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Friday, February 22, 2013

Angel progress: garland, claws and tail

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Like the angel and the lamb, the lion, too, now has a garland of flowers.  The leaves were worked in satin stitch with two shades of green...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Acoma Pot, part 2

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The Acoma Pot canvas went with me to the monthly meeting of the local needlework group yesterday.  This design had taken a back seat when...
Friday, February 15, 2013

Angel progress: a leonine body

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There's a lot of Petite Very Velvet in this lion!  Not too surprising, since he measures nine inches from stem to stern and four inche...
Friday, February 8, 2013

Angel progress: facing down on lion

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I was referring to the lion on my angel canvas, but there's another lion roaring outside!  What's being hyped as the Storm of 2013...
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

"Acoma Pot" progress

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Work on this canvas began at last October's meeting of our local needlework group.  I don't think I'm doing too badly consider...
Monday, February 4, 2013

Switching gears

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I've come to the end of the thread line for now on the angel canvas.  For the lion's body, I decided on Petite Very Velvet--it ...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Stash enhancement!

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A few days ago, I visited my LNS to buy more threads for the angel canvas.  First up:  more DMC cotton floss #304 to finish her dress. I...
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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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