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Thursday, May 31, 2012

In hoops

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So, what's in my hoops these days? Stitching other people's words and handwriting inspires me. I'm back to working on tw...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

My heart cannot take it

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Do Not Flake on Me is done, sent and delivered to the Northern California stitch artist Lisa Leggett as part of the Phat Quarter Spring Swa...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Stitch-speration at CAM Raleigh

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Happily, I have lots of Stitch-speration in my life at the moment. Wild colors and outlines at CAM's ArtHouse party. O & Andy. ...
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Do Not Flake On Me (Pretty Please) WIP

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Working (ever so slowly) on a new "Do Not" embroidery.  I like to sit on my bed and stitch. This is a created design, n...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Girl Thunder Takes DC!

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Meet America's latest superhero... Girl Thunder!!!  Girl Thunder at the U.S. Capitol. Girl Thunder waiting for her beer. ...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Books & Stitches is out!

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Issue 2 of the fabulous stitching ezine &Stitches just came out and Nicole & Carina have outdone themselves with this one. I lov...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

Chaos, bolts & chain stitch

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There are many stitchers who favor neat, even stitches. While I admire the fineness of orderly stitching in other people's work, I must ...
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Monday, April 9, 2012

More Spirograph tanks for me

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Detail, stitching through Sulky Solvy. My retro obsession continues unabated (just like the "domestication of the dog," to quo...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Sweetie darling & 70s retro mashup

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Going through a 1970s nostalgia phase. Spirographs , Twister, Barry Gibbs' tight white pants and sexy Jesus mane... and woodgrain fabri...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Cool Cat. Rattled Skull.

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Wool felt & embroidery floss. Several stitching projects are in hoops around my apartment these days, but I haven't been finishi...
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Spirographs, Star Fox & other small stitching

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After pulling a week's work of dense, little stitches from my Tiny Great Curve piece (which was heartbreaking by necessary), I've be...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

In a war, someone has to die

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So said a temporarily out-of-work professional African soldier. So heard Danish artist Hanne Bang, who was inspired by a television news int...
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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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