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Ah, the joy of homophones! Teepee. The center triangle reminds me of an Indian teepee with its triangular shape and the darker edges of the palms sticking out of the top reminiscent of the poles that support the walls.

Ha! Most likely in a cabbage palmetto patch in Thailand ;-)

That's what we do. We've gotten six of us going at it at the same time. Those are pretty lovely moments.

@@SaintMarthasGuild thank you, I have promised nine altar cloths not knowing they would need to be hand stitched. So, pray for me please ❤️

@@bridgetj3008 hand sewing them is absolutely not required. It's just really cool if you do it that way. We have a ton of enthusiastic stitchers so it's not a big deal to do these by hand. It still takes a good long time though. Mitering the corners is pretty non negotiable. Linen is pretty non negotiable, but a machine hem will still deliver a beautiful altar cloth. Purificators actually come in contact with the precious blood but people machine stitch them all the time without batting an eye. Don't kill yourself on this job, or charge them properly for the mountain of labor that would be required, and enjoy the paid therapeutic stitching for the next three months.

@@SaintMarthasGuild that is a relief to know regarding stitching, I really appreciate it. I’m totally new to this and it sounded like it must be done by hand. Thank you!!

That's a brilliant idea. I've wanted to make a few other minor adjustments to the content.

I haven't figured out how to do a video of the cross since I usually use my dorky, but beloved Mr. Gadget clip-on magnifiers to see what I'm doing. I bet I could make one with that big plastic grid stuff and yarn. Let me mess with it...

@@SaintMarthasGuild you might need someone to hold the video and zoom in while you stitch? I found the pdf buuut the counting and not being able to trace on the linen where to go next has me all over the place. Hmmm maybe a transfer image how can I do that? So I come up and down in the right spots?

@@SaintMarthasGuild 💚💚💚

@@suzannepaul8951 many of our guild members do several crosses on large aida cloth or that plastic Christmas ornament stuff just to get their heads around the pattern. Makes the magnified linen a lot less confusing.

I absolutely love the trend toward bringing linen back to the altar. What's even more wonderful is when parishioners can become proficient at creating them. It is my favorite thing about the guild. Please let us know if you have any questions or want to come for a visit.

@@SaintMarthasGuild last year, I got to lead a multigenerational class at my parish. We took local fleeces (two lovely Jacob sheep, Orion and Anne Bonney, who were blessed in absentia during the Blessing of the Animals), and I washed them myself. Then the class combed/carded and spun the wool on spindles, dyed it with local plants, and wove it into small wall hangings. The Altar Guild brought vestments and linens to show everyone our fiber arts traditions and how they go back as far as the Old Testament. We got to speak to some shepherds via Zoom and discussed the Good Shepherd passages. Finally, we had yarn left over, so we wove a stole for our departing rector. Every fiber of that stole came from within 10 miles of the church and passed through a parishioner's hands. We're hoping to run it again this year.

I love that you have palms in your refrigerator! I made the mistake of snagging a whole bag of leftover palms late last Sunday and now I feel obligated to make something with all of them. My family might be doing a bit of eye rolling. At least it gave me a chance to develop the two hearts. Now I have a big bag of them at varying stages of development. Prototyping is a bit risky. I wish I could edit out that comment about it being ok to clip off the "stem." I'm pretty sure the whole thing will explode into chaos. Must figure out the answer to that...

Thank you Annie, I would love to see a resurgence in these traditional crafts. Happy weaving!

That is an issue with palm constructions. They do undergo a 'transformation' when they dry. Some folds do seem to handle the shrinkage better than others. Pressing them in or under a book should help to keep them from curling up so much.

Fooey! I'm totally going to remake this vid. I have added a few pointers in the description that might help

@@SaintMarthasGuild thank you! 🫶🏼

You're so welcome! The say a picture is worth a thousand words, but a video is worth goo gobs more than that.😁

A picture is worth a 1000 words and a video is worth, like, a bazillion words. You should have seen my face when I saw my first tatting video at least 30 years after I learned how to do it from a library book. “Well, that looks faster...”

The palms are probably from a date palm, or a cabbage palmetto. St. John Cantius usually gets them already trimmed off of the bud, or crown, and bagged up ready to go. I also pick up several crowns from a local florist a couple of days before to create the long scepter arrangements that the Priest and Deacon carry during the procession. I believe that in the US most of the palms come from Florida. The next time I visit there I may be nosing around for unattended palmettos so I can play in the off season.