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Saturday, November 26, 2011

"Who wants to be alone in this shit hole world," he asked me.

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Stopped to pump gas on Thanksgiving morning (after a lovely night celebrating my birthday) and I was greeted by a neat and tidy homeless ma...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Sketches for the Great Curve & a Stitchgasm

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Still in the sketching phase of a self portrait. I know that I need to make the move onto fabric and just start thread sketching. Moving slo...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Big Yes! Flea by MimiLove

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Prepare to be overwhelmed by a wild symphony of color, paint, stitching, textures and imagery. Detail from Flea, 2011, by MimiLove Wel...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Do Not Eat! at sea with Salvaged Mutiny... And my fun at the seashore

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In its new home on ship Can I tell you how happy I am that Do Not Eat! finished its journey to Salvage Mutiny (a.k.a. the textile artis...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Stitching small but living HUGE

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Struggling with a self portrait that I'm trying to do, so I've put it to the side and I'm working on small, simple, playful embr...
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Monday, November 7, 2011

Big Yes! Two Satrys by Bascom Hogue

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How do you write about someone who so inspires you? Two Satyrs by Bascom Hogue Bascom Hogue is hardcore. A complicated, vibrantly ta...
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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Two feathers, unworried, drift away

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My simple little feathers are on the way to Jude Hill's Magic Feather Project where they will join hundreds of other feathers in some...
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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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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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