designers
Brenda Lackey and Rachel Murphy

seamstress
Rachel Murphy

“Laudate,” or “Praise,” is an original design created for Brenda Lackey.  The imagery of the cross, the doves, the flowers…all give emphasis to the call, “Praise!”—to praise the beauty of the Lord.

The base fabric is a dark purple-indigo metallic silk, and all of the appliqué fabrics are varying shades of purple, blue, pink, and gold, in metallic fabrics such as glitterdot, tissue lame, and metallic brocade.  All of the embroidery, including the script, is freehand machine satin stitching in similar metallic shades.  The skirt lining and bloomers are made of metallic gold lycra.

The gold lettering on the cape is Latin, with a Celtic script:

“Omne quod spirat laudet Dominum.”  (Psalm 150:6) 
“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.”

“Laudate” was completed in July of 2005.