The Cape Stitcher

The postman delivered a special treat on Halloween:  my Amanda Lawford stand-up Santa, all ready for the holidays! This 15-inch-tall Sa...

My Amanda Lawford Santa is finally finished, after working on it for more than a year.  It's by no means my first finish of 2015, but...

It's been way too long since blog readers have seen this jolly fellow:  an Amanda Lawford Santa.  I started stitching him well ove...

Santa has a beard--a lot of beard!  This section took quite a bit of time to stitch, but I'm happy with the result. The beard was w...

At this point, you may well be thinking, "Is this crazy lady still French knotting?"  Yup--and a sea of French knots is now tic...

Still in French knot mode!  For the trim on the teddy bear's sweater, I chose Trio "Natural."  It contrasts well with Santa...

With all the relatively "flat" stitching done on the Santa canvas, it was time to move back up to his head.  First off, the wisp...

Mr. Penguin is finished!  While the beak was worked in a few tent and slanted Gobelin stitches, the rest of his body was formed with encr...

With the last of the stars and twinkles completed on the left side of Santa's robe, I decided it was time to give him a belt.  This w...

More Santa progress!  The tassels were worked in Vineyard Silk Classic and Kreinik #12 tapestry braid #002.  The cords were formed wit...

Poor Santa took a back seat for a while as I stitched another piece to make a deadline, but he's back on track now! Progress to dat...

For almost a week now, I've been working the red background of Santa's robe, steering around, not by, the stars!  One of these da...

Santa now has two sleeves, worked in Petite Very Velvet V631 and Kreinik #12 tapestry braid #002 and #102 for the stars.  With the smidge...

There's a lot of Santa's robe in this design, and I wanted to keep up with stitching it.  After adding a couple more inches to th...

Happy to report Santa's second cheek stitched up pretty well, after needle-blending it with two values of pink DMC floss.  In needle-...

I started work on Santa's face by stitching the flesh tone in basketweave with DMC floss #950 and the shading around the eyes and nos...

I'm taking a slightly different approach to stitching the Amanda Lawford Santa canvas.  There was so much background stitching for th...

Now that the Toyland Rocking Horse canvas is finished, it's time to start something new.  This chubby-cheeked Santa designed by Amand...