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Sunday, June 15, 2014

String Box 3 & Red O

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I've been trying to be more focused with my work and spend more time making a mess and playing than keeping my apartment perfectly neat....
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Saturated (Color and life)

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And now.... Scenes from my ongoing obsession with saturated colors. WIP: String Box 3. Hand embroidery on watercolor paper. I'm m...
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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...
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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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