We made cupcakes for Owen’s birthday…

Had a lovely family weekend away staying in this gorgeous little cottage in Daylesford.

Visited the mineral springs.

Made some cute appliqued napkins for my boys (really trying to cut down on the amount of paper serviettes and tissues that we use by using cloth napkins and hankies).

Took evil spiderman and his pirate friend trick-or-treating.

Had a weekend at the beach.

Made a birdie softie and birdie mobile as a special order (isn’t she sweet)?

And THEN we went on an ace holiday, but more about that another day. I hope your festive period was as much fun!

Of boiled sweeties (methinks pink grapefruit) in vintage jars.

Cakes on plates, with their exquisite chalky pastelness. Craft projects from some of my favourite books for sale in the shop:

Little Pup from More Softies. Made with our exciting new Organic Chocolate Cotton Canvas and some of the Aunt Grace collection (happy birthday little O).

Wheat bag from Meet me at Mike’s book. Made with Matryoshka Stripe fabric.

More Matryoshka, this time for cushions for some spring nesting.

Beautiful basket liners with troops of teeny tiny ants and apples (sorting my stash in style!)

]]> http://www.belsizesquare.com.au/blog/general/855/feed 0 http://www.belsizesquare.com.au/blog/product/844 http://www.belsizesquare.com.au/blog/product/844#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:26:39 +0000 Katrina Allegos http://www.belsizesquare.com.au/blog/?p=844 We’ve got some stunning new Crafty Books to tell you about. There is limited stock, so don’t delay!

Embroidered Effects by Jenny Hart

Applique Your Way by Kayte Terry

Bend the Rules with Fabric by Amy Karol

Handmade Home by Amanda Blake Soule

I’m sorry to say we’ve sold out! We re ordered stock and have sold those too!! We’ve been informed that they’re now out of print and we can’t get them any more.

Sorry guys- but head over to the shop anyway, I’m sure I can tempt you with some of our delectable goodies.

Another clever customer, this time ani & trio, who make these gorgeous hand made quilts. A gorgeous use of the Maggie’s Dress fabric by American Jane. Thanks for sharing that with us Anita!

Now this one was a long time coming- because I have always worked from my notebook and now I have a mac, I had to work out how to upload pictures on a mac. I know it’s not that hard and it’s sad but true, I have struggled to find the time to aquire this new skill. Priorities!!!

Saturday 3rd October 10am-4pm

Brunswick Town Hall

233 Sydney Rd Brunswick, Victoria

Belsize Square is at the Sisters’ Market this Saturday. If you’re in the area, come and visit. I’ll have fat quarter bundles of the new ranges, plus a great selection of sewing and embroidery patterns and yummy craft books.

“Eva” by Basic Grey is reminiscent of the French court, a mix of the exotic and the dignified, the gracious and the gallant. Eva is a collection of fanciful flourishes, exotic birds and quaint, finial patterns Gloriously deep, rich jewel tones impart an air nobility to this crowning medley of extravagant designs.

You can find this fabric collection and more in the Belsize Square Fabric store.

I’ve been promising kinder some new art smocks for over a term now (I was going to get them done last school holidays, oops!) I made the first two fine and they are much loved and paint spattered by now. Well, finally here are the last two.

Plus, I have two quilts on the go (yes, now I know I’m just bragging, or rather confessing as I often start these things and then they don’t really get finished very quickly).

I hope all this creativity inspires you to begin a new project (or finish an old one!)

I wish I was more organised and managed to ever take some before shots. If I had, this would be much more impressive.

These were little home made chairs that were sitting around my grandparents-in-law’s house. They were originally stained (a very pine-y yellow gloss) and had mustard yellow vinyl covers with these strange high backs. The new upholstery is a Moda Home fabric we sell in the shop, very durable heavy weave. I just love how they turned out (the kids are pretty happy too!)

As weak as it is- I do believe this constitutes an Ikea hack. Some Dulux spray paint in Volcano Orange and I’m very impressed with my glossy little kitchen accessory/ extra chair.

This one I did quite a white back, I just don’t think I ever got around to blogging it. I found the lamp base at Mill Markets in Geelong -oh how I love that place! The shade was a plain white one I bought for $2 (super bargain basement price) from Kmart which I recovered in some yummy Amy Butler Wildflowers fabric from the Daisy Chain range. It now graces the sideboard in my dining room.

It appears that I’m not the only one. The little guy has been painting to his heart’s content and is super keen to practise his newly acquired skill of turning one’s painting into a stamp (where you turn your painting face down and rub the back so that you get a mirror image). Only thing is, he doesn’t always have the paper lined up underneath.

Needless to say we did end up with some lovely reverse paintings directly transfered onto the table top.

Visit the store for more great New Fabric.

 Hot Blossoms in hot hues of pink, orange, aqua and chocolate and sharp shades of black and white. Vibrant, dramatic and fun!

Visit the fabric store for this and many other great new fabric ranges.

Our Fat Quarter Bundles  are a quick and easy way to purchase a co-ordinated selection of fabric.

Apple by Alice Kennedy. Stylised apples, apple trees and quirky owls in a thoroughly seventies palette of browns, greens and red. I’d love to see this one in a toddler pinafore.

Find it now in the fabric store

Scrolls, spots and paisley in grown up muted tones.

Hushabye by Tula Pink. Spring raindrops in the palest of blush and the craziest bunny toile you’ll ever see. This is a perfect range to make something for the spring baby in your life.

Wee one turned three last week. Now not wee so much- maybe more midi. I think I’ll keep working on a new nickname.

We had a lovely party for him on the weekend to celebrate. Bouncy castle, helium balloons, gourmet Greek food as far as the eye could see (courtesy of my mother in law) and a Makka Pakka cake (as requested by the wee one himself) and lovingly- if not skillfully- made by me.

As always, it’s not a proper party without my Nigella cupcakes…

We were so busy with the party we didn’t take many pictures. Luckily a special friend deployed her husband to be our event photographer.

Super sale stash.

Also recently decided that the new Red Letter Days and David Walker Rockets ranges were far too yum to disappear without hacking into them for my own stash. The result?

A cute kinder nap time binkee for my pumpkin…

Tomorrow my wee one turns three- full of attitude, sleeping in a bed and giving up his dummy all by himself.

No more babies.

Sigh.

Part of the Echino Chelsea range by Etsuko Furuya 

Retro style (think Liberty) Hortensia by Kokka

Gorgeous fabric features zebras, deer and birds in shades of chocolate, coral, turquoise and lemon by Etsuko Furuya.

Silhoette scenes from your favourite fairy tales by Kokka

Cotton / linen base featuring forest mushrooms, Barvarian birdies, nordic horses and tulips from Amsterdam, by Kokka

Discounted fabric includes Japanese Kokka and Yuwa, Amy Butler August Fields, American Jane, Moda and many more.

Fabric Sale ends Friday.

We will be offering many of last year’s fabric collections at significant savings (up to 50% off!). These end-of bolt specials are only available in person. You can also shop from our full range of fabric, patterns and books.

So if you live in Melbourne and would like to attend please send me an email to info@belsizesquare.com.au. In your email let me know what day and approximate time you would like to attend so that I can co-ordinate numbers.

Our premises are located in Hawthorn and I will provide detailed directions for those who sign up.

This is an invitation only event and numbers are strictly limited.

Regards,

Katrina