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November 2009 - Melanie Testa’s Blog

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Getting to Know You.

I love color and color mixing. I just bought a new palette of gouache and have been recreating the tools and methods with which I have been working. Pencil cases for figure drawing sessions, a smaller pencil case for everyday use, a new palette of paint...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 29 Nov 2009
Filed under: Surface Design, Dyeing Fabric
The Importants and Niftiness.

No, the title of this post is not spelled improperly. It is always a good thing when I delve deeply into working my journals. It means that I will have fodder for working in cloth and that I am staying actively engaged in my creative process. Nothing...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 27 Nov 2009
Filed under: Surface Design, Dyeing Fabric
Pencils; tamed.

With my focus on journaling and drawing, I decided to make a pencil case for all that I will need to carry back and forth to figure drawing sessions. I had the machine quilting samples for the International Quilt Fest: Quilt Scene article I wrote and...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 21 Nov 2009
Filed under: Machine Quilting, Quilting Techniques
We were tired of living in a house.

So we packed our bags and moved into a city apartment. The title of this post refers to a favorite childhood book by the same name. Last night I went to the Society of Illustrators Sketch and Jazz event. Event? It is a twice weekly gathering of people...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 18 Nov 2009
The zone.

A famine, then a feast. That seems to be the way of life, I think. Just before Houston, I decided it was time to make a larger piece, based on the recent painting of a Wester Tanager in my journal and I set out. I printed in a flurry, with no true thought...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 13 Nov 2009
Filed under: Machine Quilting, Quilting Techniques
anybody home?

...and then I have been quilting up a storm and not only that but, oh wait. Hi. How you are? Long time no see. Sorry about that. Yeah. I was away for a lil bit there and for no good reason. Or maybe there were many reasons. I will slow down. I did get...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 11 Nov 2009
So many shoulds, time enough to follow through.

There are many things I should blog about, like the ten yards of fabric that came to my door on winning the Nature's Best contest, THANKS to you! Or the fabulous review of my book in Machine Quilting Unlimited , or the fantastic blog I found this...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 1 Nov 2009
Filed under: Machine Quilting, Quilting Techniques

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November 2009 - Melanie Testa’s Blog

Getting to Know You.

The Importants and Niftiness.

Pencils; tamed.

We were tired of living in a house.

The zone.

anybody home?

So many shoulds, time enough to follow through.