The Cape Stitcher

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Finally, a finish!

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It took more than 18 months to stitch, but this stocking is in the TA-DA column!  It started off its stitching life on scroll bars, moved to...
Friday, May 7, 2021

Mother's Day Memories

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 Shirtwaist dresses, necklaces, permed hair, high heels, and shopping bags out the ying-yang.  That was my mother to a tee.  My mother was k...
Monday, April 5, 2021

Bottoms up!

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 I started stitching this stocking using scroll bars, moving up and down as threads became available.  I skipped over areas that would get F...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

The Lost Year

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  Hard to believe my last post was in October of 2019.  That's the kind of interruption a pandemic can cause, I guess.  I've stitche...
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Sunday, October 6, 2019

Getting ahead of myself

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This isn't the first time I've kept stitching and stitching without stopping to take a progress, and it probably won't be my l...
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Thursday, September 26, 2019

Not much going on....

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...but you have to start somewhere!  The background has been stitched in basketweave with four strands of DMC cotton floss.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Next up....

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Besides being a symbol of good luck, the unicorn has a special significance in our family.  It seems you can find a Halloween costume o...
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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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