The Cape Stitcher

My "chicks" have come home to roost--for now! Yesterday, the models for my designs based on The Nutcracker ballet arrived from t...

As promised, here's the second installment of canvas models based on The Nutcracker ballet: the Waltz of the Flowers, Clara, the Sugar...

I've had many requests from folks, asking if I would show all of the ornaments based on The Nutcracker ballet once I'd finished stit...

The twelfth and final canvas in the series based on The Nutcracker ballet is finished: Fritz is ready to romp and create havoc at the fami...

The more I stitched on the background for Fritz, the more I realized I wouldn't be able to leave the hobby horse for last. The horse...

I've made a good start on little Fritz, beginning with his face and hand in basketweave using DMC floss #948. His hair was worked in a ...

The last in the series of ornament canvases based on The Nutcracker ballet is Fritz, Clara's mischievous little brother. He's the ...

Well, that didn't take too long--the Snowflake canvas is finished! For the larger snowflakes rimming the ornament, I used Kreinik #12 ta...

No, actually, I'm quite happy--I finished the blue basketweave background for the Snowflake twins! Now that all the blue is in place, I ...

When I'm stitching a painted canvas--regardless of whether it's a lighthouse, doorway, dancing ghost or little ballerina--I always h...

Early in a new year, lots of folks are trying to shed some of the pounds they packed on over the holidays, and their approaches to dieting c...

There's a lot of background behind these little twin Snowflakes, and I wanted to get as much as I could behind me before tackling the da...

It truly is a Land of Snowflakes here on Cape Cod this morning--not just outside my window, but on my computer monitor as well! The next can...

The Chocolate canvas is--finally!--finished, and my virtual journey to the Land of Sweets is over. The "comb" in the ballerina...

Paint by day, stitch by night: that's been the modus operandi around here for the better part of the month! It's not terribly con...

I've started in on the background for the Chocolate canvas. For the look of white chocolate, I'm using DMC cotton floss Ecru in bas...

Tenth in the series based on The Nutcracker ballet is Chocolate, which joins Coffee and Tea as another divertissement in Act II. It...

I finished stitching the background for the Sugar Plum Fairy using DMC floss #3689 and Kreinik #12 tapestry braid #002V. I then added the b...

As I've designed this series of ornaments based on The Nutcracker ballet, the little figures painted on canvas and my choice of thread...

Enter the prima ballerina of The Nutcracker ballet--the Sugar Plum Fairy! She rules over the Land of Sweets, to which Clara and her nutcr...