I feel passionate about being a ‘flattie’, a woman who chose not to reconstruct after breast cancer treatments and doesn’t want to wear breast forms either. I am getting used to being flat and am experiencing the stares of curiosity that is a normal part of our humanity but also a showing of how fewContinue reading “Breast Pockets-with deadline! 1000 pockets in 3 weeks?”
Author Archives: Melanie (Melly) Testa
Thread Dyeing and other Fun. Also a Call For:
Yesterday, I was making coffee and who ran past the window? A black Squirrel. I immediately grabbed some granola and put it on the sill. Grey Squirrel quickly ran over and started eating. It is funny! At our subway stop there is a transgender person and a shoe shine man who both ‘beg’ change, theContinue reading “Thread Dyeing and other Fun. Also a Call For:”
Me and Him.
My good David and I went to Seattle for a few days, we rested, relaxed and enjoyed time together. You might imagine that being a care taker, being taken care of, surviving cancer treatments and moving into life after active treatment is quite a process and I can attest to that, it really is! TakingContinue reading “Me and Him.”
Thread as traveler.
David and I just got back from shanty town, oh uh, I mean, Seattle. What a great city. It feels like a town, which is nice. It is such a working town, quiet, humming right along, I loved walking the streets. We passed through neighborhoods, quaint with corner shops, over highways, alongside real traffic, through alleyContinue reading “Thread as traveler.”
Yarn Bag and Project
Dear Person-Who-Lost-Your-Grocery-Store-Stuff- Sack-Purse. I found it. It took my fancy and I am using it. I feel badly for you. I am sorry if you are looking for it. I wanted to do a post on Facebook: I have taken to stealing. Because it is true. And I continue to move labels around and misrepresentContinue reading “Yarn Bag and Project”
Project bag?
My Man and I are planning a trip to Seattle next week and I need soft, easy to carry, project bags. In fact, I care more about packing my projects than I do clothing! This bag is made of cotton kimono scrap and is lined in cotton kimono cloth. It is not as ‘sturdy’ asContinue reading “Project bag?”
That’s that.
Socks, toes, skirt? That is all I have to say about that. I have been wanting a RED sew-plies purse and this is it. There is a bit of kimono fabric under and Inspired to Quilt style poppy on organza. I found the dragon while walking here in Carroll Gardens, last November and it hasContinue reading “That’s that.”
A Project Bag in the Making.
I have been making Gather your Sew-plies purses left and right. The entire plan in making these bags is to be able to sew wherever I go, the subway, the coffee shop, the Promenade, you get the idea. As I have been doing this, I have been thinking, what about a project bag? I loveContinue reading “A Project Bag in the Making.”
A wondrous day.
Ah. I feel a confessional coming on. I feel like I am just about landing in my body and settling into my life right now. The cancer treatments are behind me. I go for my monthly check ups I am getting to know the nurses, it is becoming normal. I am moving into regular oldContinue reading “A wondrous day.”
Sewing what I see.
I have been making the Gather your Sew-plies purses obsessively. I am on #8 and I have set a goal of making 30 of them. Really I have made 9, but I gave one away. 🙂 I have also been at home and focused for quite a few weeks, and it is time to stretchContinue reading “Sewing what I see.”
Melanie Testa 