Today an article I wrote about going flat, breast cancer and gender went live at Role/Reboot. While I feel passionate about the topic, I feel some trepidation on how it might be received too. Being flat after treatment for breast cancer is quite an interesting experience, our society is so focused on breasts, it canContinue reading “Got that Off my Chest”
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The Twilight Zone
We were out and about today and we spotted this tool chest. As you might imagine, any use of the word chest is satisfactory to me, right now. Breast Pockets, Tool Chest, You get the idea. And it is so very red. This is our newest throw. Made of silk saris sew together by womenContinue reading “The Twilight Zone”
Organization Bomb
Showing you my studio space is helping to to understand what needs organization and how I would like to achieve it. Embroidery and stitch have become really important to me. I had skeins of thread tucked in several different places, hand dyed skeins were in 3 ring binders, I had a box of floss organizedContinue reading “Organization Bomb”
My Studio Summer 2012
I haven’t really shown you my ‘studio’ in a long time, and I think I am well past due in sharing my space with you. Since we moved to our tiny apartment in Brooklyn, we have been redefining and recreating our space on a regular basis. It used to be that the sewing portion ofContinue reading “My Studio Summer 2012”
A Brooklyn day plus reconstruction!
Oh my goodness have I been having fun making stuff. I am exploring the concept of deconstructing, reconstructing and constructing. When we reconstruct our bodies after breast cancer, we can have procedures where you move fat from one part of the body to another, you can cut a flap of muscle and rearrange it, whoContinue reading “A Brooklyn day plus reconstruction!”
I am back!
I came home from Quilting by the Lake tired but Energized. I have three different Sew-plies purses going at the same time, this is just one. I made the Yellow/Red/ Brown/Pink cloth with the Eye-Love graffiti symbol, while I was away last week and now, feel the need to use it quickly. I also rearrangedContinue reading “I am back!”
Kass Hall’s Zentangle Untangled
Kass Hall just came out with Zentangle Untangled and I have to say, her book made me understand Zentangles. They really are inspirational and ever so meditative. For me, drawing is meditative, but to do it purposely to that end is a very healing thing indeed. For this fact alone I recommend Kass’s book, butContinue reading “Kass Hall’s Zentangle Untangled”
Gone Fishin’ Redux
A bit of fun. I am being a goofball with two balls of embroidery floss.
The Over Achiever + Gone Fishin’
OK wait, The above photo shows the ‘Cuff Before’ photograph. Now onto the back story. You haven’t fully met this shirt yet, but you aren’t going to meet it now either. Not fully anyway, just enough so that you can get up to speed in my creative life. You see, it is crazy at Casa Melly.Continue reading “The Over Achiever + Gone Fishin’”
Move those labels.
Eucalyptus dyed silk satin over linen, replaced label. Soon to become a strap for a Gather your Sew-plies purse, hippie style. I am moving labels around within my wearable art pieces. Very excited by the idea. My medias are mixing, it can be quite confusing. My orderly nature rebels, but the stuff I am making?Continue reading “Move those labels.”
Melanie Testa 