I’d like to introduce you to the newest member of the Hulu family – Captain Jack Rabbit!

Isn’t he cute? I’m so pleased with the way he turned out.  The knitting pattern is called Pirate Bunnies by Debi Birkin and gives the instructions to make both Jack and his mate, Jolly Roger.

He was very straight forward to make and thoroughly enjoyable if you like knitting toys.

Have you seen the latest Melly and Me pattern – Snowflake the snowman?

Snowflake by Melly and Me

Or what about these cute reindeer in Natalie Ross’ pattern Look who’s here for Christmas

Look who's here for christmas by Natalie Ross

There’s also Nundle the Christmas Angel by Rosalie Quinlan:

Nundle the Christmas Angel by Rosalie Quinlan

And of course, good ol’ Rudy

Rudy by Melly and Me

In addition to Tally and Tripp, we also recently received Melly and Me patterns for this friendly little alien.

If you’ve not tried any of the Melly and Me sewing patterns then do browse the patterns we have available and give one a go.  The instructions are very straight forward to follow and even a novice sewer will be able to create one of their soft toys or bags in no time at all.

Lesley, one of our customers, emailed me this morning with a photo of Hooty and Tweet which she made for a friend who is mad about owls.

Hooty and Tweet

Lesley wrote:

“I’m just a novice at the moment and still getting to grips with my sewing machine, so they don’t look quite like the examples on the packet, and they’re a bit squint in places, but my friend loves them and I’m quite pleased with them too.”

I think they’re great!  You can make your own owls with the Melly and Me pattern available in our shop

If you’re like me, then you might not feel like knitting or crocheting in this warm weather.  So how about a sewing project?  We recently added some new Melly and Me patterns to our collection…

More patterns from Melly and Me

From the top left, these are Florence, Dee Dee, Hilda, Clancy and Clarabel, Penguin Parade and Claudine.  The instructions are clear and easy to follow.  You could make one in just a day if you’ve got all the materials to hand.

I’m falling in love with the Melly and Me toy patterns.  This is Phoebe…

Phoebe by Melly and Me

Made with fabric from our stash, she was very quick and easy to make and I’m just delighted with how she turned out!  I think that a collection of Melly and Me toys might be beginning

If you’d like to make Phoebe, then you can get the Melly and Me pattern here.

As I mentioned recently, we’ve just started stocking Melly & Me sewing patterns in the shop now and my Mum immediately grabbed one of the toy patterns, Rudy, and made this little fellow with some Christmas fabric in her stash.

Rudy by Melly and Me

Rudy is just one of the toy patterns that Melly & Me have designed and I’m sure that we’ll be making some more very soon!

Melly & Me are two sisters from Australia who have joined forces to produce a collection of wonderful sewing patterns for bags, quilts and soft toys.  We’re delighted to now stock a large selection of patterns from their range.  We love the toys in particular and are already making Rudy the reindeer with some Christmas fabric from our stash!

Melly & Me sewing patterns