auckland
The General Collective Market Day
The General Collective Market Day, 9am–3pm, Saturday 20 September, Auckland
Check this out Auckland! This Ellerslie market promises something for everyone – garden boxes, jewellery, macramé hangers, cushions, chopping boards, baby accessories, herb boxes, kids craft activities, flowers and lots more.
Fabric-a-brac is back in Auckland
Fabric-a-Brac, 9am–12.30pm, Saturday 23 August, Auckland
Auckland makers, crafters and stashers, start saving your pennies for your next fabric stash augmentation! Fabric-a-brac wants fabric out of the closet and in your hot little hands. Pick up fabulous vintage, modern and just plain unusual fabric at bargain prices and help someone else clear their sewing cupboard. Supporting Mercy Hospice.
Featured seller: Miss Crow
Printmaker Emily Cater has a busy and interesting life – which includes performing in a handmade mermaid and mariner dress with her band Mermaid and Mariner! She’s also just taken part in the Auckland Art and Craft Fair and is currently working on some giant landscape paintings and a new zine. These diverse and colourful interests shine through in her gorgeous range of Miss Crow prints.
A warming cup of Crafternoon Tea
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!
Featured seller: FeltSoapGood
Louisa Rull, the clever mind and skilled hands behind Felt shop FeltSoapGood, was born in Russia and came to New Zealand eleven years ago. She lives in Auckland with her family of four, her cat and her craft, creating warm, colourful and original things to wear and to share.
It’s Crafternoon Tea time in Auckland
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…
Celebrating fibre arts in Auckland
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…
Learn the art of letterpress
Would you like to learn a new skill? If you live in Auckland here’s your chance. GTO Printers have one space left in this weekend’s workshop “Learn the Basics of Letterpress in One Day.”
Featured seller: Claire Leblond
Dollmaker Claire Leblond is the maker behind the range of quirky, unique cloth dolls she fondly calls “Susie Dolls”, after her sister Sue. Each doll is one of a kind, made out of a combination of soft cotton, vintage embroidery and upcycled fabrics, and Claire also breathes new life into vintage dolls clothes. She works out of a slightly chaotic studio in her home in Birkenhead, Auckland, with a dog at her feet, music blaring, copious amounts of coffee, and two…