Torah Cover Almost Complete!
The Torah Cover I've been working on is complete (except for a label)! Picking up the process where I left off my last post, I trimmed the edges, serged them, folded them over to the back, and hand stitched them…
Torah Cover Beginnings
I'm excited to be creating a Torah cover for a family whose son is becoming Bar Mitzvah in October. They have been paired with an Ethiopian family and, during a visit to Israel, they purchased a few beautiful Ethiopian embroideries…
Custom Tallit Complete
I was excited to get an email from a woman from my parents' synagogue asking if I could make a custom tallit for her. She wanted something purple, lightweight, and not too big. Little did I know that this would…
Midrash Tallit
Earlier this month, sixth graders at Temple Israel Center in White Plains had the opportunity to complete tallitot based on their Bnai Mitzvah Torah portions. See my earlier blog post to read about the beginning of this process. Julia and…
Discovering the Joy of Sewing
Eleven-year-old Joshua might be the most excited student I've ever seen. Still over a year from his Bar Mitzvah, he was eager to make the atarah (neck band) and corners for the tallit he will wear on that special day.…
Midrash Tallitot
This morning, Temple Israel Center's sixth graders saw their Bnai Mitzvah Torah Portions for the first time. Together with their parents, they studied their parsha, found a section that spoke to them, and designed and created tallitot based on the…
Tallit Bag Challenge
At a recent family gathering, my cousin commissioned a new bag for his tallit. Other than its need to hold a tallit, however, he gave me no parameters for the bag; no colors to focus on or avoid, no ideas…
Custom Tallit
I've been having a great time working on a custom tallit for a young woman about to become Bat Mitzvah in Kenya. Since she is (such) long distance, I sent pictures of some fabric samples by email and she…
New Etsy Shop!
I'm excited to report that some of my Judaica items are now available on Etsy. Visit my shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/heatherstoltz to see some of my tallitot and challah covers.
Challah Covers
The challah covers took longer than I thought they would, but some of them are finally done!