Winchester Fiber Arts

Winchester, Massachusetts

Religious Vestments

Commissioned stoles and a pall: hand appliqué in silk, a stained glass stole pieced from irregular blocks, and an ordination stole in red and gold.

These are commissioned pieces, made for ordinations and for services. The backs are hand appliquéd in silk, which is slow work and the part nobody sees from the pews.

An ordination stole in silk, hanging on a rail, pieced in long vertical strips of red, orange, gold and black.
A commissioned ordination stole made of silk.
  • The back of an ordination stole, hand appliquéd in silk: a chalice and flame on a circle, with a butterfly and bands of gold, red and green.
    The back, hand appliquéd in silk.
  • A silk stole laid flat on gray cloth, pieced from irregular blocks of orange, red, teal, purple and brown fitted together like stained glass.
    The stained glass stole, made of silk.
  • The lining of the same stole, in a bright pink and yellow floral print running in diagonal bands.
    Its lining.
  • The Air, Fire, Water and Earth stole worn full length, its panels pieced from cream, rust, blue and green prints.
    The Air, Fire, Water and Earth stole, worn.
  • The same stole held open to show the pockets set into its inside face.
    Its inside pockets.
  • A white pall draped over a table, with a small triangular appliqué at the center in gold, red and brown.
    The pall.
  • A bride and groom holding hands at an outdoor ceremony, the officiant standing between them in a brightly pieced stole.
    One of the stoles, worn at the ceremony it was made for.

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