The Cape Stitcher

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

An Egg well done!

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If you recall, way back at the beginning of May, I received an e-mail from Gaile in Wisconsin, asking for help in stitching my Eggs for All ...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

A "berry-nice" finish

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The Raspberry Island lighthouse in the Apostle Islands chain on Lake Superior is now completed! The most difficult decision in stitching thi...
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Friday, June 26, 2009

Progress!

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After finishing the keeper's house and tower, I moved on to the aky, stitched in basketweave with four plies of DMC cotton floss #3755. ...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Waiting for reinforcements

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Setting plays an important role in the design of the Raspberry Island lighthouse: the tower and keeper's house are nestled in a forest a...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

A visit to Raspberry Island

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Some time ago, I was asked to look into lighthouses in the Apostle Islands along Lake Superior. I discovered that, strangely, nobody knows ...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Another lighthouse finished

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The East Chop lighthouse is finished! After needle-blending the sky with DMC floss in basketweave, I finished the tower itself and moved on...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Paradise Lost

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Isn't it funny how things change as you get older? When I was a kid, summer was my favorite season: school was out, and my friends and...
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Anne Stradal
Massachusetts, United States
A needlepoint designer and stitch painter who strives to create a beautiful canvas on Cape Cod. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, I hold a master's degree in journalism from Ohio University. I've been stitching for 40 years and designing needlepoint canvases for 18 years. I write the "Making It Simple" column for Needlepoint Now magazine.
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