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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Two feathers taking a leap

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Flitting about in my creativity. Unsure of how to approach the two bigger stitched portrait projects I have in have in mind. So I decided to...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Do Not Eat!

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No really, eat... please! Photos from my finished swap piece for the Phat Quarter food-themed swap by MrXStitch . Shipped it to Salvage...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Stitch, bake, dream & a Nerd Girl self-portrait

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Crazy productive weekend. Stitching the chain stitch edge Finished stitching the Phat Quarter Do Not Eat piece for Salvaged Mutiny ....
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Where Art is Joy: My Haitian paintings

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Loas, Levol Exil, 2002 Years ago, at the Fullframe Documentary Film Festival , (one of my beloved Durham, NC's best events), I saw a...
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Monday, October 10, 2011

Inching along, or No, I don't have an eating disorder...

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Why do I always get so carried away? Inching my way through my swap piece for the Phat Quarter food-themed swap. Getting closer. Most of...
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Friday, October 7, 2011

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman, Part 2

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Sparrow Heart More from my interview with the talented young artist Kate Elisabeth Rolison. We started discussing her current work stit...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Compelled

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Found this photo of my mother today. Min Corcoran, 1970s, Connecticut This is the woman who raised me. Complicated , beautiful, at tim...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: A New Feature

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Happy discoveries are made in the online stitching community! Drink Me In I stumbled across the work of a young British artist named K...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Be gone from me

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Not everyone has been good to me. Homely little book I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about how important my friends are to m...
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olisa
Durham, NC, United States
I’m a Durham-based stitch artist & blogger, with a focus on text, self-portraiture & texture. I embroider, sketch, paint and experiment. This blog is a place to share my creative exploration of my world. You can also find my monthly column, Inspired to Stitch, on Mr X Stitch. Other passions: Travel, baseball, stories & cooking. I’m Nuyorican and my dial is turned to 11! Thanks for stopping by. Leave me a comment, mijos.
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