Sewing for the Lord

Stitched with prayer to reflect God’s glory and beauty

Vestments

  • The wood of the Cross

    The wood of the Cross

    When I started working on this design, I had something completely different on my mind. I drafted a picture of stained-glass cross, but when I went through the fabrics that I had at home, nothing matched my vision, so I decided to venture to the fabric shop. I found a Dupion Silk in antique gold…

  • Linoso Cranberry

    Linoso Cranberry

    I couldn’t find the fabric for the red vestment for a long time. It was either wrong shade or wrong texture, but I eventually found Clarke & Clarke Linoso Cranberry fabric. It’s such a stunning colour and combined with a linen texture and the silver thread of the crosses, the vestment is simply breath-taking. All…

  • For the Feast

    For the Feast

    The time has come for the white vestment. The fabric that I found has a linen texture that matches perfectly the minimalistic design of the cross. It was also beautiful and easy to work with. The challenge this time was a supply of the embroidery thread. When I made white drop for the ambo I…

  • Deep Purple

    Deep Purple

    I’ve been challenged by keeping the lines straight and the distances equal, by fabric deciding to make its own shape for my vestments, but nothing prepared me for what I experienced making the purple and pink vestments. Both are made from the same triple crepe fabric which has a lovely stone texture, rich colours and…

  • The first vestment

    The first vestment

    For various reasons it took some time to make the first vestment. It’s a monastic vestment. I didn’t have a pattern or vestment to copy as until now we didn’t have any monastic vestments in the parish. All I had was a picture and one that wasn’t showing the shape very well, so getting the…