Beginner Vestment Sewing Kit · Confessional Stole Edition

Your first vestment is a stole. This kit was put together so you can actually finish it.

One yard of white Carlisle and one yard of violet, the confessional stole pattern with step by step instructions, and 64 sacred embroidery designs. The fabric is the one we hand to beginners because it behaves under the needle: it does not stretch, slip, or shine.

For most of Church history vestments were made by parish members, guilds, and clergy. This kit exists so that can start again, one stole at a time.

Get the kit, $37.98 What is in it

$37.98 $75.96 50% off  ·  two yards of fabric  ·  pattern and designs by email

A finished confessional stole in violet with white reverse, gold crosses and fringe, resting beside a chalice
The project this kit makes: a confessional stole, violet on one side and white on the other.
What is in the kit

Fabric you can trust, and directions that assume nothing

  • One yard of white Carlisle and one yard of violet. Enough for the full stole, both sides, with room for practice cuts.
  • The confessional and travel stole pattern with step by step written instructions, sent to your email immediately after purchase.
  • 64 sacred machine embroidery designs. Crosses, borders, and motifs from our vintage library, ready for this stole and every project after it.

Carlisle is the fabric we most often recommend for a first vestment. It has the matte look of linen with the stability of polyester: it holds its shape as you sew, resists wrinkles, and machine washes on delicate. 60 inches wide, colorfast, made to be handled.

To be plain about the scope: this is a stole kit, not a chasuble kit. The gold crosses and fringe in the photos are finishing supplies, offered separately below.

A white stole in progress on the worktable with violet fabric, scissors, pins, and a tape measure
White Carlisle linen look liturgical fabric
The white: for the sacraments side
Deep violet Carlisle liturgical fabric
The violet: for confession
Grid of 64 sacred machine embroidery designs included with the kit
All 64 embroidery designs, included
Order the kit

Beginner Vestment Sewing Kit

One yard of white Carlisle and one yard of violet at half the by the yard price, with the stole pattern and all 64 embroidery designs delivered by email the moment you order.

$37.98 $75.96 50% off, no code needed

Carlisle sells for $37.99 a yard on our regular listing. This kit is the same fabric at $18.99 a yard.

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Ships from Minnesota. Patterns and designs arrive by email immediately. Kits and cut fabric are final sale, as noted in our refund policy.

22,000+
orders shipped
500+
five-star reviews
Since 2014
family owned

Ecclesiastical Sewing is a family business in Baxter, Minnesota. We build kits like this because the people who should be making vestments are still out there, and the first project is the hardest one to start.

From the people who sew with it

The kit is new. The fabric has been earning five stars for years.

The first review is of this kit. The rest are verified reviews of Carlisle fabric, the same material in the kit.

★★★★★

This was my second order from Ecclesiastical Sewing. I am impressed with the quality of the fabric, and am very pleased with the stole I made from it. I know I can trust Ecclesiastical Sewing for my future needs.

Agata G. · on this kit
★★★★★

Reasonably priced. Good true colours. Embroiders well. I often combine it with other fabrics for stoles and chasubles. Stays new-looking for a long time. No pilling!

Angela P.
★★★★★

Fabric was very nice quality, easy to work with and hangs well

Lois B.
★★★★★

Excellent beautiful color and texture. I’m really excited to use it.

Reyna R.
★★★★★

Wonderful service and the fabric is perfect for our needs.

Evelyn B.
★★★★★

It was everything that I needed with friendly staff and materials

Timothy G.
Six antique gold iron-on crosses and half a yard of two inch antique gold fringe
The finishing touches

Crosses and Fringe Bundle

The stole in the photos is finished with these exact pieces. Sized for this pattern, so nothing needs figuring out.

  • Six 1 inch antique gold iron-on crosses. Position with the iron, then secure with a few stitches.
  • Half a yard of 2 inch antique gold fringe for the stole ends.
$42.99 $62.99

Kit and bundle together: $80.97. The bundle does not include fabric. Cut trims are final sale.

One last thing

Every maker of vestments made a first one

A confessional stole is small enough to finish and real enough to matter. The pattern tells you where to cut, the fabric forgives a learner's hands, and the priest who receives it will use it for years.

Get the kit, $37.98

$37.98 instead of $75.96. The discount is already taken off, no code needed. Over 22,000 orders shipped and more than 500 five-star reviews. US family owned since 2014.