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

Here is a sample… you can find many more in the fabric store.

Indigo, Pewter and Honey

Charleston V

Aunt Grace Backgrounds

I’m interested to know what people think about these collections. Drop me a comment.

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.

Inside you’ll find a collection of 12 inspiring projects, complete with templates. The book features patterns for:

• bags;
• softies;
• quilts; and
• embroidery

Thanks for showing us Paula and good luck with your operation!!!

Each pattern includes a full-size pattern sheet and a color instruction booklet with dozens of detailed photographs to guide you along the project.

“Mod threads for the cool kid”… Indeed!

Sukie Correspondence Cards

Sukie Animals on Parade

Sukie Mix & Match Stationery

Sukie Box of Labels

If you don’t know Sukie… they are Brighton (UK) based Darrell & Julia Gibbs.

For those of you that love Jenny Hart’s Sublime Stitching, we’ve also just received the following two items - a Baby Bib Embroidery Kit and Stitchable Stationery.

Sublime Stitching Baby Bib Embroidery Kit

Sublime Stitching Stitchable Stationery

My next job… 3 big boxes of fabric to add to the fabric store!

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?

I just love her so much!

Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook. This is the cookbook from our favourite local in New York (I know- how spoilt am I?) French brasserie- yum.

Gorgeous gift cards bought in Olinda.

Too pretty to ever be written on, destined for frames. By poppies for grace and screech owl design.

Oh, I’d sew her little frocks and knit her weeny scarves and cardigans and accesorise her with Mod wigs and mini ‘fros.

images originally from Tiny Haus, tibiloo.

I think these photos are so yum, is it weird to get fashion tips from Blythe?

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.

Drive through the Dandenong Ranges, full of gorgeous autumn colour.

Browsed some super gorgeous boutiques in Olinda I have to tell you about.

Heaton & May is a truly lovely little store jam packed with delicious goodies. An eclectic mix of stationery, little purses, badges, a cowboy lamp, lovely notebooks and jewelry all caught my eye. I couldn’t leave empty handed and bought a fistful of cute little whimsical badges (worthy of blogging, hmm… maybe one for tomorrow!), a couple of gift cards that are destined for frames and the kid’s rooms.

But best of all was this red cloche beanie I fell in love with. It’s by Otto and Spike, a Brunswick based knitting mill who according to the ladies from Heaton & May, have recently branched out into their own range. As a knit designer, it’s so exciting and inspirational to see local textile mills doing the business. Note to self- you can do this!

The other great shop was called Mine-Kids in Olinda. It had great clothes and shoes, kids furniture (like the mini duck egg blue wing backed chair I am absoloutely smitten with!), handmade softies, a selection of beautiful picture books and some totally cool dinosaur skeletons. I wish I had been less shy and asked to take a photo of the enormous brontosaurus on the counter and the bushy branch suspended from the ceiling with birdies and stuffed letters (by Memi) and the like dangling off, and the super cute animal wallpaper behind the counter that apparently is Florence Broadhurst. Oh, and the finger puppet stage window display… I think you get it, I could go on and on.

If you’re up there, go and have a look. Oh yeah, and here are some of the dinosaurs (and also my little monsters who wouldn’t get out of the frame).

But the main game was the afternoon tea at The Cuckoo. I have always wanted to go there, ever since I was a wee bairney. Mainly because it looked (to me age 9) like a Hansel and Gretel house. If I had been inside, it would have lived up to my expectations.

Everything was so olde worlde Bavarian with love hearts carved out of the backs of chairs, cuckoo clocks,  accordian music. There was bell ringing with audience participation, an all you can eat buffet and waitresses dressed in traditional bavarian attire. There was also of course, the live yodelling I alluded to earlier.

It was like being on a different planet.

It was pure kitsch.

It was great!

Happy Mother’s Day. x

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!

For all you quilters you can find our Bias Binding here.

So what do you think? Digital camera course earlier this year and a whole lot of practice with GIMP… hopefully these pics are starting to represent just how nice this bias binding is!

Hmmm, thought so!

This one has a pram quilt I made with my own two little hands.

PANDA is such an important charity, helping families who find themselves vulnerable and in desperate need of support. I’ve wanted to do something ongoing to support them for some time now. This has been a very inspirational kick up the bum to do that.

Thanks to Shannon for the enormous and fabulous effort and for the opportunity to contribute!

So here is the story of Sisters’ Market in pictures (it was fab, come and visit me in June!)

Let’s start with the day before- Elliott helped me get organised. Good boy!

A small selection.

Delicious Fat Quarters, waiting to be snapped up. And they’re fat free!

Handmade birdie brooches by Pia Handmade.

Handsome hanks of hand dyed knitting yarn made by USA girl, Knitty Dirty Girl.

Hand finished, oiled and painted (sustainable) Tassie oak knitting needles.

Hand knitted baby booties (made by my mum!)

Birdie key chains. Hand made by me!

An enticing selection of our goodies on display.

More boo-tee.

A small selection of our ace craft books. And some teeny weeny cheeky matryoshkas peeking out too.

A fun day was had by all.