A few weeks are spent thinking about the stole, pondering all the information shared, before the actual creation begins.

The stoles you see on the Stole Gallery page are all custom-designed for specific people, and will not be replicated for someone else. Each of us is a unique individual, as are the stoles Stephanie creates. Each stole is lined, and on the interior lining are written prayers. These prayers are ones that have special meaning to the minister and/or the presenter of the stole. In one instance, a congregation hired Stephanie to create a stole for a minister who was leaving, and all of the members of the church signed the lining so that he could carry their love and admiration for him to his next church. Sometimes the prayers are simple- and sometimes they are a single word. That is one of the very intimate blessings found in a stole designed by Stephanie Lewis Robertson.