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my yiayia

my yiayia

by | Sep 19, 2021 | coloring, cross stitch, ipad, line drawings

portrait done in procreate with turpentine brush i really love this photo of my grandmother, i think it’s her passport photo when she came to the united states in 1969, which would have made her around 62 years old. i’d like to do another portrait with...
words cannot describe

words cannot describe

by | Jun 9, 2020 | corona virus series, cross stitch

tuesday: cross stitch: jacob, xoxo i watched the movie “shirley” over the weekend and had to know more about shirley jackson. i downloaded an audio biography which i have been listening to as i cross stitched my husbands portrait. so far i am only up to...
yiayia

yiayia

by | Jun 2, 2020 | corona virus series, cross stitch

tuesday: another cross stitch, this time my greek grandmother. while we are experiencing troubling times, i think about my grandmother, living in greece, her husband living in america, she has three daughters to take care of, it’s 1940, italy invades greece,...
hellenic connection

hellenic connection

by | May 20, 2020 | corona virus series, cross stitch

this image is from a batch i bought many years ago from buffalo, NY. the family is greek and the image i used is mr. panayiotou. the letters on his “hat” are AHEPA which stands for:  Founded in 1922 in Atlanta, Georgia, on the principles that undergirded...

beloved

by | May 13, 2020 | corona virus series, cross stitch

tuesday: one of my favorite authors toni morrison was featured in the documentary toni morrison, the pieces i am. watching it i enjoyed learning about her and was inspired to do a new cross stitch featuring her image. one of her best books is...