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.

Red and Gold Simplicity

An elegant mix of red silk and a gold/bronze brocade from the french design house Pierre Frey.

Ordination Day!

Blooming Joy: Floche on silk.

Ordination

Silk on silk with golden thread.

Ordination Day

Oh Joy!

A joyful stole for an upcoming ordination. Cotton and silk floss on dupioni silk.

Beautiful Batik

Red Oridination/Pentecost stole in beautiful red and white. Completely reversible and is waiting for you in my Etsy shop!

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!

Red on White

Now available for purchase in my Etsy shop!

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Workbasket

Joyful clusters of flowers are blooming!

Ordinary Arizona

A custom order for a special newly minted minister. 

Silk on silk. Jackrabbit done in brown linen.

INRI

On purple dupioni that is shot with a bit of blue, with light golden dupioni for the letters. Finished up with buttery yellow cotton floss French knots.

Jerusalem Cross on White

Grey/Silver dupioni on a creamy white.

A stole for Eileen

Eileen came to me with a particular design in mind, one she had incorporated into her invitation to her upcoming ordination. I duplicated the design with white dupioni silk on red dupioni silk that has shots of black in it.... A joyful stole!

Paraments in White

I wanted to share the finished paraments. Subtle and modern, hand embroidered with cotton floss, tiny pearls and crystals.

Snowy Paraments

Currently in my workbasket.... white paraments for the pulpit. It will be used for Christmas, Easter, funerals, marriages among other times. I am going to call it "Layers" - the design representing the many layers in our lives, community, family, experiences, diversity, wounds, healings, commitments and teachings among others.

Here it is in raw form before being sewed into the final product.

Witness to Unity

What a wonderful day this is as Katie Ricks has been ordained!! Read more of her story here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/04/08/1988255/church-of-reconciliation-ordains.html

Some details of her stole.... It was a joy to make!

Custom Stole ~ A Teaching Garden

I really am thrilled to work with such great clients. My latest delivery, below, came from working with a great customer that wanted all the liturgical colors represented in one stole. The colors made me think of a garden and the flowers that would be powerful with their symbolism.

Here are a few pictures with the flowers and their meanings below...

















Bluebells~ humility, gratitude and everlasting love
Lavender ~ devotion, purity, solitude and social justice
Poppies ~ mourning, remembrance and been used to symbolize the blood of Christ
Lily ~ devotion and friendship
Thistles ~ represent the suffering of Christ
Shamrocks ~ the Trinity – St. Patrick used them as a teaching tool
Strawberries ~ I decided to add these to represent the sweetness of God’s words. They traditionally represent humility, modesty and abundance
Olive branch (leaves near strawberries) ~ peace and hope.


This was so much fun to create! Thanks S.M. For being so great to work with!

Silver Anniversary Sparkle

In joyous celebration of 25 years of ministry! I had a ball with mixing in grey/silver pearls and beads with the creamy pearls and crystals!!!! This was a thoughtful gift from loving friends in honor of their pastoral caregiver's anniversary of her ordination.