The Cape Stitcher

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Once in a blue moon

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Every now and then, I come up with a slightly off-the-wall idea for a design. On this New Year's Eve, with a blue moon high in the sky,...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Ending the year in Australia

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Macquarie Lightstation is finished well before New Year's Eve! I finished the tower itself, working the dome in the foreground in a sati...
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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Halfway there

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Poor Macquarie Lightstation! For days I've been picking it up, stitching a little bit, then putting it down to attend to holiday chores...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

A Cape Cod Christmas

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The presents are --finally--wrapped and tucked under the Christmas tree for the morning. I wanted to share a little of my Cape Cod Christm...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

In search of summer Down Under

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It's hard to think warm thoughts when 2-1/2 foot snow drifts are piled up against the front of your house. So on this first full day of...
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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Farewell to Port Dalhousie

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Another lighthouse is finished--Port Dalhousie in St. Catherines, Ontario. This makes lighthouse #87, but who's counting? I stitched th...
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Only the water remains!

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Finally--I finished needle-blending the sky for Port Dalhousie! I used three successive shades of DMC cotton floss--#3841, 3325, and 3755--...
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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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