Melanie (Melly) Testa

Mom’s Jelly Roll.

Rethinking the button.

So, Sheryl suggested a snap. This idea resonates, because a snap will take up less room inside the pouch. A small snap may be all that is needed. I can try it. For a week and see how it goes, at least right now, no buttonholes have been cut. If the snap is too small,Continue reading “Rethinking the button.”

Jelly Roll gives Soul.

We bought a couch. For years we have had chairs, or more recently a sofa and none of them were flat out comfy or inviting. After I was diagnosed I started thinking about the ‘nesting habit’, and I began thinking how very important having a comfortable, let it all hang out, home is. Then IContinue reading “Jelly Roll gives Soul.”

Artist+Clothing=Adorn?

So here is the story. I have been quiet on the home front of cancer. I don’t know how to frame a discussion about my experience last year, all I know is I am just beginning to land and unwind, and integrate what I have learned from being ill. But at the same time IContinue reading “Artist+Clothing=Adorn?”

Thank you and Welcome

If you are coming here from Create Mixed Media, thanks so much for stopping by and welcome. I have created this downloadable PDF pattern for the small purse (below) as a welcome and thanks to all of my readers. Gather your Sew-plies!! <——Click it. I will be posting once a month on the Create Mixed MediaContinue reading “Thank you and Welcome”

Free Webinar!

Webinar Promo from The Clever Guild on Vimeo. I am teaming up with Create Mixed Media to offer a free webinar to celebrate the release of Dreaming from the Journal Page. Please sign up using this link. The Webinar will be Thursday, April 26th at 1 p.m. All registered participants will receive a recorded transcriptContinue reading “Free Webinar!”

A little help from my friends.

So, I am on a sewing bender. I have always wanted to find a few patterns and perfect them to fit my body and just keep making them. I like this blouse garnered from the pages of Female Magazine, but it has its faults. See those red dots? That is where the shoulder seams fall.Continue reading “A little help from my friends.”

Meese Bowl MMXII

Melly’s Jelly

Jelly Rolls. Who knew? I for one am ignorant of these things. I rarely shop and I have come to understand that I am a quilter like I am a fish out of water. Yes, I quilt, but I don’t deal with 1/4″ seams, commercial fabrics or the latest new ‘thing’. So when I wentContinue reading “Melly’s Jelly”

Art Journaling: Exposed

In celebration of the new eMag Art Journaling Exposed, we have decided to have a blog hop and talk up our experience of creating artwork and working with Interweave to present this new and exciting magazine. I wrote an article for a column called Background Check, because we all need to start somewhere. This article wasContinue reading “Art Journaling: Exposed”