The Cape Stitcher

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Still scrolling

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It was just a matter of time before the largest nutcracker got his face--or part of one, anyway.    His eyebrows and mustache will be add...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Scrolling along

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Daytime stitching enabled more work on the background, which now reaches to the middle of the blue ornament on the left and just above th...
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Friday, September 11, 2015

Seeing the light

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A couple of glorious, sunny mornings made it possible to work some more on the background of the Nutcracker/Packages stocking.  The folia...
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Sunday, September 6, 2015

Nutcracker/Packages: Filling in

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The face of the middle nutcracker is finished, using DMC floss in satin stitch for the nose and cheeks and vintage black DMC Medici wool ...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Heel, toe, up I go!

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When folks start to stitch a canvas, they generally start at the top and work down.  But that practice isn't chiseled in stone--some ...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Sock it to me, again

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My next personal stitching project is--you guessed it--another Christmas stocking!  Nutcracker/Packages is another design by Liz Goodrick...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Playing dress-up

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The purse I blog-stitched sometime back has arrived from the finisher!  Needle Nicely in Vero Beach. Florida (www.needlenicely.com), work...
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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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