Do This In Remembrance Of Me
I haven’t been able to put very much on my website for quite a while what with one thing or another but recently I have been asked to complete two commissions, which has been brilliant. I love the challenge of…
Category: Finished Commissions
Green Eucharist Chasuble
Sorry I haven’t published anything for a while & then you get two together. This chasuble was commissioned by my sister to partner her green stole. It features the same grape vine & wheat stems design, with the addition of…
St Alban the Martyr Stole
This is my most recent finished commission for the priest at St Alban the Martyr, London. I was asked to incorporate the stone mullions around the chancel window as viewed from the outside. On the nape of the neck the…
Red Pebble Stole
Earlier this year I was commissioned to produce a stole that was quite different with regards to the design. Unlike my previous work where most of the design work was completed by me then refined with the client, in this…
The Crossed Keys of St Peter
I’ve been working on the Altar and Lectern falls for St Peter’s Church in Stratford-Upon-Avon and wanted to talk about a couple of techniques I’ve used in this design, Appliqué and a special goldwork technique to add a 3D effect to…
The Finishing touches
With all the cutting completed the stole based on Bishop Edward King Chapel was then to start piecing together. With this design I decided that the back neck piece would look better as a single piece of the white silk…
A very proud moment
These last few photos are of Alex wearing her chasuble, I hope she doesn’t mind me sharing them! I have been so pleased to have been asked to make it for her, even though she is a very exacting client 🙂…
And it is finished!
I have had to hold off on completing this blog as I was asked by Alex not to post pictures of her chasuble until after her ‘priesting’ and her first Eucharist service. Well she is now a fully fledged priest…
Finishing Touches
A couple of close ups of the gold zig-zag stitching, all those ends now have to be taken through to the back & secured !! Beginning to line the stole with 100% cotton. The long outer edge, lower bottom &…
Final flourishes and finishing touches !
At this stage I am beginning to see that the end is in sight. The applique leaves are ready to be stitched in place. I do this by hand, wearing my very fetching magnifiers, so that I can keep my stitches…