The Cape Stitcher

I love to see how other people interpret my designs! Just this week, I received a photo from Lucia in Arizona, who had stitched Mission San...

Just in time for a new year, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel is finished! The strip of grass below the stairs was worked in a slanted gobelin s...

The buildings are finished on the Mission San Gabriel canvas! When I completed stitching the roof and facade of the building on the left, I ...

How appropriate--I've finished the roof of the building on the right just in time for Christmas Eve! With the same white DMC #5 perle co...

This time of year, it's hard to get as much stitching in as we'd like, but I did manage to finish the bellwall for Mission San Gabri...

I began work on the San Gabriel Arcangel mission canvas with the sky--not a particularly large area compared to some of my other mission des...

I frequently receive requests from folks to adapt their favorite lighthouses to needlepoint, but I rarely get an inquiry about a California ...

Mission Santa Clara de Asis is finished! I wrapped up construction on the buildings by adding hinges to the doors and a handrail with two pl...

I haven't had much stitching time, catching up instead with my oldest son visiting from Texas, but the buildings of the Santa Clara mis...

Busy days, busy people--but I had two hours of good stitching time in the car yesterday, driving to Boston for the graduation of our younges...

The sky is finished, and I've learned a lesson: choose color families wisely when needle-blending! Too much discrepancy between DMC fl...

I've been working non-stop on the sky of the Mission Santa Clara canvas for the last two days, and this is what I have to show for mysel...

This armchair traveler has headed to California to once again follow the Mission Trail. My next project is an adaptation to needlepoint of ...

The Mission of San Juan Capistrano de Sajavit, the seventh in the California mission chain, was dedicated on November 1, 1776. Around March...