Big contented sigh. It took energy and focus to prepare for Craft NAPA and I am glad to say, The Peacock Quilt is helping me transition back into studio life. And as it comes to completion, I am beginning to think of my next project. I am not as excited about finishing the Peacock Quilt as IContinue reading “The Peacock Quilt by Melly T”
Author Archives: Melanie (Melly) Testa
Stitches pile up, life and CraftNAPA: an update
It has been more than 2 weeks since returning from the magical event called Craft NAPA. I feel blessed to have participated. I stood among friends, watched their connection to one another, ate chocolate covered strawberries and drank deep cups of coffee while also teaching and meeting new friends. This is the view from Pokey’sContinue reading “Stitches pile up, life and CraftNAPA: an update”
Loving Goodness
Happy Holidays, all. May peace reside within each of us, this year, this day, this moment. Life is short. Let’s all enjoy every minute of it. We have just returned from a holiday visit with family. We ate great food. Lasagna, salads, bread. Ham with all the sides. Nuts, a cheese ball. Shrimps. Hugs, family,Continue reading “Loving Goodness”
Journaling with Fabric and Embroidery at Craft NAPA
As you can see from these photos of my class samples for Craft NAPA, the possibilities are exponential when Journaling with Fabric and Embroidery. The Gather your Sew-plies!! purse is a sewing chatelaine or purse that holds the essentials of what you will need to sew on the go. The purse is very small in size, making itContinue reading “Journaling with Fabric and Embroidery at Craft NAPA”
Craft NAPA 2016, soy wax, embroidery, small works!
We are blog hopping, and I certainly hope that you might jump over to every name on our hopping list and comment (list is at the bottom of this post). There are great prizes in store if you do, but you must comment! And! I am hoping you might consider registering at Craft NAPA and takeContinue reading “Craft NAPA 2016, soy wax, embroidery, small works!”
Patchwork+Quilt Maker+Craft NAPA 2016 Blog Hop
It is so much fun to piece and use my hand printed cloth. The nature of the printing process dictates that I print small pieces, fat sixteenths-I think, which is somewhere around 9×11″. I rip two yards at a time, and print all as quickly as possible. So when it comes time to begin piecing, I haveContinue reading “Patchwork+Quilt Maker+Craft NAPA 2016 Blog Hop”
Peacock Quilt, front and back.
Where I discuss what makes a pleasing backing, And yes, of course, Heather Ross’s fabrics please me.
Peacock Quilt and the border print.
Boiling, ironing, sewing the border print fabrics I printed this week. This is a video check in, no words.
Progress and the peacock
The Peacock Quilt is coming along. It has made the demand of needing it’s own hand printed border, a mission for my creative week! Come check it out!
Year of YES!
#lindsaykattmusic #theavantgardener #perfektunperfekt #melanietesta #art #artist #artnyc #brooklynart #estherhasse #breastlessbeauty #surfacedesign #textiledesign #fabric #genderlessfaerie @womenshealthmag A video posted by Melanie Testa (@mellytesta) on Nov 16, 2015 at 7:58am PST //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js This has been an amazing year. After loosing the book contract I realized my world had become very small. I assessed what I mightContinue reading “Year of YES!”
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