Etsy Update!

Hello, my good and burgeoning readership! I am happy to announce an Etsy Shop update. There are Daisy Gazers, Hand Holders, Owls and more!

My current small works are an exploration of story telling with birds, daisies and natural elements, amidst a fiesta of color and texture. All of the fabrics in these works are hand printed by me and the designs are of my own creation. (BUT, there is one caveat. When I create the little people, I use commercial prints for their shirts and clothing! Which somehow made sense, artistically.) It also makes sense, when depicting people among natural elements that their arms might really stretch into the atmosphere, striving for connection.

When I begin creating each piece, a story emerges, birds will weigh down daisy stems, which are quite obliging! Appreciating having something to do and glad that their petals are being admired. When I first began working in this style my pieces were quite small, and over time, I have begun to make bigger and bigger applique motifs.

I truely hope one of these stories tickles your fancy. head over to my Etsy to check them out. You will also find hand printed pocket squares, patches and my Zine. 🌿


I am happy to be back and it is exciting to poke around and see how many folk are stopping by, and to get some comments too. It feels so nice.

Soon, I will show you an applique piece I started where the motifs weren’t nearly as big as I want them. 🤩🥰 Thanks for stopping by.


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Published by Melanie (Melly) Testa

I am an artist who loves the outdoors. I dancewalk with confidance. My artistic medium of choice is using, thickened Procion MX dye, to multicolor print my own cotton cloth. Appliqué is the bomb diggity.

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