Melanie (Melly) Testa

Gentle Re-entry

Quite a difficult week, I am glad it is behind me. I call to the regenerative power of Rabbit to heal and calm.

Hello Father.

Great things are accomplished only by the perfection of minor details. Will you please cook a special meal for me on a Friday night in the very near future? (Ask Mom the date).

I bought an album by Sophie Hunger. She is worth a listen. Check her out. I really like Kellie Davis of Mother Fitness Revolution. I was introduced to her web site by Bret Contreras site (who calls himself The Glute Guy-which I think quite charming, albeit goofy) 😉 The two coauthored the upcoming book, Strong Curves,Continue reading “Mish Mash.”

Hand stitch

Stitch, hand stitching is such a quiet endeavor. I love it for that reason. I love keeping the apartment so quiet that you can hear the needle break through the cloth. Over and over again. I also love the way stitch changes the nature of the cloth you work. This is a set of breastContinue reading “Hand stitch”

Brave, fiercely.

I have been conversing about cloth, it is a personal, ever growing and ongoing discussion, really. I have this ‘metallic’ white cotton, I bought it ten years ago, I don’t know its name. (Do you??) I am a total Mad Men Fan. And right now I have a crush in Michael Ginsberg‘s character. Please repeat theContinue reading “Brave, fiercely.”

A podcast, breast pockets, todays ramble.

This week Ricë and I recorded a podcast on ” Going Flat and the Breast Pocket Project” and if you have an hour, please listen to it. Studio Melly is up and running, hand dyeing embroidery floss. I ran out of cards to wrap thread on, and so, began making my own. I amContinue reading “A podcast, breast pockets, todays ramble.”

Neutralized Color

I am preparing for another Clever Guild class and these are some of the samples that I have been working on. I may be changing the name of that class, I am bot sure. I think the focus has shifted from being a boro inspired class to a embroidery and mixed media style class.Continue reading “Neutralized Color”

Bethany

Last week I put a post up on Facebook, asking if anyone knew of a uniboober or flattie in need to a pocket. Jennifer West responded, asking for a single pocket to be made for her cousin Bethany. Here is what Jennifer said about Bethany: My dear cousin Bethany died of breast cancer on Sept. 15Continue reading “Bethany”

Jingle McEver

Last week I was contacted by Morna McEver Golletz through Facebook. She asked for me to put a name to a pocket. And when Morna told me her mother was named Jingle McEver, I knew I needed to put more than a name to this pocket, I had to honor Jingle’s memory with aContinue reading “Jingle McEver”

Her name here:

I fell in love and I wasn’t even thinking about it. That is the way with love, don’t you think? It’s a backdoor experience. I really must thank Libby for sending me all of those pockets. I love the small pre-constructed squares. Libby has some master rippers over there. These pockets have snips of thread leftContinue reading “Her name here:”