Melly & me

Girl's Day Out & giveaway!

Here we are again!  No we have not dropped off the side of the world but we may as well have as we have been busy, busy, busy beyond belief with some other commitments and "Melly & me" and "Rosalie Quinlan Designs" have definitely taken the back seat.  Only one more week and life will go back to normal - I cant wait to get behind that sewing machine again (withdrawal!). 

Last weekend we did get a chance to play "Melly & me" and "Rosalie Quinlan Designs" again for a couple of days as we went along to teach at the annual Country Thyme "Girls Day Out".    As some of you may remember this was my first retreat and I was soooooo nervous about being in front of so many women as a guest teacher.  But what on earth was I worried about???!!!  It was a blast!  I had so much fun and it was so exciting to be amongst so many like minded women all doing what they love - what a buzz!! 

I will admit that the second day was a little harder as my voice started to fail me from too much talking but the whole experience was just fabulous!  I feel like I made so many great new friends and the creative energy and sisterhood in that room was so inspiring.  Thank you so much Karen and Julie for inviting me - it was the best first retreat experience I could have ever had!!  

And now that the retreat is over I can finally reveal a couple of those sneak peeks from a few months ago!!  Here are two of the projects that were given to the ladies at the retreat.........

This is "Blossom" the butterfly - a little cutie whose wings are stitched (iron - on transfer included in the pattern).  And this new bag "Flower Garden"......

This is a great bag and REALLY big with two huge expandable pockets on the front.  I think this would make a fabulous nappy bag and looks great made with the stitchery & applique designs as well as without.  Here is a version that the lovely Lyn (my fabulous new test sewer!) made without the hand sewing....

Isn't it just gorgeous!!??

These two new patterns are now ready for release so that means it must be time for a pattern giveaway!!!  While we are MIA again over the next week, please leave us a comment to be in the running to win a copy of the pattern for either "Blossom" or "Flower Garden".  We will draw a few winners on our next post (sorry, not quite sure when that will be) and hopefully we will soon have the patterns written for "Petunia" and the eagerly anticipated "Dudley" & "Florence".  Which means another giveaway will be just around the corner!

Enjoy your weekend as much as we will and may the floss be with you!!

Melly & Rosie 

Dodo Seeking female...

Poor Dudley, he has been having so much trouble finding a female companion.  His loneliness has driven him to place this ad....

Well groomed, single, non-smoking, attractive male dodo seeks female for long walks on the beach and quiet nights in front of the fire.  Must have good sense of humour, be energetic and exotic.  Am open minded for the right dodo.

Dudley has been waiting for a reply for quite some time.  Nobody has told him that he is the last of the dodos.  They are extinct.......

.....meanwhile the lovely, lonely Florence has been reading Dudley's ads and wondering "could he possible love me???!!! I am a flamingo with so much love to share".   

Florence places an ad of her own.......

Dudley, I can't stop thinking about you.  I am a flamingo who has longed to meet my true love.  I believe we could make it work, despite our differences.  Will you meet me?.....

.......their first date went well, the rest is history.

I'm a lonely little Petunia......

This week has been mad, MAD I tell you!!!  There has been way too much leaving deadlines to the last minute!  But that said, I think I have now made up all of my deadline designs and all that is left is to write up the patterns and post the mystery designs to their new homes. 

I cannot show you either project that I completed for this club as well as another "to be announced" club but thought I would share some sneak peeks!!  I love to tease you all!

hmmmmmm........ what could they be????

I can however show you my new little friend that was completed this week!  I have been trying to make a piggy for a couple of months now.  You would not think it but poor little Fido was originally destined to be a pig but was having an identity crisis and ended up becoming a dog!!!  But this week I also sat down to attempt piggy number 2 and here she is. 

Meet Petunia......

She is quite embarrassed as I also asked her to bend over and show off her cute little curly tail, poor Petunia...

I just love her skirt and wish I was brave enough to make a matching one and actually wear it!!!

The next few week are going to be a little quiet from us at Melly & me.  I wont call it a blog break as we do hope to at least get a couple of posts up, but we may be a little quieter than usual and also may not get back to any of your emails or comments for a while.  There are a few family and business commitments that need to take our main focus but we hope to still find time to do a little bit of crafting and share it with you all!!! 

In the meanwhile if you want to see some real eye candy check out Prints Charming's new blog!!  I am sure this is going to be a fabulous blog with all those scrumptious fabrics and designs!!!  We are about to make some Melly & me samples out of their yummies and will show you photos as they hatch - can't wait!!

May the floss be with you,  Melly & Rosie

My week

It has been a while since our last post and for the life of me I could not think of what to post about.....Are there any photos to share? Have I made anything new? Has anything exciting happened?  I have been very unproductive and do not have much to share, but the past week has also been bliss!!!

I have visited here and bought some of this.....

I have turned a year older, been spoilt rotten and gone to this theatre show.

I have spent a great deal of time lying around with my flossies watching this Korean Drama.  I am completely addicted to K-dramas - one of my small (OK big) weaknesses - Aigoo!!

I have spent a number of hours wishing I could buy, and dreaming about what I will design with this.

I have thought about binding this version of "Billie" which Rosie gave to me after I have coveted it for the last 6 months.....

Thoughts have not turned into actions however and all in all I have achieved nothing!!

I have had a heck of a lot of fun achieving it though! - Melly