The Cape Stitcher

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Beginning the border

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I started work on the border for the little fish using DMC #5 perle cotton #807 in a slanted gobelin stitch over three threads, then repeate...
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Gone fishin'

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Last weekend, I needed to paint a cylindrical ornament canvas to fill an order. With 98 different charts to sort through, it took a while t...
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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Patrick Penguin and I want to wish you all a Happy St. Patrick's Day! He's off-Cape right now, spending the holiday at Louise's...
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Taking a deep breath

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Another trunk show was shipped out this morning! It's headed to Louise's Needlework in Powell, Ohio (www.louisesneedlework.com), wh...
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Monday, March 5, 2012

That was then--this is now

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I've finished stitching the Bass Harbor Head lighthouse ornament for my friend, and thought it would be fun to do a side-by-side compari...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Murmuring pines and memories

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More progress on Bass Harbor Head lighthouse--it now has trees! This time around, I used a diagonal oblong cross stitch, an amazingly versat...
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Up on the roof

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The tower and outbuildings of the Bass Harbor Head lighthouse are now finished! The roof and gallery around the lantern room were worked in ...
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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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