Another Cordial Wedding in Green Seersucker

I’m crazy about these new images I just received from another Cordial Wedding.  They are wearing the green seersucker bow ties for a wedding on the beach.  What a great looking bunch.

Pocket Squares are listed

I’ve listed my pocket squares on my website now.  There are only 4 of each fabric available and I’m not likely to have another product like this for a while so get them while you can.  Here’s the LINK.

A Quilt for Baby M

Here’s a little baby quilt I sewed for a friend’s baby girl due next month.  It was actually really fun to make.  I could see making more baby quilts for gifts in my future.  I didn’t really follow a pattern for this one, I just used the fabrics to tell me  what to do.  The squares around the end are machine quilted with random swirly lines.  I quilted around the pattern of the fabric for large middle square.  I think it turned out alright for my first quilting attempt.  There are imperfections but that just proves it’s hand-made.

The Back

I always love sewing my label into all the things I make.

Hand-Rolled Pocket Squares

Edited 7-10 – These are now available on the online store: http://thecordialchurchman.bigcartel.com/product/hand-rolled-pocket-squares-limited-edition

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time traveling in the car lately.  What does one do with all that time, traveling from South Carolina to Ohio and back?  For me, the answer is: I’ve been making some hand-rolled, hand-sewn pocket squares while riding shotgun.  

Behold, the madras square in all it’s simple glory.

Andy was being a big Presbyterian dork and followed the twitter feed for the General Assembly of a Presby denomination he doesn’t even belong to.  One of the sartorial observations from that GA was the following: “Apparently the pocket square is the new bow tie.”  While we here at The Cordial Churchman want to insist that this is a both/and rather than an either/or scenario, it is nevertheless true that a pocket square even without neckwear spices things up nicely.  You’re almost as certain–if not more certain–to be the only one in a room rocking a pocket square as you are to be the only one rocking a bow tie.  

Mr. Churchman himself came with me to the cloth store and chose the fabrics.  He picked out a couple of madras fabrics, a white tone-on-tone seersucker, a blue chambray and a blue/green gingham.  I’ll be able to make about 4 of each fabric, so they’ll be a limited edition.  These squares will be carefully hand-sewn with a nice plump roll.   $26. 

 

EDITED- These squares are now listed on my online store:

http://thecordialchurchman.bigcartel.com/product/hand-rolled-pocket-squares-limited-edition

The Square End Neck Tie from TCC

So here’s the newest thing I’ve been working on and I’m really in love with these square end neck ties!  I think they are so fun to make and look so good on my husband!  I made him the one below for a fathers day present and have made a few more since then.  I will try to get them listed on my website soon.  What do you think of them? 

Since everyone has an opinion on how I price my items (most people tell me I should raise them, but i resist).   I’m curious what you have to say.  If you are the kind of person who would purchase this for a gift or for yourself and you’d like to suggest a reasonable price knowing it is handmade and mostly sewn by hand, please e-mail me at ellielaveer@gmail.com and share your thoughts with me.  I’d love to hear them!