A wise investment for seamsters
Attention stitchers and seamsters! We’re loving these practical and good-looking cotton reel and bobbin holders from Woodwise…
haberdashery
I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay…
Where do you find snowy mountains? Pine trees? Woolly hats? Stag and brown bears? In a set of handcrafted polymer clay lumberjack buttons by Purple Sheep Buttons – love that buffalo plaid!
Porcelain buttons, inspired by nature
Christchurch designer, illustrator and ecologist Lynette of Nikau Designs creates beautiful ceramic buttons inspired by the New Zealand environment. Many of her pieces are made using handmade moulds taken from shells and sea urchins
Introducing Felt Leisure & Activities emails
Featuring kiwi made arts and craft supplies, stationery, patterns and kits, and classes and workshops, Felt Leisure & Activities is full of exciting things to feed your mind and inspire creativity.
Featured seller: Evelyn Rose Design
Sarita Muir’s love of animals is very apparent in her creations and in her day-to-day life, as she divides her time between design for her label Evelyn Rose Design and rescuing unwanted rabbits and guinea pigs. Sarita finds it an exciting time to be a designer-maker, saying “The digital printing age has really embraced small businesses, creating new opportunities to print small runs of fabric.”
Messing about…
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
Fabric-a-Brac’s back in the capital
Fabric-a-Brac, 11am–3pm, Saturday 12 April, Wellington
Fabric-a-Brac returns to its hometown for another great day of fabric rehoming. This is a fabric sale like no other, by lovers of projects who just have too many projects! If you’re looking for some great bargains and funky fabric, Fabric-a-Brac is for you
Fabric-a-brac returns to the capital
This international fabric event has returned to the capital with new organisers and a new venue. There will be fabric, haberdashery and patterns galore, as well as tea, coffee, sweet treats and a huge table of donated fabric to raise money for Hospice.
Bringing fabric from the people to the people
Fabric-a-Brac, 9am–12.30pm, Saturday 9 March, Auckland
Heads up Auckland – Fabric-a-brac is back this Saturday, promising vintage and modern fabrics, patterns, upholstery, haberdashery, sewing accessories, nice people, great coffee and sweet treats!
Fabric-A-Brac is all about connecting the treasure troves of fabric, buttons and other sewing notions in communities with craft and sewing enthusiasts.