I have just cleaned up after the Sangsang ravers and have decided to publish another post about Melly & me. I have previously discussed that their patterns are easy to understand and are great for Material Newbies (crafters who have only just started as opposed to Material Needers who have a few more threads in their sewing baskets). But Melly & me also have an excellent tutorial on their blog called the 'Scrappy Challenge'. This tutorial has allowed me the courage to tackle a quilt bigger than a drink coaster. Now I hear the diehard patchworkers out there shouting that this is just a log cabin block but Melly & me make it look so easy and incredibly cool with all those excellent fabric scraps - very important factors to a crafting newbie!
My sewing sisters & I have only encoutered one problem with this challenge - we are sewing innocents, therefore we have no scraps! We have embarrassed ourselves a little bit, scrounging on the sewing classroom floor for pieces, begging more experienced sewers to spare us a few little bright cuttings. Although we share most of the time, I know Annette keeps a few of the good ones for herself - dieb!
Although I have sewn hundreds to choose from (true - mean it - honestly Chris I have been doing my homework!) here are just a couple of blocks so far:
I know quite a few new ladies who are participating in this challenge, so if you have any scraps to spare please email the shop. Any scraps will be greatly appreciated and fought over the same way a flock of seagulls fight over a single chip (aka french fry).
R.




