Crafternoon Tea, 10am–2pm, Saturday 21 June, Auckland
The June serving of Crafternoon Tea is coming up, laden with a lovely warming teatime spread of handmade goodies. Make sure you head along to the Trinity Methodist Church Hall in crafty Kingsland for your fix!
The Great Winter Warm Up Craft Market, Friday June 13 5pm–9pm, Saturday June 14 10am–3pm, Napier
Craft-lovers of Napier, prepare for a generous and warming dose of craft this weekend. Napier’s Department of Curiosities and Fine Things bring you this curated collection of over thirty five stalls, each selling unique, local, handmade products
Winter Encraftment, 10am–3pm, Saturday 14 June, Christchurch
Encraftment returns to Christchurch in June to brighten the season with a huge range of crafty goodness. There are over sixty stall holders – including a whole crowd of Felt sellers – set to turn the college into a winter shopping wonderland, so make sure you mark it in your calendar
Mapua Makers Market, 10am–3pm, Sunday 1 June, Mapua
Attention crafty people of the Nelson and Bays region, the Mapua Makers Market will be back once again on Sunday 1 June at the Mapua Hall on Aranui Road. This great wee market has been going strong for two years now and is going from strength to strength. You’ll find Felt sellers Empire Eco Designs, Mahana Red Legs and Mostly Monsters there…
If you’re in Wellington this weekend, don’t miss the Felt exhibition at Handmade 2014. Open to the public and featuring fifty pieces from Felt makers, this is a great chance to see gorgeous Felt goodies up close and learn about their talented creators
Art in Clay
10–25 May, The Tin Palace, Lyttelton
Not to be missed this month is joint exhibition Art in Clay by Christchurch potter Tatyanna Meharry of The Busy Finch and fellow ceramicist Andrew Carran, at The Tin Palace in Lyttelton.
Tatyanna Meharry teaches pottery at Risingholme Community Centre and works as The Busy Finch creating artisan ceramics…
Wellington, Monday–Friday 10am–5.30pm, Saturdays 10am–4pm, 7–28 May, Wellington
Wellington artist and stitcher Katherine Bertram, known on Felt as the multi-talented Firecracker, has an exhibition of her beautiful work, entitled Wellington, at the Minerva Textile Bookshop and Gallery until Wednesday 28 May.
Crafternoon Tea, 10am–2pm, Saturday 17 May, Auckland
It’s time for a spot of Crafternoon Tea once again, with a lovely spread of handmade goodies by Big Little, Ella Quaint, Fairy Door, Ribbon & Ink, Whatnots and many more. Head along for this well-established monthly crafty shopping fix at the Trinity Methodist Church Hall…
Autumn Woolfest, 10am–4pm, Saturday 10 May, Auckland
‘Tis the season to be thinking of warm and snuggly woollies, and the clever folk of Creative Fibre Auckland have come up with a way to celebrate all things woolly. If it’s fibre-related, you’ll find it at the inaugural Autumn Woolfest…
Plunket Newtown/Mt Cook Fabric Auction, 7.30pm–8.30pm, Sunday 4 May, Wellington
Mark this in your calendars, Wellington – the good folk of the Newtown/Mount Cook Plunket are about to hold their sixth annual fabric auction. This year they have a fantastic collection of beautiful fabrics generously donated by Wellington designers, upholsterers and retailers.
