Another New Veil: The Modesta.

The Modesta is a long half circle veil made of sheer black tulle and embroidered black leaf organza trim. 

It measures approximately 23" x 57". 

This veil is for wearing to the Holy Catholic Mass.

The Modesta sells for $33.95 USD

The Justina Veil Has a New Look.

This veil was made at the request of a customer and now it's part of my regular line. It sells for $20.95 and you can purchase it here.

It's made of the Classic Floral lace in Good Chocolate. 

The lace trim is a 1 3/4"  cotton Cluny lace in Coffee. 

This trim's coarse mesh pattern  gives it a bit of a crocheted look. 

The Georgia Veil.

Here's another updated veil; The Georgia veil.

Georgia veil is made of an elegant white organza with floral pale green/silver embroidery throughout. This beautiful embroidered sheer fabric features scalloped selvedges and metallic threads.

The embroidered sequin & beaded organza  trim measures 3+1/4.

This lace head covering is appropriate for Catholic holy Mass and when before the Blessed Sacrament. Thanks for checking out the Georgia veil!

Masterpiece Monday: St. Flavia

Sometime shortly before Christmas, I was watching an old flick on Turner Classic Movies station called "Tenth Avenue Angel." It stars the child actress Margaret O'Brian as Flavia Mills. Here's the movie synopsis: "A child of the tenements helps an ex-con find a new life." It's a sweet movie. As I was watching it I was thinking, "Flavia, Flavia....Where have I heard that name?" 

Later that day it came to me. Flavia is the name of the company that makes the coffee machine my husband was getting for Christmas! I'd ordered it online just a day or two prior to watching that old movie. 

So right away I had to do a Google search to see if there was actually a St. Flavia. Yep, there is! And I had it in mind to name a veil for her. Or in this case, I renamed a veil for her. I finally got around to it just this month. To see the Flavia veil, just check out the blog entry that's directly below this one. 

In his High Renaissance painting (above), Perugino depicts St. Flavia (the younger) wearing a crown, because she was the niece of the Emperor Domitian. She was later banished by her uncle to the island of Pontia along with other Christians whom St. Jerome describes as experiencing a "slow martyrdom" there alone on the island. St. Flavia is wearing the red robes of a martyr here, as she was later burnt to death under the Emperor Trajan for not sacrificing food to idols. As in so many of Perugino's works, the saint's hands are held in prayer, and the head is tilted back as she gazes up towards the heavens. She appears to be listening and receiving instruction more than petitioning. Perhaps Our Lord was preparing her for the trials that lay ahead. St. Flavia was buried in the catacomb on the Via Delle Sette Chiese which was originally the vault of Saint Flavius Clemens and his family.

I dearly love the virgin martyr saints. St. Anges, St. Cecilia, St. Lucy, St Joan and so many more.... Does our modern world desire strong women? We do well to look to the past for role models. These girls were determined and virtuous little mights. Would that there more girls like that today!

Back by Popular Demand: The Flavia Veil

Here's a sweet little veil I had going at the RM Mantilla website a while back:

  The Flavia Veil. 

It sells for $11.95 USD.

Do you like it? I rediscovered the pattern and decided I ought to resurrect this one. I have a limited amount of this lace trim in stock, so if you like it, don't wait because I might not be able to purchase more. If it's a closeout, then that's all. 

The Flavia's a sweet little crisp white chapel veil with scalloped white floral lace trim. This triangle veil is mitered; it comes to a point at all three corners. If you like a smaller triangle veil that will conveniently tuck into your purse for those quick trips to church before the Blessed Sacrament, then this veil is for you! 

The Perpetua Veil's Been Revamped.

You can see this over at Rosa Mystica, too. The Perpetua Veil

The Perpetua is a medium to smaller triangle veil. I've used white floral lace and an elegant scalloped white lace trim. This veil is slightly bowed at the crown of the head, resulting in a really nice drape around the face. It measures 38" x 17".

The Perpetua Veil

$17.95 USD

The Pasqualina Veil's been Updated.

And you can see it over at Rosa Mystica Mantilla

The Pasqualina Veil

The Pasqualina Veil is a white Chantilly lace veil with Venice lace rosebud trim. This veil has versatility.  It's elegant and long enough to get married in, but at the same time works well for your Sunday best. The shape is elliptical, or what I like to call fish shaped or a tapered veil. This one's very similar to the Joan veil, but look again; Pasqualina's much longer in the back. It measures approximately 57" x 22".

$41.95 USD