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Monday, November 26, 2012

Sugar, Codes, Place, Hips & Stitching

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My Suga Belt is finally done. Suga Belt, 2012 I admit that it is a crazy mixture of self portraiture, morse code, maps, chemical fo...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

Mother Bears

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Now for something very different.... Me and I bear. First thing I've knitted in years! For more than five years I've been par...
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Large and messy

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Manos, first sketches from my notebooks. Making art isn't all fun. It can be tedious, heartbreaking, fraught with failure.  Bu...
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Monday, November 5, 2012

WIPs: More maps, hips and colors

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I know, I know. I'm stitching crazy slow these days. Map of Carthage, NC, town square. Satin, chain, long & short, wrapped back ...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Vote, dawgs!

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This election season... ...get out there and vote! It's hot!
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

More Sugar and a Map (to Find Me)

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I love layers. Woven spider wheel hydrogen, carbon & oxygen. Glucose. In life and in making art, it's all about adding layers...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

International Art Project Born from a News Report

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I've written about my sources of inspiration for art projects for other blogs and publications . On my own blog, I call these sources ...
Saturday, October 6, 2012

Little Ennui People for the Phat Quarter Toys Swap

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My brother Joe and I played with Fisher Price Little People far beyond the recommended age. We did so sneakily. And they weren't our Li...
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Monday, October 1, 2012

Big Yes! Clowns by Sailor Mouth

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After being playfully chastised by Mr X Stitch for never having actually tried cross stitch (despite writing for his blog), I've been...
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Friday, September 28, 2012

Layering on the sugar, taking my sweet time

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Rushing to finish my Phat Quarter TOYS Swap, but I'm taking a little break this Friday afternoon to work on my Suga Belt. Circles o...
Friday, September 21, 2012

The Night has 1000 Eyes in Hardscrabble, Wondrous Durham

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The Durham Bull, looking like something from Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain. Yes, I've been stitching. Been sketching. Been wo...
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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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