Maria's Mantillas

11/17/2021

Here's my new website, up with limited inventory. Please be patient with me as I work out any kinks in the upcoming weeks and months.

Maria's Mantillas offers handmade mantillas and veils, including custom-designed wedding veils.

09/10/2021

Just ironing out some design details for my launching for next month!

These will open for a limited quantity preorder mid- to late- October and will ship in November.

You are NOT going to want to miss this!

04/03/2021

Good Friday seems like a distant event, so awful you could never imagine the horror.
But there's one aspect I, and many other mothers, have glimpsed-- Mary's suffering watching her son die and the heart wrenching emptiness that she endured.
In this waiting period between death and resurrection, may Mary give comfort to all grieving mothers, and may Jesus give them the grace needed to persevere in their vocations.

12/24/2020

Merry Christmas Eve!

We've been working on a few craft projects lately, including a from 's pattern (the forbidden fruit square is pictured here), and a tempera painting, laid out by mommy and finished by .

I'm thinking we'll do another layer on that painting, and we're going to be making gingerbread later on, too! Lastly, I'm hoping to finish a stocking for her if I have time! If not, well, Christmas is still 12 days long 🤷‍♀️😊

12/03/2020

It's already December (how is it already December??!!!), but let me just add a little story about November.

In November, Catholics remember the Holy Souls. We have All Saints Day and All Souls Day, and we pray for our loved ones who have died.

Not all that long ago, a priest would wear black for funerals, aka "Requiem Masses". Except one kind of funeral-- that of a baptized child who had not yet reached the age of reason. For those Masses, he would wear white. And those Masses were the "Mass of the Angels".

This is because we know for sure that their souls are with God and the angels and all the other saints.

A baby's funeral is the most heartbreaking thing, and it's so hard for their family and friends on earth. But we know they are experiencing the unimaginable beauty of the Beatific Vision, and in that knowledge we find some comfort, while still acknowledging the deep pain and grief that will always surround that memory for us.

Mio's Mass of the Angels was 2 years ago Nov 30th. ❤️💔

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11/26/2020

Two years in heaven for my beautiful St. Mio. ❤️💔

11/22/2020

10/31/2020

I'm doing another quilt along! made a pattern, and this square is "Joseph's Coat"! I'm excited to see how the whole thing turns out ☺️

10/11/2020

My little princess is one year old! She can say "hi", "dog", "ball", "thank you", and "bye bye". Her favorite food is avocado. This cute little chatterbox loves playing the piano and drums, rolling away from mommy or towards trouble, spending time outside, and petting "dog", who finally is mostly comfortable with Josie 🤩

09/15/2020

Josie is getting so big! It's hard to believe she's almost a year old!

07/29/2020

I'm still not ready to reopen shop quite yet, but I've still managed to get some sewing in!

Thanks to for the crab square pattern! It was such a fun way to get started with paper piecing and making my very first quilt (although only the top is done so far 😬 )!

The second piece is a pattern I found on Pinterest from . Thanks for that! I don't know what I'll do with that one yet, but it was fun to make, and a bit easier than the crabs 🙂.