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. 

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.

New Clergy Stole - Spring 2019

This fabric by Sue Penn Designs makes a beautiful clergy stole, joyful and reverent. See details on Shadrach's.

Beautiful Painterly Stole - Spring 2019

This beautiful stole was made from fabric designed by: Sue Penn Designs for Free Spirit Fabrics. See more about this stole in my Etsy shop: Shadrach's. 

New African Clergy Stole, #257

Today I cut into my latest Etsy purchase of African fabrics. I buy from sources in the US and Africa. I used to make quilts with these fabrics, but now I use them mostly for clergy stoles. When you view a whole yard, the bright bold designs can be overwhelming. But when cut up and blended together in a stole or a quilt, I think the result is beautiful.

See the listing for this stole in Shadrach's, my Etsy shop. Available for purchase. Fast shipping.

If this stole will be a gift, let me know, and I'll include a matching handmade gift card. No charge.

Yellow Clergy Stole

This clergy stole is part of the Joyful series. Other versions are available in red, blue, green, and multi colors. This sunny yellow stole includes many shades of gold, brown and orange. 

See details here.

Joyful Red and Blue Clergy Stole

This joyful clergy stole was made from the best of my collection of Westminster designer fabrics in red, blue, and small amounts of other colors. See details here. 

New Ordinary Time Stole

 This clergy stole for Ordinary Time is primarily green with some blue and turquoise. The fabrics include Westminster designer prints, Indonesian batiks, and even some realistic green apple fabric.
Click here for details. I'm making versions of this stole in red, blue, pastels, and gold.

Vertical Design Blue Stole

 I just finished making this stole and I love it. The fabric is by Timeless Treasures and it has a very pleasing hand. The colors are rich and beautiful, reminding me of water, sky in the evening and grass. It's cool and soothing. This stole is artistic and dignified, perfect for worship in my opinion. 54" Length. Back side is black. All cotton; won't slide on your lap when sitting.

As always, I appreciate any comments you may have. See more details here: Water Stole #191.

Blue and Green: Joyful #185

I just finished making Joyful (#185). I love working with these soothing greens and blues. There's a little bit of purple, gold and red-orange in there too. The back of the stole is black. Three layers of 100% Kona cotton. Feels nice. As always I welcome your comments and suggestions.

Westminster Fabrics Clergy Stole

I'm making a new batch of stoles using the best of my collection of Westminster Fabrics. Designers include Kaffe Fasset, Philip Jacobs and Martha Negley. For this one, I focused on greens and blues. The photo above shows the colors most accurately. These are selling as fast as I can make them. I love working with these beautiful colors. Visit Shadrach's to see what's new.

Hand-Dyed Color Gradation Fabrics for Clergy Stoles!

This clergy stole was made from 100% cotton hand-dyed fabrics. The colors range from dark raspberry to brown to kiwi chartreuse. The fabrics look like suede, but they're not. The back of the stole is black cotton. See more details here: Shade clergy stole #182.

Custom Stole for Weddings and Funerals

This pure white cotton stole with a gold embroidered applique cross was custom made for a pastor who plans to wear it for weddings and funerals. It would also be perfect for Christmas and Easter. 

As I was making this, it was snowing outside my window. Lots of white. Beautiful.

New Mosaic Clergy Stole

This fused mosaic clergy stole is the newest item in my Etsy shop: Shadrach's. I finished it last night, just in time for Advent. It's made from Kona cotton: black, royal blue and turquoise. On my screen the turquoise looks washed out but it's actually quite brilliant. I love this color combination. It's relaxing to cut and arrange the "tiles" in alternating clusters of blue and turquoise.

New Clergy Stole with Antique Buttons

 This new clergy stole features 433 vintage buttons sewn in a wavy organic river pattern. It is the newest stole listed on Shadrach's.

The buttons are from the 1800's and 1900's. People used to save buttons from worn out clothing. Eventually they ended up in rummage sales and antique shops. That's where I found them. Some are ordinary, others are interesting, like the bovine bone buttons with 2 large holes. Some of the buttons are square. They are mostly white and off-white, with some brown and a few other colors.

These buttons represent the history of those who wore them to school and work, to worship, to weddings and births, in illness, at sea, and possibly in the Civil War.

See more details here.

I will try to replace these photos with ones that show a better view of the buttons. In these photos the buttons are too bright. They are actually more varied and interesting than this.

New Handmade Mosaic Clergy Stoles

Twelve shades of blue, turquoise and purple fabrics were cut by hand and arranged on this black clergy stole for a pleasing mosaic effect. Reminiscent of a stained glass window. See stole details here. This is the first in a series. The second mosaic style stole is in the works now, in shades of red.

Handwoven Guatemalan Fabric Makes a Great Stole

I made this clergy stole using fabric that was handwoven in Guatemala. It was purchased from a vendor of international textiles in Dallas, TX. The quality of the weaving is excellent. Some of the tiny stripes are only one thread wide. The rich colors include red, orange, yellow, cobalt blue, green, and a little black and white. This fabric has a nice hand, slightly coarse compared to an Oxford shirt.

To see more about this handwoven stole, click here.