Fiber Arts

Fabric and yarn were my earliest toys. Since I was a young child I have been sewing, knitting, and generally playing with whatever interesting fiber-based material I could find. By high school I was deconstructing garments and making my own patterns, I was also making quilts and knitting sweaters. all of these skills come to bear on the creative process behind my involvement in the fiber related arts within religious communities, and sometimes the results can be quite playful.

Vestments

Jill's Ordinary Time Chasuble	Jill's Advent Chasuble
Jill's Lenten Chasuble	Dennis's Ordination Chasuble
Dennis's Ordination Stole	Peter's Ordination Chasuble
Celebration of New Ministry Stole	Making the New Ministry Stole
St. James Patchwork Chasuble	Blessing the St. James Patchwork
St. Brendan the Navigator Stole	Blessing the St. Brendan Stole
St. Stephen's Patchwork Chasuble	Cathedral of the Beloved Stole
Rainbow Stoles	Michael's Chasuble and Miter
Brothers of the Incarnation Robes

Banners

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Altar Cloths

Misc.

St. Pat's wanted to so Lent a little differently in 2020. They wanted to move away from purple and embrace something more down to earth. they chose burlap as the material they wanted to use and brought me in to make them a frontal and some stations. We made five stations, one for each week of Lent not counting Palm Sunday. Each week a reading will be nailed to a station as part of the service.


St. James had an old plaster creche which was heavy and fragile. This became a problem when a number of families began bringing children to services and someone had to stand guard to keep both the children and the figures safe. A parishioner who was a weaver had given me some of her handwoven scraps to use for something and we hit upon the idea of a rag doll creche which would be kid friendly. The dolls are muslin, but the clothing is mostly handwoven.

St. Pat's wanted to use burlap instead of purple for Lent this year. I suggested working with the rawness of the material and exploring the idea of being wounded or broken open and exploring what might lie beneath the surface.		Since the population served here was dealing with poverty I opted for creating strips that they could write on rather than asking for donations. It quickly became covered with memorials and prayers
A simple folding table acted as altar and the cross shaped box became a place where things were both given and received.	Since vestments are not so common in the UCC they opted for a table runner that allowed for the simplicity of their worship space to be maintained.	Describe your image
all of the donations for their table runner are documented with a sample or picture and a story of why this fabric was important to each member.