The Cape Stitcher

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Dressing Mother Ginger and celebrating a blog birthday

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Most of us have heard the expression "My, how time flies when you're having fun." It's hard to believe that The Cape Stit...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Act II, continued!

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Next up in my new series based on The Nutcracker ballet is Mother Ginger, the title character in the last divertissement , or independent d...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Exit stage right

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Coffee, the Arabian dancer, has finished her performance! With the background completed, it was time to add the final details to her veil. ...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Still working behind the scene

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Now that the slanted gobelin stitch section of the jacquard pattern is finished behind little Coffee, I've started filling in with tent ...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Making it easy for myself

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I decided to work the background for the "Coffee" canvas in a jacquard stitch, so before I picked up needle and thread, I picked u...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Coffee time!

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The second canvas in my series of ornaments based on The Nutcracker ballet is the Arabian dancer, who symbolizes coffee. This lithe little...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

When the clock struck midnight....

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....I finished the Herr Drosselmeyer canvas! I first finished the background, working tent stitches to frame the Scotch stitches, using Krei...
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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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