AN EXCITING MENU FOR 2015!There’s a great line-up of features for craft enthusiasts in papercraft, kids crafts, sewing, beading, quilting, knitting, art, weaving and much more! Take advantage of a captured

audience who come ready to buy....at The Stitches & Craft Show!

Christine Donehue Christine takes paper folding and quilling to the next level with stunning handmade pieces. Christine will be running classes at the events to inspire crafters to get into their next papercraft project and stock up on all the latest supplies!

Handmade Fashion ParadesThese daily parades will showcase handmade fashion garments on the runway to show what you can do with needle, thread and some imagination. If you have patterns and garments you want to see up there, let us know and watch your products come to life.

Texstyle exhibitSydney Stitches & Craft will once again play host to the inspirational Major Project works from 2014 HSC students. These garments, and other activities aimed specifically at textile students, are sure to bring budding fashionistas and fabric lovers through the door!

Fiona Hammond Fiona is an all round textile artist

and beader, creating wearable jewellery pieces, art quilts and sculptural beaded artworks. She will be on hand at the show with a display of her beautiful finished pieces. Fiona will also be teaching beginner style elements of her beading techniques to inspire visitors to start their own projects.

International Textile Art on Display We will be welcoming the SAQA 25th Anniversary Trunk Show to the first two Stitches & Craft Shows next year with a display of beautiful art quilts from artists around the world. Quilters will be inspired to get onto their next project and stock up on materials and tools after viewing these gorgeous pieces.

The only place you can

see the full display in 2015!Projects as example from 2014 display

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Spinners & Weavers Guild Demonstrations Weaving, basketry and macramé are all very on trend currently and look set to stay that way throughout

2015, so we’ll have the Spinners & Weavers Guild wowing visitors with interactive demonstrations of different disciplines within these crafts.

Interactive Art Zone with the ‘Secret Garden’It’s time to get arty with the hugely successful book, ‘Secret Garden, An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book’ by Johanna Basford. We’ve got a special interactive display for visitors to get involved with, and it’s sure to spark their artistic tendencies – so if you retail painting or art supplies, you need to be there!

Painting Classes with the FDAA Adding further support to the trend for mixed media, art journaling and painting, the FDAA will be on hand with a display of current works and will be conducting classes throughout the day, giving visitors even more inspiration and choice for a day at the show.

Projects as example from 2014 classes

Celebrate History with Handmade PoppiesWe’re inviting visitors to start weaving, crocheting, knitting and sewing their handmade poppies to bring to the show and add to our wall in support the ‘5000 Poppies Project’. This amazing project has become a country wide phenomenon, with a new target of 100,000 poppies to be created to fill Federation Square on Anzac Day in 2015.

Crafting for all ages with ‘Sew Together, Grow Together’ classes Crafters, young and old will love the cute softie patterns from Trixi Symond’s book, ‘Sew Together, Grow Together’. Trixi will be at the show to teach and inspire visitors with her great start up projects for beginner crafters.

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Organised by: 02 9452 7575

craftevents.com.au

Get involved!You too can be part of this fantastic program by teaching in Make & Takes, workshops and NEW Technique Talks. For more information contact jennifer.hancock@expertiseevents.com.au key:

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