The Cape Stitcher

Once a year around this time, piping plovers--an endangered species--arrive on the beach of Orleans, making nests and laying their eggs. An...

I have to admit--I prefer stitching on 18-count canvas. My last project, the Kyrgyz pillow, was stitched on 13-count canvas because it more...

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...

Yes, I know--I'm a little bit crazy. I look at nature and see color--glorious color--and give it a DMC name. For instance, this photo ...

Finally! We picked up the framed needlework adaptation of my father's Central Park pen-and-ink drawing yesterday. As you may recall, i...

Remember these little guardian angels? I designed and stitched them for two friends who had been diagnosed with breast cancer and needed a ...

No, I didn't run the Boston Marathon--that was April 20--and I'm a stitcher, not a runner. I was looking at my Kyrgyz pillow canvas ...