Melly & me

3 fat elephants

  Last week we got a nice surprise in the mail.  One of those parcels that you are not expecting which bring you so much joy and excitement - what could it be?????  The anticipation was well rewarded when we found inside a selection of new Japanese fat quarters from Lynn at Patchwork on Central Park!!  These new fabrics have just arrived in store and Lynn though we might like to have a bit of a play!  She knows us too well!!

As soon as I saw the first two fabrics all I could think of was Phoebe and so decided I had to make a new version for in Lynn's  store.  Isn't she cute?

And of course, as is my sickness, I cannot only make one toy at a time so I decided to make a few more heffalumps at the same time.  Little floss kept singing the "Three fat elephants balancing" song as I worked and now I just cannot get it out of my head!  So I decided for their photo shop they should do a bit of balancing - although I wasn't clever enough to get them on that piece of string.

These three little fellas are now for sale in our etsy store and until they find new homes will grace my new studio. 

I have returned from Ikea this afternoon where I have purchased the necessary furniture and boxes to move the toys out and my studio in - WOO-HOO!!!  The next few days will definitely be spent with allen key in hand and hopefully not too much hair puling.  But it will be well worth it!!!!  I cant wait to get the room all set up and will hope to share some photos with you next week of my progress.  May the floss be with you!   Melly.

Done..... at last!

Hey everybody!!!  Good news, the patterns are written!!!!  I cannot tell you what a relief this news is!!  I had left my pattern writing too long and had too many to write at once, but they are finished!! Woo-Hoo!  I feel like a new woman with a clean slate this morning.

In usual Melly & me style, pattern releases mean giveaways!  So we would love for your to leave us a comment on this post to be in the running for a copy of our new patterns: Fido, Bambino and Meadow.

As for me, I am going to enjoy a few days of being a regular SAHM!!!  Just catching up on things around the house and enjoying the Flossies......only after I send off my swap package today, of course!  I hope you have all gotten your swap packages in the post and that a few of you are already enjoying your beautiful new scraps!!!

Enjoy your week and make sure you leave a comment to be in the running for our giveaway!!  we will announce the winners on Saturday! May the floss be with you!!  Melly & Rosie.

Woof!!

I am so excited that so many of you are signing up to be involved in the Scrap Swap!!  We will post all of the details of scrap sizes, etc in our next post and if you are only now logging on look at our previous post as you can still join up!

This week and next I have devoted to coming up with a few new designs for pattern release in April.  There have been so many other deadlines that free design time has been scarce and I have set these 2 weeks aside to get all of those ideas that have been brewing into life.  I have made a cute new bag which still needs handles so I will share that with you later next week.  While the bag was put aside for a couple of days this sweet little fella, "Fido", managed to find life!  He is such a fun addition to the flossy home and has already become a firm favourite for Little Floss!  I found them sleeping together last night before he was even completed! 

Today the postman brought an exciting package of fabric to my door too! (he was a bit nervous coming to the door with all the barking going on but was soon put at ease when he saw young Fido!)

Isn't this new Alexander Henry fabric just to die for???!!!  

The colours haven't come out quite true to life on the photo but it is just the most fun range!!  I hope I can fit some of this into my designing next week!

Now I have to go and clean up my sewing table which is a complete disgrace!  I am looking forward to my new studio which will be a reality soon so that the table in question can go back to being our dining table!

May the floss be with you, Melly.

Elephant Stampede

We have had a very productive week and have new things to show you!  Unbeknownst to Melly, I set off to design an elephant last Friday as I thought it was time we had one.  I called Melly excitedly to tell her about my new elephant and she giggled and said "did you get my text message?"  I said, "No" and she said "I think you better go and look at your phone!"  When I retrieved my phone I read an excited text message about a new elephant Melly had designed that same day.  We spent the weekend trying to convince each other that we would sacrifice our design for each other's because we thought it would be silly to bring out two different elephants at the same time.  In the end we decided "Hey, we ARE silly, and silly is good so lets just bring them both out as patterns!!!"  So here they are.  This is Ellie......

And here is Phoebe.....

Of course you will all have to be very diplomatic with your comments! LOL!!

We also have the final photos for "Under the Sea" (formerly Fab Fishy + new friend)

And "Acute" who was not intended for patterndom, but due to the fact that we have already taken orders for him, I guess we better do one!

Of course this all means a boring week of pattern writing - YUCK!  However, we also get to plan a fun giveaway for later in the week.  Stay tuned. 

Rosie x x

Some new friends!

Meet the newest gang of gorgeous flossie's to grace flossville!!  These fellas have been lovingly called "Acute" after Rosie spent some time in the hospital with a family member recently.  While sitting in the ward she asked the nurse for a piece of paper to doodle design ideas on and the paper that she received had the word "acute" written on it.  These gorgeous little creatures were soon born and are just too much fun!!! 

Some of these new hatchlings have made their way for sale in the esty store.

Hope they bring a smile to your face today!! 

Happy New Year!!

We're back and ready to get stuck into a crafty 2008!  We have had a beautiful break, with some much needed time away at the beach and plenty of that "just because" sewing.

Melly has been working on lots of new flossies that are now for sale in our fabulous re-opened etsy store.  Although our full time occupation is designing patterns, we just really enjoy making flossies for fun and you can only keep so many!  Here are 3 new Magoos....

A few more Dilberts, (well, 2 Dilberts and one Daisy)....

..and four more Mrs Perkins' whose skins you might recognise from a previous post....

All of these guys plus a few of their friends can be found for sale by clicking on this link.

Also while we were laying by the waves the postman brought lots of late mail.  One exciting package held the most gorgeous little owl that we won on a giveaway at LucyKate Crafts.  If you haven't checked out her blog make sure you do, it is a real treat and every thing she makes is completely adorable.  This little fella is going to fit right in with all of his new friends!!

Rosie has also been doing tons of new designing and creating, but we can't show you any of this deliciousness as she is still deciding (with much excitement) if it will all be a part of a "Rosalie Quinlan Designs" book (her first)!!

We really enjoyed our break but we are also really looking forward to what the new year will hold.  We spent a couple of days dreaming and scheming as well as getting plenty of crafty energy from visiting Red Hill Market and some fantastic crafty shops.  It has filled us with an excitement and we look forward to sharing our journey with you this year.

May the floss be with you,

Melly & Rosie. 

Good-bye Flossies!!!

Off we head bright and early tomorrow morning!!  Have a great two weeks and we hope to have lots of photos and news to share on our return!!  Thank you all for your kind wishes for our trip.

May the floss be with you,  Melly & Rosie.

13 more sleeps!!

Yes, that is right, 13 more sleeps to go and we are starting to get excited.  Today it seems like there is a light at the end of the tunnel with only a few more samples to make.  Here is what has kept us busy over the last few days.....  We only hope they will all fit in our suitcases (not Baby Floss and Little Floss of course)

(Dilbert has recovered his pride now)

Moment of the day.

Sewing, stuffing, sewing, stuffing, in my waking hours and also in my dreams!!  This is the trend of the last week and a half.  It is amazing how much sewing you can get done when you leave things to the last minute.  I have to admit that when I am stuck in a repetitive task I sometimes go a little kooky!  I start making up crazy little songs and start talking to my sewing, really, to be a fly on my wall you would think me incredibly deranged!  It is my way of coping and making light of the fact that I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!!  So this afternoon I thought I would invite you to share my favourite moment of today's sewing.  I am sewing two new "Dilberts" for Houston and am in the middle of stuffing this first cheeky fella. 

When I designed this flossie and had to decide where to put the turning and stuffing hole, there was only one logical place!

When you have had enough of sewing and are in my current frame of mind it is amazing how much fun you can have with this!!! - Melly.

Pulling our hair out!!

Yes, we are still here, just madly preparing for Houston!  Here is the result of the last six days sewing efforts.

All these guys will be taking the journey with us in a few weeks time, but there are still so many more to make!!  No rest in sight!

In other breaking news, the "Home is where my heart resides" quilt has returned from the wonderfully talented machine quilter, Melinda.  Rosie spent all night binding it and it is now looking gorgeous!  

Unfortunately now comes the yucky part - 9 patterns to write :-b

The patterns should be ready to hit your local patchwork shop in mid November, stay tuned!!

Melly & Rosie.

PS. A few of you mentioned that you would like to be able to find a copy of the September Homespun and Country Threads magazines that we and our projects were featured in.  Well, good news!  A limited number are now available on-line at Honeysuckle Cottage.