The Cape Stitcher

Friday, August 30, 2013

Decking the horse with holly

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Where has August gone?  There's been too much painting and not enough stitching this month for my taste, but I haven't given up o...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

A satisfying moment

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Stitching has been slow lately, with a lot of painting to do and a column to get ready.  I finished the gold line at the bottom of the ro...
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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Now, where was I?

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It's been a while since the Toyland Rocking Horse canvas has appeared here--it's been waiting on the back burner for other more i...
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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Highland Lighthouse, new and improved

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Sometimes when you're on a stitching roll, you work straight through until the piece is done.  Such was the case for the Highland lig...
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Monday, July 29, 2013

Two skies, side by side

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I finished stitching the sky behind Highland lighthouse (left) using the needle-blending technique.  The same four values of blue--DMC...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Another lighthouse "remake"

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The second lighthouse that needs to be updated is Cape Cod lighthouse in Truro, Massachusetts, almost at the tip of Cape Cod.  The first of ...
Friday, July 19, 2013

One down, one to go

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The "new and improved" Nobska lighthouse is finished, with the addition of the keepers' houses and the grass. Roof shingl...
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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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