A client contacted me a few months ago and asked if I could take her husband's clergy stoles and make three wall hangings for her children. Her husband was a Lutheran pastor in Texas, and had been to Africa twice for mission work. He had passed away 10 years ago. I was very excited about this opportunity. The photos below catalog the steps I took to create the "tapestries" (click on the first photo to view as slideshow with captions). I did add some of my own appliqued des

My dear friend, Pastor Cheryl, recently asked if I would be able to transform a scarlet velveteen Altar cloth into a stole for Holy Week. She had received the cloth from Chaplain Canady, who used it during his military service in Viet Nam in 1970. Of course, I said "yes!". The cloth had gold and scarlet fringe along the bottom and was in amazingly good shape with only a minor stain. I was able to take apart the seam around the edge, preserving the lining to use for the