This stole is my very first true commission and I am both excited and a little trepidatious. I have been asked if I can design something for ‘ordinary time’, so the main colour is to be green. The client wanted…
Category: Stoles
Alpha and Omega
Now I am on a roll. I did not realise when I said ‘yes’ to the ordination stole that it would lead me to a full set! The inspiration for this stole is Advent and Lent. We chose the symbols…
Bishop Edward King Chapel Stole
This commission came from a priest who had completed her training at Ripon College, Cuddesdon in Oxfordshire. She asked if I could use the Bishop Edward King chapel at the college as inspiration. Having visited the chapel when my sister was…
The Luytens Window
One of my favourite commissions, this stole is based on the Luytens window within the crypt of Liverpool Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King and was completed in winter 2017. It is dupion silk, with a cotton backing and is…
Chi Rho & Eucharist
Here is my second completed stole. This stole is in-fact one of an identical pair, made for my sister and brother-in-law. It is made from green silk Dupion, with appliqued grapes and stalks of wheat, symbolising the Eucharist. The stalks…
I will make you fishers of people
This is my very first stole!I was asked back in January this year if I would think about making my sister’s ordination stole. I was, at first, very honoured, then the panic set in!I had never done anything like this…