Toronto Craft Alert

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While I am loving living in Hamilton, one thing I find is missing from the craftscape here is a permanent space to get together and make stuff, procure supplies, get inspired by fabric & yarn, and meet other crafty folk looking to do the same. I was spoiled in Toronto with spaces that fulfilled [...]

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SewFest West 2010
An exciting new sewing and needlework event!

The biggest and best sewing and needlework show in Southern Ontario this spring! Over 35 exhibitors, free seminars, make and take it! and classes.

Bingemans Conference Centre
425 Bingemans Centre Dr
Kitchener, ON N2B 3X7

Fri, Apr 30:  12noon to 8pm
Sat, May 1:  10am to 6pm

Admission $5 per day

Wheelchair accessible, snack bar, free parking, ATM on site

Contact address:
Joanne’s Creative Notions
P.O. Box 20071
8965 Chinguacousy Rd.
Brampton, ON L6Y 0L9
Toll Free:  1. 800.811.6611

Keynote [...]

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DORIE MILLERSON
This celebrated textile artist, writer and teacher visits Harbourfront Centre in late January to share her expertise in needle lace-making. Millerson works in a variety of constructed textile techniques and her award-winning artwork is exhibited internationally. She holds an MFA in textiles from the Nova Scotia College of Art & [...]

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Looking for exhibitors for a brand new sewing and needlework event. Retailers who sell products that relate to sewing, quilting, stitching, weaving, embroidery, knitting, crocheting, dyeing fabrics and fibres, related notions, are invited to contact info@distinctivesewing.com for exhibitor information.

Dates: Fri, April 30 and Sat, May 1, 2010
Times: Fri 12noon to 8 pm; Sat 10am to 6pm
Place: Bingemans Conference Centre, Kitchener, ON

Up-to-date information is contained on our blog at http://sewfestwest2010.blogspot.com.

Event will be held in Kitchener April 30 and May 1, 2010.

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