Ecclesiastical Fabrics and Trims for Construction Of
Religious Vestments and Robes for Clergy, Servers, Organist and Choir
Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox

y the middle of the last century the craft of sewing our own church linens had become nearly extinct. During the same time period, ready-made linens became extremely costly. It is a privilege and pleasure to have been involved in the revival of the graceful and grace-filled craft of sewing church linens.

During my ten years of service as the Diocesan Altar Guild Directress for the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, our Bishop initiated as my ministry the project of promoting the re-establishment of the craft by offering classes, all materials and support.

At first I carried out this ministry within the context of our diocese. Following the publishing of the first edition of my book, Sewing Church Linens, the ministry became nation-wide. While I (somehow!) did not anticipate this consequence at the time I wrote the book, the experience has been for me a very great blessing.

Although I have retired as the Diocesan Directress, I have continued the ministry simply because the people I work with are such a joy for me. I will also continue to teach and to lecture as I always have.

I believe in good stewardship. I believe that giving of our time and talent is as important as giving of our treasure. I believe that the ministry of the Church is to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. I believe that our Church could perform this ministry more effectively if we would spend less money purchasing expensive, ready-made linens and vestments. I believe that almost every parish has people who are competent sewers, who are perfectly capable of making handsome linens and vestments – if only they had access to proper, reasonably priced materials, instructions and sewing patterns for clergy vestments. I believe that these people would gladly give of their time and their talent – if only they had a bit of guidance and support. I believe my ministry is to these people; to provide materials, instructions and patterns and to give guidance and support.

In Christ's Love,
Elizabeth Morgan
Diocesan Altar Guild Directress
(Emeritus)