Craft Festivals

Holiday Renegade Craft Fair, Chicago Part 1

December 4th, 2009 at 04:12pm Under Craft Festivals+ Green Crafting

This weekend, December 5 and 6 is the holiday edition of the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago. I’ll be attending on Saturday to check out the 150+ indie-crafters and designers that will be showcasing their work. I’m excited to see how holiday crafting trends are shaping up in the indie-crafting world. Often times indie-crafts take [...]

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Guest Blog Amy White: Art in the Park

August 14th, 2009 at 10:55am Under Craft Festivals+ Guest Post+ Jewelry Making

Hey Crafters,
I’d love to take the opportunity to share an event going on this weekend that Ruthie & Friends of Chubby Craft fame will be participating in: The 40th annual art in the park. Featuring music and arts and crafts! This crafts fair will be held at Susana Street Park in downtown Martinez.
Art in [...]

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Tags: arts and crafts, crafting show, crafts, jewelry, magnets

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Upcoming Arts & Crafts Shows

May 19th, 2009 at 09:37am Under Craft Festivals+ Events

It’s Spring! And soon it will be Summer. I love the warm weather, I can just sit in the sun all day long and get nothing done and be ok with that. This is my favorite time of year because warm weather means arts and crafts shows! I don’t even have my own house yet, [...]

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International Quilt Festival

April 15th, 2009 at 02:56pm Under Craft Festivals+ Events+ Quilting

The International Quilt Festival is making its way to the Chicagoland area this weekend. Starting tomorrow night (with a preview) and running through April 19th, crafters, quilters and quilt lovers can stop into the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. to experience the festival. In addition to the 1,000 quilts on display, there [...]

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Qiviuk, Prehistoric Animal Fiber

February 9th, 2009 at 10:16am Under Craft Festivals+ Crochet+ Knitting

Last week my mom mentioned that she saw an ad for the Fifth Annual Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival. Once I got over the initial shock of hearing Pittsburgh and crochet in the same sentence*, I went to the website to check it out. The 2-day festival coming up this weekend features book signings, presentations, [...]

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