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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Watercolor, paper & stitch -- Take one

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I've been more and more attracted to embroidered artwork using multiple mediums.  A stitch grid in my sketchbook.  For ex...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Gifts. And then art.

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Several dear friends are expecting babies this fall, so I stitched up these simple, bright onesies. They are a kind of faux applique, made w...
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Satellites of Sorrow

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Holding the Nano-satellite of my sorrow by Iviva Olenick, 2013. Last month I attended a wonderful evening in Brooklyn hosted by the ...
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Sunday, July 7, 2013

45-Record Insert Dress for a 21st Century Girl

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I don't stitch enough wearables.  Altered Gap cotton dress, 3T. Seeing the beautiful, Los Angeles three-year-old wearing this ...
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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Big Yes! Nikola Tesla by Rachel Lynn Rose

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Rachel Lynn Rose is not afraid. Not of electricity. Nor insects. Nor boundaries. Nikola Tesla, 2013, by Rachel Lynn Rose. When I r...
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Friday, June 21, 2013

Paint, WIPs & Stormtroopers (just because)

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The last few weeks have been more about experimentation with mediums than finishing art projects. Painted fabric paper. Needs more glitt...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

I'm Ready for My Close-up, Mr. DeMille

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"I am big, it's the pictures that got small!" -- Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950). Frame 11, 2...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

#BrooklynTweets bound!

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I’m headed to Brooklyn tomorrow to visit one of my very favorite families in the whole wide world, the KINSELLAS!  Woot-hoo! And ...
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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Chroma de Newton

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Color wheels are amazing orbs. Chroma de Newton, 2013. When I found a color wheel hand-drawn by one of my all-time science crushe...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Ev-ev-ev-everyday I'm hustlin'

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Stitching until my fingers are bloody and raw. Frame 11, with chart. Trying to meet my deadline for Aubrey Longley-Cook's X stit...
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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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