The Cape Stitcher

It's been way too long since blog readers have seen this jolly fellow:  an Amanda Lawford Santa.  I started stitching him well ove...

It's done!  The last paw prints were added and the lettering worked in DMC floss 321. The final step was to add a border of slanted...

Guesstimating that about two-thirds of this canvas is now done. With more of the inside basketweave background completed, you can see m...

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday--I know I did!  And this morning looks more like White Friday on the Cape, with big,...

What do you stitch for some young friends, who are fast assembling their own menagerie?  This is what I came up with--a design for a litt...

She's done!  A gazillion French knots later, the Christmas Angel is ready to step out for the holidays.  Remember the final scene in ...

The first change to the original design of the Christmas Angel came when I started working on the sleeve on the left side.  The photo tha...