Toronto Craft Alert

I know we have some readers from BC, so I thought I’d share some of these great-looking events happening at the Vancouver Museum, spotted on magpie & cake.

DIY @ MOV: A Night of Social Crafting
January 21, 2010 / 7:00 PM

Come celebrate the creativity and community of the growing DIY craft, art and design movement in Vancouver.

Generously sponsored by OPUS and Blim, there’ll be materials and workshops in a range of art and craft media from paper to yarn. Workshops (listed below) will begin at 8pm. There will also [...]

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There’s really nothing like the clean slate of the new year to try something you’ve never done before and inspire fun crafty projects. the workroom’s updated winter calendar can be downloaded right here.

If you’ve been curious about quilting or perhaps wanting to expand your quilting repetoire, it’s not too late to sign up for our new Intro to Hand Work class. Learn key techniques and skills to piece patchwork and quilt designs by hand.  Working [...]

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Speaking of City of Craft….

It’s this weekend!!!

Some links to get you (even more) excited:

Vendors

Installations

FREE Workshops

Swag Bags (for first 100 visitors on Saturday)

Win your gift of choice courtesy of TCA

We’ll see you in one (or two) sleeps!!!

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Bring your unwanted clothes and unwanted supplies to City of Craft on Saturday, December 12 between 12 noon – 3:00 p.m. or email or call to arrange for drop off or pick up ahead of time.

I am creating an installation during the event, made of Unwanted Clothes. We are also getting crafty  and making things with the scraps or leftover supplies for the installation. If you have something made of scraps you would like included in the installation, bring it to the event and it will be used.

On Sunday, December 13 the [...]

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Make a Peasant Dress from a Men’s Shirt

Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Scadding Court Community Centre
707 Dundas St. W. (at the corner of Dundas and Bathurst), Room 4
Cost: $30
The pattern is included for this lesson.

Scadding Court Community Centre is offering a class where students will learn how to recycle a man’s shirt into a girl’s peasant dress.

In this class you will:

* Learn to join seams using a flat seam.
* Learn to sew a French seam.
* Cut and sew a Raglan [...]

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Learn to crochet in 3 hours at the Knit Café!

In 3 hours, learn the basics of how to crochet: chain stitch, single crochet, double crochet, crochet in the round. By the end of the class, you’ll have the basics to continue on your own. You’ll also leave with basic patterns for a granny square and a crochet flower.

Bring a 5mm hook or larger, and some yarn to match (you can buy what you need at the Knit Café).

Call the Knit Café to register.

There are still a few spots [...]

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