The Cape Stitcher

Folks who follow this blog will probably be as relieved as I am to see this day arrive:  the Ivory Angel stocking is finished! The area...

Creative Avoidance is a term I learned from designer Judy Harper.  As it relates to needlepoint, it involves working on absolutely anyth...

Work along the top of the stocking below the cuff has reached the half-way mark.  The vines are filled with Vineyard Silk Classic Bark an...

There hasn't been a lot of time to stitch this stocking lately:  other commitments and yard work seem to be getting in the way.  But ...

Starting in on the background at the top of the canvas, I turned the stretcher bars upside-down to make it easier to reach.  The treatmen...

After moving up the canvas on stretcher bars, I started filling in the little bit of white remaining when I ran out of thread as well as ...

With the addition of the lower wing section, the bottom of the Ivory Angel canvas is finished! This section was worked in an encroachin...