The Cape Stitcher

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Still simple, just not sparse

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The "Rose Beach" sailor's valentine is finished--really finished! And this project taught me a good lesson. For someone who g...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Almost, but not quite

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By yesterday afternoon, I had finally reached the stage where I could start to embellish my sailor's valentine, which I've decided t...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Another day, another design

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What do we have here? The beginning of another sailor's valentine! I had so much fun developing "Beacon" that I decided to c...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Embellishing the valentine

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My "Beacon" sailor's valentine is finished, with the addition of shells both stitched and real! When I'd completed stitchi...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Working out from the center

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I started work on my little Sailor's Valentine--I'm calling this one "Beacon--by stitching the center scene first. This entire...
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Friday, September 10, 2010

A teeny, tiny lighthouse

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A couple of weeks ago, DH and I visited a regional antiques show in our hometown. A lot of lovely things were displayed, among them some Sa...
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Game over!

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There's something to be said for a hurricane: you can get an incredible amount of stitching done waiting for it to arrive! Good ole...
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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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