Sewing for the Lord

Stitched with prayer to reflect God’s glory and beauty

Sanctuary Pieces

  • Playing with Fire

    Playing with Fire

    It’s Pentecost two years later and the Spirit moved me again. I hadn’t do any sewing for a while and just needed to make something. After making Hope banners with our youth, I thought I might just play with Fire again – this time on the ambo drop. I must admit that when I cut…

  • The beauty and the challenge of simplicity

    The beauty and the challenge of simplicity

    When I saw the design for the ambo and the tabernacle drops in our church, I instantly loved its simplicity. The simplicity and the minimalism of this cross are so powerful, so beautiful, so drawing in… Simple doesn’t always mean easy… I was certain that it would be, but I was very mistaken. It took…

  • Moved by the Spirit

    Moved by the Spirit

    We were preparing for our parish Pentecost picnic in the park and I was once more planning to make a Holy Spirit cake or a birthday cake for the Church, whatever you want to call it. Someone in the parish said to me: Do it only if the Spirit moves you. Indeed the Spirit moved me. However,…