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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

50 by 50 Stitches on my Spanish eyes

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A tiny section complete of my overly ambitious x stitch self portrait of my eyes. Tiny, but still, woot! First 50 x 50 section complet...
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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Outside of my normal - a crafty kitty

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Last month I was asked to take part in an online experiment for embroidery bloggers. Alyssa Thomas, the designer and owner of Penguin and Fi...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Pixels of Time, Pixels of Stitch

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I'm struck by how stitching a cross stitch is like building an image in the form of pixels -- each little x is a point in space grabbed...
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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Stitchsperation Abudanza

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Charles Bridge, shapes, Prague. Rome. Venice. Prague. Three very different cities I recently visited with my mother. At the risk of sou...
Friday, April 4, 2014

Tiger Bea(s)t

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Rebecca Grecco of Hugs are Fun , my swap partner for the Mr X Stitch Bestiary Swap, made me the most divine new feline friend. Misha, b...
Friday, March 28, 2014

When you miss your man, you do crazy things

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How does a stitch artist with nerdish tendencies deal with her man traveling traveling more than 8,000 miles to far away Hong Kong? Lati...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Frabbit of the Fens

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Say hello to my little friend. Detail of Frabbit, 2014. Hand embroidery on layered watercolors. Frabbit! I made him for Sarah Henne...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Whatever the hell I want to do

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Oh yeah. I can do whatever the hell I want to do. Tales of Accidental Bestiality. A new made up library catalog card. Woke up this m...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Seeking inspiration

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I'm drifting a bit in the creative shoals lately. Kind of stuck in the silt.  No one can rescue me. I must rescue myself. March 201...
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Sunday, March 2, 2014

WIPs: Frabbit & a Giant Pair of Brown Eyes X Stitch

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Working hard on a couple of projects. Frabbit in various stages. My Frabbit (named by the always imaginative LA artist  Ellen Schinde...
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Gifts for my peeps & sunshine

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It was an exhausting work week in the corporate salt mines. I've been barely able to focus on anything creative. This does not make me ...
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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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