Melly & me

Retreats & Giveaway

Preparations are in full swing for "Urban Stitches" and "Imagine Vietnam"!  Over the next few week I will be focussing almost solely on these exciting retreats making sure that all of my projects are prepared, patterns are written and the fully inclusive kits are ready for the excited participants. This involves plenty of days hand stitching, shopping as well as cutting and sorting, every little task building the anticipation more and more!!!

There are no more places available for "Imagine Vietnam" but we still have a few places available for "Urban Stitches" which is only a few weeks away.  If you would like to join Rosie, Leanne and I for a day or two of stitching indulgence then please download the information here or register online here. We would love for you to come and join us!!  Here is a little sneak peak of the stitching and fabrics used for my "Urban Stitches" project... 

And I almost forgot to come back and reveal the winners of the catch-up giveaway!!!  So without any further delay, the winners are....

Tatkis you are the lucky winner of a copy of "Sewn Toy Tales" Dianne Shepherd, Heather W, Elena, Sue Bone and Jane you have all won a pattern of your choice from the selection of new patterns. Please email me with your postal details and I will get those sent out asap!!

And the giveaways don't end there!!  The lovely organisers of the Baby & Toddlers Show were so generous as to give me a number of free tickets to the up-coming shows in Brisbane and Sydney to give away to my blog readers.  The show looks like it is going to be absolutely fabulous if you are expecting or already have a little one in your life.  Check it out here!

If you are in QLD and wish to attend the Brisbane show this weekend, or would like to attend the show in Sydney on the 30th Sept - 2nd October then please email me at mellyandme@bigpond.com and I will email you a code to redeem your free e-ticket (until I run out).

Melly

Playing "catch up" giveaway.

This post is only about a week late... oops, sorry!  

Last week was one of those interesting (note sarcasm) kind of weeks where blogging really didn't make the priority list. But today is a new day, a new week and I am making a good start to it with all things Melly & me. So time to take a break from my stitching to share a couple of new projects from the retreat in Townsville and to finally play catch up with my giveaways.

Last weekend saw Rosie, Leanne and myself heading up to Townsville to teach at a wonderful retreat with Tracey at Tinker's cart.  We had such a hoot and it was so wonderful to meet so many gorgeous stitchers in the stunning surroundings of Townsville.  Thank you to all of those where a part of the day, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

So with the completion of another retreat I can finally share two new stitching projects that were my contribution to the day.  The first one is a new Melly & me design, "Out with the Girls" which is a stitched clutch that is perfect to make up in a formal night combination, or to play with your brights and make a more fun daytime version. I see this design as being perfect for whipping up gifts for girls in your life of any age!! This pattern comes with the iron-on transfer for your stitchery to make this a really quick and easy project.  
The next pattern is a new Sew Little design called "Baby Bunting". These stitched canvases are a really great way to make a special gift for a gorgeous new baby in your life. There is a boy and a girl version, and the pattern comes with the full alphabet templates in two sizes to allow for shorter and longer names. This again comes with an iron-on transfer for the surrounding design. One of the ladies at the retreat was saying that she might stitch up a boy and a girl version using the iron on transfers, leaving the centre blank to quickly add the name and date later.  That way she has a nearly completed girl and boy sampler all ready to go whenever a new bundle of joy arrives - brilliant idea! So with the release of those two new patterns, it is also time to finally catch up on some giveaways!!! As far as I am aware I may be due to giveaway a copy of "Sewn Toy Tales" as well as 5 new patterns!  So please leave a comment on the post if you would like to go in the running to win a copy of Sewn Toy Tales

or your pick of the most recent patterns; Rocky, Elephant Parade, Frill me, Out with the Girls or Baby Bunting.  

Goodness, I really am behind!

Good luck and may the floss be with you!

Melly