The Cape Stitcher

Now that all the flowers have been added, this little Sailor's Valentine is finished! I worked French knot flowers using four colors of ...

The embellishing process has begun on the little Sailor's Valentine! I began by working pairs of tiny leaf stitches on each of the outsi...

Both "beds" are made now on this little Sailor's Valentine! For the inside section around the captain's house, I used DMC ...

Following through on the theme of a nautical garden for this Sailor's Valentine, I chose a shell pink shade of Petite Very Velvet to wor...

Stitching the center scene of a Sailor's Valentine first helps to get me "in the mood," and this one is no exception. And som...

A lot of work has been going on in my little corner of the Cape this week. First, there's the painting: a lot of Nutcracker Suite orn...

Mother always told me there would be days like this! I've been working on the Brant Point Sailor's Valentine diligently, finishing ...

Stitching basketweave isn't tedious--it's actually quite relaxing. But it's also time-consuming, as you can see from my progres...

I'm doing a happy dance here, because my order for Petite Very Velvet for my Brant Point Sailor's Valentine came in and I picked it ...

When I finished stitching the four outside segments of the octagon on the Brant Point Sailor's Valentine, using Vineyard Silk Classic in...

Last Sunday, I was finally able to squeeze in my shopping expedition for Sailor's Valentine supplies! That night and last, I've bee...

Progress: I've finished stitching the center scene of the Brant Point Sailor's Valentine! For the lantern room and gallery of the l...

I began work on the Brant Point Sailor's Valentine with the tower of the lighthouse itself. Since it has clapboard siding, I worked thi...

Another Sailor's Valentine? You bet! And this one is at least two and a half times larger than the one I just completed! I was commiss...

The little "Nantucket" Sailor's Valentine is finished, but not without some thinking "outside the box"! First, I fin...

I finished stitching the outside of the "Nantucket" octagon with Petite Very Velvet, and I like the look! This shade of tan remin...

Since my last post, I've finished the center scene on the Sailor's Valentine. I raided my stash of DMC cotton floss to construct th...

Since I'm in a paint-by-day, stitch-by-night mode, I haven't had much opportunity to work on little "Nantucket." But the ...

My blog vacation lasted longer than I'd originally anticipated--I literally hit a brick wall last weekend and got an Easter egg on the b...

"Oceana"--the name I've given to the third needlepoint interpretation of a Sailor's Valentine--is finally finished! I...