January 15, 2025
Ecclesiastical Embroidery: Techniques & Projects – Book Review
I’m going to indulge in one of my favorite needlework topics today – ecclesiastical embroidery. When I found out that there was (finally!) a new book on the topic coming out, you can bet I was pretty excited!
I ordered it right away from the UK (it’s not released in the US until this April) and received it last week.
Ecclesiastical Embroidery: Techniques and Projects by Heather Lewis is both an instructional and a project book, as the title promises. It’s a hard-bound book published by The Crowood Press. It covers the standard approaches to embroidery used to embellish the accoutrements of worship, as well as information on symbolism, design, and construction of some liturgical items.
Let’s take a look at it up close, shall we?