Arise!

Awake, awake O sleeper,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.

Ephesians 5:14

Phoenix created by a variety of bright silks on red. Hand embroidered details.

Acid Autumn

Fall colors come alive on acid green silk. Available soon in my Etsy shop:  http://etsy.me/2cQ3Lq8

Dove with Ribbon

On a beautiful tea green silk,  a silk dove flies with a hand dyed rainbow ribbon.

Heron for Ordinary Time

"Be still and know I am God." Psalms 46:10

Hand embroidered heron and cattails rest at the base of this liturgical stole on a vivid green dupioni shantung silk. Threads used are Egyptian varigated cotton floss, wool and silk. Hand-dyed silk creates the feathers on the heron.

Workbasket: Ordinary Heron

Kayaking brings me deep enjoyment and peace, and so often I am kept company by the many herons that populate the many lakes nearby. Hopefully, this conveys that peace.

Silk, hand marbled cotton, Egyptian varigated thread, tonal wool thread on a vivid green silk.

Ordination Day!

Blooming Joy: Floche on silk.

Work Basket

Detail of current baptismal stole.

Hand dyed floss, glass beads, polished stones on white Nicole Miller cotton.

Beloved: A Wedding Stole

Custom stole for a minister who believes we are all "beloved". A joyful thought indeed!

Shantung silk with crystals, pearls, beads and polished shell fragments.

Transformation

"Behold, I am doing a new thing, now it springs forth - do you not perceive it?"

Isaiah 43:19

Pulpit parament: floche and golden thread on silk

Tau Rho Embellishment

Thousands of tiny french knots inside a border of gold thread make up this classic chi rho. The design is nine inches x nine inches on a dalmatic robe provided by the client.

Ordination Day

Reconciling Congregation

Here are more details of the recently completed alter parament.

Extra Ordinary

A set of recently completed bookmark paraments for an inclusive congregation.

Reconciling Congregations

A detail from a custom parament for a Reconciling Congregation's first anniversary.

Embellishment

A commission to embellish a dalmatic, the design being a classic chi rho, measuring about nine inches square. I couldn't resist stitching just a bit to see if the thread color worked on this bright white!

Such tiny stitches and a lot of real estate! :)

Grief

"Faith sees best in the dark."

- Soren Kierkegaard

Cremation pall detail.                                          

Joyful Sparkle

I love this happy design, and each one I do has its own personality. On this particular one, I created a denser effect with the pearls and crystals at the base. A custom order with a shortened length, it plays well with the sparse amount of crystals as it moves upward.

Fishers of Men

I had a great time designing this tea green stole with hand embroidered koi. I was going for something a bit different and am pleased with how the three tones of varigated thread play against one another on the silk.

The silk has a great glow under lights and is now available in my etsy shop for immediate purchase!

Be Still and Know

Here is my completed pulpit parament in memory of Lu. Dupioni silk with wool, silk and cotton floss. The work is approximately 22 x 32 inches.

This really WAS a joy to make in memory of a fabulous spitfire of a woman who made all those who met her feel they were heard and valued.

Workbasket: Baptismal Stole

I am continuing to make strides in wrapping up the baptismal stole. Pleased with the effects on the pressed smocked silk, I have added beaded treasures within the folds of the silk for a water effect. French knots complete the border.