioni: 5 inch stole
• The 4.5 inch pattern; Our Tried & True Stole
• Why the 3.5″ Stole Pattern is Extra Special
• Clergy Appreciation 2017
• Which Patterns for Which Stole Kits?
• How to Match Patterns using Violet Ely Crown Liturgical Fabric
• What Else Does a Stole Kit Need?
• The Color of a Stole Kit
• A Stole Kit by definition is…
• Crown of Glory: Ecclesiastical Church Embroidery Design Part 1
• Stole Ends: Quick Tips
• The Long Anticipated Wait…
• Liturgical Brocades: St. Aidan and Cloister Brocade
• The Fifth, & Final, Special July Post
• Liturgical Arts Conference
• Pastoral Stole Patterns
• The Fourth Special July Post
• Information on a Brocade
• Why Do We Make Beautiful Vestments
• The Third Special of the Special Posts in July
• Slate Embroidery Frames and Trestle Stands
• The Second of The Special July Posts
• A Beautiful Confession: Guest post by Edward Riojas
• Monastic Chasubles and Stole: A New Collection Pugin Style
• The First of The Special July Posts
• Hand Embroidery Design for Altar Linens
• Updates and New Items for Ordinary Times in the Church Year
• In Remembrance: Urn Palls for use at Funerals
• April 25th & The Secrets of Venice
• Monastic Chasuble Pattern
• The Pallium & The Ontological Argument
• How to prepare fabric for machine embroidery?
• The Ecclesiastical Sewing Family’s Easter in 2017
• Good Friday 2017 and Stabat Mater Dolorosa
• The First Chapter of a New Book
• Litchfield Brocade Dossal Curtain
• Palm Sunday 2017
• Dürer and Cranach
• April’s Goals
• St. Urho
• The Warm & Fuzzies
• Thoughts of Lent
• Today we feast for tomorrow begins our fast!
• A Reader’s Labor of Love: Making Liturgical Vestments
• What is needed for Vestment Makers?
• King of Kings – Crown of Glory Liturgical Machine Embroidery Motif
• Luther Rose Liturgical Brocade Church Vestment Fabric
• Inspiration for a Lazy Sunday Afternoon: Small Altar Linens
• Making a Chalice Veil Part II: Good Friday Chalice Veil
• Making Your Own Clergy Stole: Stole Making
• Any guesses?
• Guest Post by Edward Riojas
• Lent and Advent Pastor or Priest Stoles and Rose Stole for Laetare Sunday
• Religious Lutheran Machine Embroidery Designs for Church Vestments
• Sewing a Chalice Veil: Construction Details
• Exciting News!
• Liturgical Brocades: Fabrics for Making Church Vestments
• Little Crosses: Appliques for use on Church Vestments and Pastoral Stoles
• Happy New Year From Ecclesiastical Sewing
• VDMA Machine Embroidery Design for Stoles
• Liturgical Brocades Used for Church Vestments and Historical Costumes
• Merry Christmas from Ecclesiastical Sewing
• Messianic Christmas Rose with Crown Liturgical Machine Embroidery Design
• Hand Embroidery & Church Linen Purificators: How-To Make Altar Linens
• White Liturgical Religious Fabrics for Making Church Vestments
• Saturno – Another Priest Christmas Gift Idea — Father Jerabek’s Blog
• Opus Anglicanum Resources
• Pastoral Stoles for Advent, Lent, and Good Friday
• St. Ambrose Church Father and his Symbol
• Pastoral and Priest Clergy Stole Patterns
• Small Altar Linens and a Gift for You
• Email sign up form and small church linen booklet
• Linen Fabric and Small Altar Linens
• Liturgical Digital Machine Embroidery Designs
• Wooden Slate Embroidery Frames
• New Pastoral and Priest Stole Patterns
• Silk Dupioni Liturgical Stole Kit with Evesham Orphrey
• Violet, Blue and Rose Liturgical Brocade Church Vestments Fabrics
• Ely Crown Liturgical Brocade and Pugin Orphrey Trim
• Liturgical Brocade Fabric for Pastoral Stole Kits
• Grand Opening Special: Stole Kit and Pastoral Stole Pattern
• 4 1/2 Inch Wide Pastoral Stole Pattern
• The Temple
• All Saints Day
• The Protestant Reformation And Its Importance To Ecclesiastical Sewing
• Chi Rho Liturgical Machine Embroidery Design
• Ecclesiastical Sewing: Our Story
• The Cope–Norris
• Black Evesham Church Vestment Fabric Orphrey
• October 11th–Philip the Deacon
• Wardrobes for Clergy: Liturgical Vestments and Pastoral Stoles
• Thoughts on the Upcoming Clergy Appreciation Sunday
• September 30th: St. Jerome
• Church Linen–Roulin
• Headwear Part III: The Tiara—Norris
• Lichfield Liturgical Fabric: Reformation Stole and Chasuble
• Altar Linens: Linen Fabric Choices
• St. Hubert
• Working with Liturgical Fabrics: Pattern Matching
• Holy Cross Day September 14
• September 13th—John Chrysostom
• Lovely Ecclesiastical Fabrics
• Headwear Part II: The Mitre—Norris
• Part I: The Amice—Norris
• Sacred Vessels
• Summer Travels Italy Part II
• Summer Travels Italy Part I
• The Pallium-Herbert Norris
• The Chasuble Percy Dearmer
• The Origins and History of the Alb
• Altare Dei—The Altar of God
• Ecclesiastical Sewing Introduces Ashley
• Pastoral Stoles and Stole Patterns
• Cathedral of St. Helena: in Search of Vestments
• Liturgical Fabrics: Ely Crown
• Introducing my new website Ecclesiastical Sewing
• Ecclesiastical Sewing
• Good Friday Pulpit Fall
• Early Struggles in Ecclesiastical Sewing
• The Never Ending Quest for Ecclesiastical Designs
• Ecclesiastical Design Ideas on Pinterest
• Upcoming Ecclesiastial Embroidery Events at the Victorian and Albert Museum
• New Projects in the works soon
• The Tale of Two Lambs
• The Littlest Lamb in The Tale of Two Lambs
• Old Books Make Great Reads
• New Frames Mean New Projects
• To the Rescue in the Sacristy
• Late Night Progress
• Technical Difficulties and Framing Dilemmas
• All in a Day’s Work
• All framed up and ready to stitch
• White Garment for Holy Baptism
• Surplice Directions in the works
• Paper Matters
• Under Way with First Stitches!
• New Books, New Information
• Sources of Inspiration from Lucy Mackrille
• From Inspiration Source to Stitching
• Underway with Glitters of Gold
• Trial Run at Marking for Whitework
• Pouncing with the Blues
• Goldwork and Meandering Thoughts
• Weekend Reading and Musing
• A Quick Tidy Up
• Summer Travels and Unexpected Surprises!
• Results of Organization Weekend
• Future Projects Design Time
• A Little Stitching Time
• More Surprises on Summer Travels
• Progress on Ecclesiastical Embroidery
• A Little Splash of Color
• From the Beginning in The Tale of Two Lambs
• Reading Time for a Stormy Night
• Green and Gold Braid
• Wash on Friday, Iron on Saturday
• A Simple Design Framed Up
• Ecclesiastical Embroidery Pattern Solution
• IHS Ecclesiastical Design First Stitches
• The Second Lamb in The Tale of Two Lambs
• IHS Ecclesiastical Embroidery A Little Progress
• Memories and Vestment Photos from Summer Travels
• The Beauty of the Art of Ecclesiastical Embroidery
• Agnus Dei Progress
• Ecclesiastical Vestment Pattern Making
• Large Agnus Dei Update
• Ecclesiastical Library
• False Starts and New Beginnings
• Goldwork Progress
• Vestments From Around the World
• Simple Details
• Inspirations for Silk Wrapped Purl
• Chalice Veil Design from Althea Wiel
• Updating Pattern Drafting Tools
• IHS Embroidery Update
• Ecclesiastical Fabric Pattern Repeats
• Vintage Ecclesiastical Embroidery Transfer Treasures
• Testing Colors on the Pulpit Fall
• Ecclesiastical Vestment Fabric Cost
• Rose Vestments and IHS Design Index
• Books: The Next Best Thing
• Books: The Next Best Thing : Part II
• Books: The Next Best Thing Part III
• IHS Turning Corners
• Books: The Next Best Thing Final
• Planning Ahead
• Shining Silver – Stars?
• Returning Home
• Monk Habit Pattern
• Advent Altar Hanging and Pulpit Fall Ideas
• Testing Card Padding
• Advent Star Altar Frontal
• Advent Star Stitching Underway
• Resources for Ecclesiastical Symbols
• Reformation Vestment Set Ideas
• Classes for Church Needlework
• Framing Steps
• Framing Steps Part 2 Advent
• Changing Plans?
• Preparing Altar Frontal
• Bits and Pieces Advent Set
• Preparing the Advent Pulpit Fall Design
• A Rare Find
• Rare Find Part II
• Metallic Threads
• Time is Ticking Away
• Ecclesiastical Embroidery Designs A Starting Point
• Something to Share
• Outlining: Finishing Touch or Distraction
• Long Awaited Threads
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Initiative
• Thanksgiving Weekend Break and Gift Ideas
• Vestment History from Around the Web
• Silver Couching Progress
• Clergy Surplice - Pattern Update
• Seeing Red and Starting Over
• Elizabeth – Watts and Co
• Chasuble Patterns in the Works
• A Quick Glance Ahead to Lent
• Stretching the Wings
• Clothed in Majesty European Ecclesiastical Textiles
• Holiday Break
• Nativity by John D. Sedding
• Feast of the Holy Innocents
• Holidays and Getting Back to Work
• Happy New Year
• An Interesting Item
• Ely Cathedral Event
• Historical Use of Chasubles and History of Vestment
• Passion Cross on Ash Wednesday Chalice Veil
• Embroidery Galleries of Liverpool Cathedral
• Liturgical Colors for the Church Year
• Agnus Dei Neglected but not Forgotten
• Mary Barber’s Some Drawings of Ancient Embroidery
• Mary Barber’s Six Winged Creature Drawing
• Trash or Treasure?
• What To Do in 20 Minutes
• Easter Sunrise Hand Embroidery Design
• Back ground on Fair Linens
• Passion Cross for Ash Wednesday
• Black Passion Cross Update
• ISH Lenten Hand Embroidery Design
• Trellis Stitching Over Laid Silk Floss
• Flowers in Honor of St. Valentine
• Needlework Sale
• Finished at Last! Ash Wednesday Vestments
• Black and Gold Vestments: Making a Chalice Veil
• Chalice Veil Orphreys
• Whitework Ecclesiastical Embroidery Pattern
• Chalice Veil Cross Applique
• Fit for a King: Richard III Project
• Chalice Veil Orphrey Trim Part 2
• Habsburg Splendor at Minneapolis Institute of Arts
• Ecclesiastical Pattern Cataloging
• The Process of Making Vintage Embroidery Patterns Usable
• Planning – First Steps for Altar Frontal
• Laetare Sunday or Rose Vestments
• A Fun Experiment with Machine Embroidery
• Rose Chalice Veil Construction
• Musée de la Visitation Exhibit 2015
• So What are Vimpae?
• Quatrefoil Ecclesiastical Design
• Books from Musée de la Visitation
• The Ravages of Time on Ecclesiastical Vestments
• Quatrefoil Ecclesiastical Design – Part 2
• Beautiful Sacred Vestment Videos
• More Quatrefoil Designs
• King Richard III a Part of History
• What Vestments Does a Priest or Pastor Need?
• What Vestments Does a Priest Need: Part 2
• Treasured Vestments Westminster Chasuble
• Priest or Pastor Stoles: The Tricky Parts
• Priest or Pastoral Stoles: Trim Options
• Priest or Pastoral Stole: Tassel Ends
• Priest or Pastoral Stoles: More Trims
• Lace Making for Altar Cloths
• Pentecost Stoles
• Helpful Church Vestment Books
• Vintage Baptismal Cloth
• Travels and Ecclesiastical Sewing Treasures
• Pentecost Stoles Part 2
• Red Pentecost Stoles
• Pentecost Chasuble O’Fallon Missouri
• Altar Frontals
• Pastoral or Priest Stole Ends: Fringe and Tassels
• Lutheran Bäffchen or Clergy Collar
• Pastoral Stoles: How Much do They Cost?
• Visiting a Grand Cathedral the Proper Way
• Lace: the Forgotten Ecclesiastical Craft?
• Lace for Church Use Instruction Book
• Ecclesiastical Footwear?
• Altar Fair Linen with Edge Trim
• Whitework Embroidery for Church Linens
• Pattern Making and Testing Samples
• Back to Ecclesiastical Projects – Soon
• Frontal at St. Ignatius Mission
• St. Ignatius Mission Banners
• Altar Linen Projects – Beginnings
• Whitework Altar Linens
• Liturgical Embroidery Design
• Liturgical Embroidery Designs Phase 2
• Liturgical Embroidery Designs: Continuing the Process
• Liturgical Fabrics
• Vestments and How to Make Them by Lilla Weston
• Still Here Working Behind the Scenes
• Brocade or Damask?
• Shimmering Fabrics and How to Use Them
• Design Options for Christmas Set
• Altar Linen Embroidery Designs
• Church Vestment Fringe: is there a difference?
• George Frederick Bodley
• Liturgical Arts Resources
• More Vintage Liturgical Embroidery Patterns
• Vintage Liturgical Embroidery Library
• Meet Martin the Steadfast
• Altar Linen: Where Linen Comes From
• Liturgical Fabrics: Design Details
• Season Changes
• Sir Ninian Comper: Ecclesiastical Embroidery Designer
• A Handbook for Altar Guilds by Lucy Vaughn Hayden Mackrille
• Can Altar Linens and Church Vestments be Made by Laity?
• Project Update: Rochet and Monastic Choir Alb
• Making Church Vestment Patterns
• Linen is Here
• Favorite Things: Wakefield Ecclesiastical Fabric
• Update on Changes
• Stole Set
• Silver Stars for Advent Stole
• Silver Stars for Advent Stole: Part 2
• Amice Design Ideas
• Orphrey Bands for Pastoral Stoles
• How to Cut Orphrey Bands
• Ecclesiastical Braids and Galloons: Finding the Right Trim
• Sewing Galloon Trim to Orphrey Bands
• Machine Embroidery for Pastoral Stoles
• Pugin – in an Orphrey Trim?
• Annunciation Embroidery Designs
• Orphrey Bands for Altar Frontal
• Finished Stoles: Fairford Black/Gold
• Installation of a New Pastor
• Wedding Weekends
• Vestment Making in the News
• Favorite Things: Vintage Vestment Books
• Royal School of Needlework Exhibit
• New Acquisition: Vintage Vestment Book Treasure
• Designs for Church Embroidery: an Original Copy
• Lenten Stole with Two-Toned Fairford
• Funeral Vestments
• A New Look at Ecclesiastical Sewing
• Reversible Wakefield Ecclesiastical Fabric
• Monk habit Pattern: Help with Design Details
• Aragon Liturgical Tapestry Fabric in Red Lurex
• St. Margaret Ivory Lurex Altar Frontal
• Easter Blessings
• Ideas for Reusing Older Vestment Pieces
• St. Hubert Liturgical Fabrics
• Wish Lists Royal School of Needlework Style
• Ecclesiastical Embroidery: Travels in Search of Treasures
• St. Aidan Liturgical Fabric
• Spring Travels: Florida
• Hand Embroidery Design Small Linens
• Vintage Church Vestment Surprise
• Opus Anglicanum: Victoria and Albert Style
• Cloister Liturgical Fabric
• Evesham Red/Gold and Gold/Gold
• Installation Services
• St. Leo’s Mosaic Christ
• Our Saviour’s Church in Copenhagen
• Copenhagen Churches: St. Alban
• Altar Linens: Using Color
• Ecclesiastical Sewing: Reading for a Summer Road Trip
• Altar Linens: Descriptions and Sizes
• Fair Linens: Part 1 Measurements
• Pastoral Stoles: How Much do They Cost?