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Portland Bill Stole

4th February 20214th February 2021 Elaine BradshawStoles, Work in ProgressLeave a Comment on Portland Bill Stole

This stole had a number of different elements to it, the first and most tricky being the brief !! I was asked if I could incorporate the Portland Bill lighthouse, the sea, a reference to Portland stone quarried in the…

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I Will Pour Out My Spirit

5th October 20205th October 2020 Elaine BradshawMy Work, StolesLeave a Comment on I Will Pour Out My Spirit

This is my most recent commission, for an ordination stole. I was asked to include the words ‘I will pour out my Spirit on all people’ and flames as a starting point for the design. My first designs had flames…

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Couching the Tree of Life

14th April 20207th September 2020 Elaine BradshawMy Work, Stoles, Work in ProgressLeave a Comment on Couching the Tree of Life

Over the last couple of months I’ve been working on my latest commission – the Celtic Tree of Life Stole. This commission came from Waterford in Ireland, so my first international client! I was asked to reflect the elements of…

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Joy to the World this Easter

12th April 20206th December 2020 Elaine BradshawMy Work, Stoles, Work in ProgressLeave a Comment on Joy to the World this Easter

I know it’s been a difficult few weeks for all of us, being apart from the ones we love is very hard and especially so at times of celebration like Easter. I had been thinking of a new project originally…

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St Alban the Martyr Stole

1st November 201914th April 2020 Elaine BradshawFinished Commissions, StolesLeave a Comment on 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…

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The Finishing touches

26th November 201827th November 2019 Elaine BradshawFinished Commissions, Stoles, Work in ProgressLeave a Comment on 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…

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Working the top stitching

19th November 201827th November 2019 Elaine BradshawStoles, Work in ProgressLeave a Comment on Working the top stitching

I’ve been busy carrying on with the White stole based on the Bishop Edward King Chapel ceiling and am really pleased with how it’s looking so far. Now that I had completed the outline stitches from the tracing, I started…

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The Bishop Edward King Chapel Stole

12th November 201827th November 2019 Elaine BradshawStoles, Work in ProgressLeave a Comment on The Bishop Edward King Chapel Stole

I have another commission i’ve started this month that came from a priest who had completed her training at Ripon College in Oxford. She asked if I could base it on the Bishop Edward King chapel at the college. Having visited…

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Finishing Touches

15th December 201718th November 2019 Elaine BradshawFinished Commissions, StolesLeave a Comment on 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 &…

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Sewing Starts

13th December 201718th November 2019 Elaine BradshawStoles, Work in ProgressLeave a Comment on Sewing Starts

Well here we go ! Every time I start sewing my heart is in my mouth as there is very little room for mistakes once I put needle to silk. Once again my silk was bought from the wonderful Barbara…

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