The Cape Stitcher
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Happy Halloween!
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Q: Why are the "Dreamgirls" singing today? A: Because the Red Sox won the World Series last night!
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Celestial navigation with a twist
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For almost a week now, I've been working the red background of Santa's robe, steering around, not by, the stars! One of these da...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Seeing red
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Santa now has two sleeves, worked in Petite Very Velvet V631 and Kreinik #12 tapestry braid #002 and #102 for the stars. With the smidge...
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Saturday, October 12, 2013
One arm full of presents
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There's a lot of Santa's robe in this design, and I wanted to keep up with stitching it. After adding a couple more inches to th...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
A star-spangled hat
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Happy to report Santa's second cheek stitched up pretty well, after needle-blending it with two values of pink DMC floss. In needle-...
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
Needle-blending: not just for skies
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I started work on Santa's face by stitching the flesh tone in basketweave with DMC floss #950 and the shading around the eyes and nos...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Chipping away at the background
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I'm taking a slightly different approach to stitching the Amanda Lawford Santa canvas. There was so much background stitching for th...
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