Thursday, June 20, 2019

Gray Stole with Designs from Nature


I'm always keeping an eye out for remarkable fabrics that would look particularly good on people with silver/gray/white hair, and this fabric fits the bill. Designed by Kaffe Fassett, this fabric has a nice variety of grays, black, white, and light blue and green. It's tree fungus. The pattern is nice and big, fun to explore, but not disracting. Click here to see more about this stole. 



Friday, June 14, 2019

New Everglades Clergy Stole



 This fabric is out of production and hard to find, but I just found a piece that I can use to make three stoles! Click here to see one on Etsy. This has been one of the most popular stoles in my Etsy shop. The colors are beautiful and it's nice and smooth to the touch.


Friday, June 7, 2019

Digitally Printed Clergy Stole



Most fabrics can be printed with up to 18 colors. The new digital fabric printing process can apply any number of colors. This fabric is digitally printed with countless shades of blue, green and gold. The skinny horizontal stripes go from very dark on one side of the entire fabric panel, and then  gradually get lighter as you move across the panel. The stole shown here was cut from the darkest end of the fabric. You can see the stoles made from the medium shades and the lightest shades at Shadrachs on Etsy. At the moment, all three are available.

This high tech fabric makes for a unique clergy stole that is both joyful and dignified. It would make a memorable gift.




The mitered back looks good with the stripes meeting at a 90 degree angle.

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Indigo Blue Advent Stole


This beautiful design looks like streams of water. This print by Moda is inspired by the Japanese Shibori method of resist dyeing in which fabric is folded and tied, then dyed in indigo. Indigo dye has been in use since antiquity. This fabric has a nice smooth hand. 

This stole is beautiful for Advent. See details here.