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Pretty Purse Give Away

Hello All. I know how much a give away can draw attention to a blog and as the Quilting Arts Community grows each day, more and more of you are coming to the site and finding the value in it. This is a place where we can met to exchange ideas, show each...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 15 May 2009
Video Prompts Begin

Video Prompts Begin! Hi everybody! Today I will begin our semi-weekly I2Q Video Prompt Challenge. Some basic yadayada. This video challenge speaks to making marks and motifs that can be used in future projects. These marks are your personal signature...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 21 May 2009
Texture by way of thread

True to Melly fashion I am working on something that has bird feathers in it. I can't really say what I am making but figure I can show a small detail shot. It won't give away the house, so to speak. The interesting thing with this piece is the...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 12 May 2009
Movin' on up!

Gosh! That is the title song to a TV show I used to watch as a child... Hello all. This is my first post to the NEW Quilting Arts website as an author. I am pretty excited about all of this. I think the site looks great and offers so much to our community...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 28 Apr 2009
Studio Tour 2009, plus a give away.

Cate came up with the idea of a studio tour and I love seeing where people create. I couldn't pass this opportunity up. This will be a photo intense entry and I am going to upload my latest Video Prompt too. I have put off blogging all week just for...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 2 Oct 2009
How about this episode?

I will show you mine, if... well you know that deal. This is my sewing studio. It is a 6.5 foot by 9 foot room, just off our bedroom. If we were normal people, this room would be a walk in closet for clothing. But we are not normal. We are practical and...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 21 Jun 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
Slow Sewing

I am preparing for a class I will teach later this week. In this instance I was asked to do my Small Works, Big Impact class with a leaning toward painted imagery (rather than dye) and hand sewing. I love dye for its vibrancy, but paint is pretty awesome...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 7 Dec 2009
Filed under: Surface Design, Hand Sewing, Embroidery, Sewing Techniques, Dyeing Fabric
And then we were three.

So here is my latest I2Q VidPrompt #3: ATC's Use techniques found in the my book Inspired to Quilt to create Artist Trading Cards to trade with me and fellow readers at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach. I used the heart motif in 4 different...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 3 Jul 2009
Filed under: Fabric Art, Art Quilts
Warm up, Samples, Winner!

Hi guys! I have been bogged down with deadlines and some play, so I didn't blog last week, I hope you understand. Here is my warm up and craft foam stamp from the first Video Prompt Challenge . I haven't printed with it yet, it is that new. The...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 1 Jun 2009
Filed under: Surface Design, Dyeing Fabric
ATC with me! Plus, plus.

Long Beach is coming! Are you planning to be there? I am and I have an invitation for you. Please join me in creating and trading Artist's Trading Cards inspired by techniques found in my book! And the neat thing is, within the next two Video Prompts...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 7 Jun 2009
Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Dyeing Fabric, Art Quilts
Just Keep Swimming

I am working on this: This is a piece that I began as a project for my book, but that I it messed up and put it aside. Although I have been attending some knit groups, I have not felt inspired to knit. Instead, I bring sewing projects. I embroider, bead...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 10 May 2009
Filed under: Surface Design, Hand Sewing, Embroidery, Sewing Techniques, Dyeing Fabric, Hand Stitches
Long Beach Prep!

Using this tutorial , I created this peasant blouse for Quilt Festival in Long Beach. In the next post, I will show this same blouse, surface designed and dyed!

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 20 Jul 2009
Busy Bee

I have completed the forth I2Q Vid Prompt: Soy Wax!!! I dyed and surface designed my peasant blouse. And, well. I don't like my results. I like the shirt better in white. That is the bummer about blogging, you have reference of before and after. My...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 22 Jul 2009
Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Quilting Supplies, Dyeing Fabric
the Slowness of Being

Being creative and fostering growth within that realm is a process of engaging with the world around you as well as that of other artists. Taking what you learn from these places and making it your own is the imperative of each of us as artists. A few...

Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 19 Dec 2009
Filed under: Surface Design, Embroidery, Dyeing Fabric

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Pretty Purse Give Away

Video Prompts Begin

Texture by way of thread

Movin' on up!

Studio Tour 2009, plus a give away.

How about this episode?

Pencils; tamed.

Slow Sewing

And then we were three.

Warm up, Samples, Winner!

ATC with me! Plus, plus.

Just Keep Swimming

Long Beach Prep!

Busy Bee

the Slowness of Being