The Cape Stitcher

Today I finally finished my Kyrgyz pillow, an adaptation of a motif from a fragment of a tush kyiz or ceremonial bed hanging. The original...

In between projects, I had a little time to stitch on the Kyrgz pillow design. Now a little more than half done, I've actually finished...

A little more than one-quarter of the Kyrgyz pillow is now stitched. I've been a good girl and have kept up with the background stitchi...

I've started stitching the first quadrant of the Kyrgyz pillow and am happy so far with my progress. There's a LOT of black backgro...

I've finished transferring the design elements to my 13-count canvas as a line drawing, and now I'm ready to stitch! The colors of ...

The first step in adapting the Kyrgyz tush kyiz fragment to a needlepoint pillow was to measure the three major design elements: the centr...

Thanks to a dear friend here on the Cape, I have a new project in which to immerse myself--once again adapting an original work of art to ne...

The last few days I feel as though I've been stitching a sea of white! It's kind of ironic, since there are five inches of snow on ...

When I get an idea for a needlepoint design, my usual modus operandi is to sit down with a pencil and 10-squares-to-the-inch graph paper. I...

First of all, many thanks to all of you who posted warm words of welcome! Frequent references to "taking the plunge" I find parti...