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 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.

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

Fabric Sale ends Friday.

What do you think? The Red Letter Day fabric collection is some of the cutest, most vibrant fabric I’ve seen in a long while. Its perfect for quilting and kids clothing (duck pajamas anyone?).

If you want to see how crafty peeps are using this fabulous fabric range, visit the Red Letter Day flickr pool. There are some amazingly talented people out there!

Lastly there is a FREE pattern using the Red Letter Day Fabric here.

The Heather Ross “far, far away” beauties (even better in the flesh) are printed onto double gauze fabric. Lightweight. Wispy. Delightful.

Lots of slightly off the wall Japanese novelties including these piggies:

This echino bird fabric:

And this lovely fabric panel with woodland scene and wild animals:

This is but a taste of what is to come! Excited?

Came across this gorgeous photo this evening on blog.freepeople.com

It’s a Purl Patchwork display showcasing new Liberty prints. I love the subtle gradation of colour, the prints, the use of embroidery hoops (not the first time I’ve seen it done, obviously but it just gets me every time!)

Lovelovelove.

I just adore this image- I absoloutely want an aqua room with a butter yellow armchair!

I’m so inspired, I want to drop all my work and go get pumpkin’s quilt top that I promised to finish him for his fourth birthday (he’s five now, by the way.)

If you’re very clever, you may notice some of the fabric that’s available in the shop. If you’re feeling all re-craft-ergised like me you could pop over and buy some!

That’s what I love about us… we’re always open!

Pink Circles from Valori Wells lovely Urban Flannels collection

Summer Bubble Flower by Kaffe Fassett

Fuchsia Park Fountains from Amy Butler’s new Midwest Modern 2 collection

Orange Starburst from the Rainbow Gardens collection designed by local talent Prints Charming

Sun Fortune from Anna Maria Horner’s Good Folks collection

More stock is arriving all the time (and I’m putting it onto the site as quick as possible) so keep checking the Fabric Store for updates.

Would love to hear what you think of the new ranges.

Katrina

Its been 2 months since we launched our online fabric store, and what better way to celebrate than with a Fabric Sale. We’ve got fabric collections by Amy Butler, Heather Bailey, Joel Dewberry, Sandi Henderson, Kaffe Fassett, Moda, Valori Wells and many more…

The sale runs for 5 days, with discounts of 10%, 20% and 30%.

Visit the Fabric Sale here.