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.

Pastoral

Hand dyed silk ribbon, floche, varigated thread on silk. 

Bud to Bloom

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.

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!

Custom Stole for a treasured summer intern

"From Bud to Bloom"

Wool, silk and cotton on a woodland dupioni silk.












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Communion Paraments for Ordinary Time

The custom pulpit paraments below were commissioned by Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church for ordinary time. The design features the trunk, symbolizing the church; leaves, symbolizing both the diversity and outreach activities of the congregation; the grapevine and wheat, representing Christ and holy communion. The traditional Christogram anchors the design.

The hand embroidery was done on dupioni silk using wool, cotton, silk and hand dyed tencel.

Butterflies for Ordinary Time

How about some hopeful butterflies to greet the new year?

On a lovely weight green cotton that has a great luster, hand dyed batik is used for the butterflies in a variety of colors. Hand appliqued in Egyptian cotton completes the look.

Now available in my shop!

This is the Day That the Lord Has Made

This joyful stole is now available in my Etsy shop!


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Rainbow Dove in Ordinary Time

Thanks goes out to Kathy at Dyed Fiber: www.dyedfiber.Etsy.com. Kathy does a quality job in creating beautifully dyed fibers to use. A real range of colors in perfectly named shades of Bouquet, Frisbee, Lawn and Lifesaver...And it arrives so quickly!

I liked the mellow contrast of colors that her 'Bouquet' offered to this clean grassy green shade of dupioni for ordinary time.

Thistles in my Sewing Basket

Here is part of a stole that I hope to put together later in the upcoming days. I have a beautiful piece of mossy green mohair, and will try my best to marry the two for a stole for ordinary time.

Vibrant Green for Ordinary Time

I wanted to design something cheerful and was fortunate to come across this beautifully vibrant green at my favorite fabric shop. Playing against that backdrop I embroidered a cross freehand, playing with gold, pink and green. On the lower panels, I designed a bit of gathered leaves and very small beading detail on small crosses as visual fill.

Green Liturgical Stole

A circle for eternity, God's constant presence.

A pale grassy dupioni silk, with an embroidered circle of vines, leaves and water on yellow silk. A contrasting tonal bronze dupioni piece is secured with a piece of wood wrapped in silk, embellished with French knots and seed beads.

Butterfly Stole

What a joy to make! This was a special request from a friend who wanted butterflies "up and down" each side. This is what I came up with - hand dyed batik on a really lovely green cotton that has its own dimension in its weave. These appliques were hand embroidered with a blended egyptian thread that adds a lot to the pop. I also feel that it is really joyful. :)

Liturgical Stole for Ordinary Time

Just added to my etsy shop...please come and look at the details! Really turned out quite nicely!

My Work Basket - A Stole for Ordinary Time

I am currently working on a stole for ordinary time.  A really lovely St. Thomas cross design, that I have cut from a  mellow buttery-gold dupioni silk placing onto a dense backing of green cotton that has a nice depth to it....subtle visual movement in the weave.  The cross is hand applied and hand embroidered in fine stitches and I added glass seed beads in the same golden yellow as accents.  I hope to have it on my etsy site soon!  etsy.com/shop/MontreatDesigns