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  • Peasant blouse as canvas.

    Anyone want to join me in (re)creating a peasant blouse out of a large button down shirt then dyeing and surface designing it? Check out this post And my next Video Prompt challenge will be posted tomorrow...Soy WAX!!!!! Feel up to it?
    Posted to Surface Design (Forum) by MellyMells on 21 Jul 2009
  • Re: Video Prompt challenge 1

    I got some sticky back foam yesterday and I am totally cutting and printing tomorrow. I don't have any plexi... other suggestions?
    Posted to Interweave Books (Forum) by Deborah Boschert on 28 May 2009
  • Re: Join me?

    I just put the first challenge up: http://quiltingarts.com/blogs/melanie_testas_blog/default.aspx Hope to see your work soon! Let's Play!
    Posted to Surface Design (Forum) by MellyMells on 22 May 2009
  • Join me?

    I am hoping to entice some of you in joining me in in playing with dyes and making cloth through a series of Video Prompt Challenges- I encourage you to get my book and join in on the fun. Through video format, I will show you how to engage in a topic, then set you free to explore the ideas and post...
    Posted to Surface Design (Forum) by MellyMells on 12 May 2009
  • Re: This, here!

    Me too. I tend to use my own fabrics more than commercial. though I must say, with the layered techniques I am using, the commercial prints lend a crisp, clean aesthetic to my current style. So. It is all good.
    Posted to Surface Design (Forum) by MellyMells on 3 May 2009
  • Re: Inspired to Quilt

    I forgot to add that I also have an author's blog right on this web site !
    Posted to Interweave Books (Forum) by MellyMells on 3 May 2009
  • Re: Inspired to Quilt

    Hi Pokey and all. I have been bragging to my folks about the gourmet supplies I can get my hands on... like gaalick. Soon! Sure! The Inspired to Quilt Video Prompts are short video clips that will suggest inspiration, approach and fun ways to get into and understanding the techniques outlined in my book...
    Posted to Interweave Books (Forum) by MellyMells on 2 May 2009
  • Re: Inspired to Quilt

    Yo Mells, Can you explain a little bit about the video prompts here and how they work? I think people would be eager to hear about them. Everyone: I have to say Melanie (ake Mells, Melly) is my idol. I want to create art like her when I grow up! (And I also want to go with her to her parents' house...
    Posted to Interweave Books (Forum) by Pokey on 2 May 2009
  • Video Prompt Challenge!

    Because my book is just out, and I would love to have some fun with all of you, I would like to invite you to join along with my Inspired to Quilt Video Prompt Challenges! Find out more info, over at my blog ! I will wait a week or so before the first challenge so folks can get the book, but please join...
    Posted to Surface Design (Forum) by MellyMells on 2 May 2009
  • Re: Melanie Testa Workshop in San Diego June 13 & 14

    Here is a sample:
    Posted to Surface Design (Forum) by MellyMells on 1 May 2009