The Cape Stitcher

Monday, June 18, 2012

Downtime

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Last week was busy but productive: I signed off on the proof for the next issue of Needlepoint Now on Wednesday and submitted the copy and...
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Saturday, June 9, 2012

A quick stitch

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This little ornament certainly didn't take long to finish! Since my last post, I finished filling in the zig-zags of the jacquard patter...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Zipping right along

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It's amazing how quickly the stitching on a piece can progress when the particular stitch you're using has already been painted on t...
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Monday, June 4, 2012

Same color scheme, different shape

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Here's the next ornament I'll be stitching for the Cape Cod Hospital Auxiliary's fund-raiser this fall. Like the egg-shaped des...
Saturday, June 2, 2012

What a difference color makes!

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The little red and gold ornament is finished, and --oh, my--how different it is from the original design! The intensity of the red in the ov...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Making good progress

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All the ovals on this little red and gold ornament are now completed. They were stitched in basketweave with four plies of DMC floss #321. ...
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

A touch of velvet

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I began stitching the red and gold ornament with Petite Very Velvet V632 from my stash. PVV is high on my list of favorite threads--it'...
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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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