The Cape Stitcher

Thursday, April 29, 2010

In for a penny, in for a pound

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Two factors influenced my decision on how to stitch the water for the Presque Isle North Pierhead lighthouse. The reflection of the moon on...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

To the lighthouse

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I've stitched the Presque Isle North Pierhead lighthouse itself, maintaining the illusion of nighttime in my choice of thread color. To ...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

Looking at the lighthouse in a different light

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Every so often, a little variety is a good thing. Only three times have I stitched a lighthouse canvas in which the sky wasn't sunny. ...
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Friday, April 23, 2010

Along the shores of Lake Erie

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This armchair traveler is headed for Erie, Pennsylvania, to visit one of three active lighthouses in the state. A sand bar along the Lake E...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

As far as I can go--for now

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Little Humpty Dumpty is finished--just shy of popping in some initials when my neighbor's new granddaughter is born at the end of August...
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Monday, April 19, 2010

A firm foundation

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Humpty Dumpty is well-anchored now that his wall is finished! As I mentioned in my previous post, the bricks were worked in a cashmere stit...
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Saturday, April 17, 2010

The Great Wall of Humpty

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Humpty Dumpty is finally a well-dressed egg! His pants were worked with DMC cotton floss #444 in a vertical slanted gobelin stitch over two...
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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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