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Where: Blue Mountains

Hawkesbury Show

Autumn Glow
An exhibition and sale of works by the fibre designers of the Society of Arts and Crafts of NSW will open at 11am on April 30. Open daily 9.30am - 5.30pm.
Where: 104 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney
Info: 9241 5825, www.artsandcraftsnsw.com.au, gallery@artsandcraftsnsw.com.au

Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival
The festival will run for nine days over two weekends in Fish Creek, near Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. There are a lot of exciting events planned, starting on May 17 with a Twoks concert and finishing on May 25 with the community tea party day. The events in between include the Tea Cosy exhibition, opening concert, Mad Hatters Tea Party, poetry walk, fair, games, guerrilla knitting, senior citizens' day and mini film festival.
The categories (Prue Acton will be one of the judges) for this year's exhibition are:
Traditional - knit or crochet with pride from natural fibres
Fish/Aquatic - it is Fish Creek after all
Butch - Billy Connelly says "never trust a man who, when left alone with a tea cosy, doesn't try it on"
Exuberant Whimsy - let your imagination go wild with no restrictions on material or method

St Ives Show

Meet craftspeople from Canberra, the region and interstate to see the amazing things they create with wool at the Old Bus Depot Market, 21 Wentworth Ave, Kingston. There will be a vast array of woollen yarns, including hand spun and hand dyed yarns, hand felted garments and accessories, designer knitwear, millinery, weavings, funky beanies

Spinning Study Group, Guild rooms

Free temari ball workshop, led by Rod Byatt (BA DipTeach)
Where: Community Room, Marrickville Council Library, cnr Marrickville and Petersham Roads.
When: 10am to 1pm.
Bookings essential, max.10 participants. Contact Marrickville Library, ph. 9335 2173.
If class is full, tell Marrickville Library you want to go on to the Waiting List for a repeat of this workshop. A third lesson in temari stitching for beginners.

Perth Craft and Quilt Fair

Where: Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth

Australia's Biggest Morning Tea / Quilting Bee and Exhibition

Central Coast Hand Weavers, Spinners and Textile Arts Guild will hold Australia's Biggest Morning Tea / Quilting Bee and Exhibition with displays of members' works including hand spinning, hand dyed fibre, weaving, patchwork and quilting, knitting and crochet and a vast range of other fabric and fibre crafts. There will be quality crafts for sale.

Cost: $5 entry
When: 10.00am - 3.00pm
Where: Building 2, 10 Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford

Guild meeting

The Orange Spinners and Handcraft Group will hold a wool and natural fibre muster in the School of Arts and Courthouse in Carcoar from 9am - 4pm. All welcome.

Central Coast Hand Weavers, Spinners and Textile Arts Guild will hold Australia's Biggest Morning Tea / Quilting Bee and Exhibition with displays of members' works including hand spinning, hand dyed fibre, weaving, patchwork and quilting, knitting and crochet and a vast range of other fabric and fibre crafts. There will be quality crafts for sale.
When: 10am to 3pm
Where: Building 2, 10 Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford
Cost: $5 entry

Winter Wool Fair

Sutherland Shire Spinners and Weavers Inc, traders, an exhibition, fibres, yarns, equipment and goods for sale. Refreshments.

When: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Where: Uniting Church Hall, Flora Street, Sutherland

Amazing Lace: EWES 25th Annual Craft Show

When: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Where: Epping Creative Centre, 26 Stanley Rd, Epping

Macarthur textile challenge, Camden Civic Centre

Explore Craft Now
In this special day of craft, the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery will start with a screening of Anna Brownfiled's ground-breaking film, Making it handmade, which explores the subculture of indie craft in Melbourne, and meet the film maker, who will be coming up from Melbourne especially to introduce the film. A delicious light lunch will follow, and in the afternoon you can stick around to meet fellow crafters, work on your current project, start something new or just share your craft stories. You may like to leave a craft project at the gallery for someone else to work on or finish off, if you're game!

Cost: $25, includes lunch. Bookings essential - phone 4560 4441

Marvellous Mohair workshop

Where: Guild rooms

Luxury Fibres workshop

Where: Sutherland Spinners and Weavers rooms

For the Victorian 2013 Scarf Festival scarf makers have explored the theme of Home and what the notion of home means to them. This project originated with Craft Victoria and is now managed by the National Wool Museum, Geelong where the festival is held.

Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair

When: 9.00am - 5.00pm daily
Where: Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Drive, Darling Harbour

This 56th annual exhibition and sale of the North Shore Craft Group will feature jewellery, ceramics, leatherwork, art prints, wood, glass, textiles and accessories at the Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, 1186 Pacific Hwy, Pymble. It will be opened between 6.30 and 9pm on Wednesday, June 12. Browse and enjoy beautiful creations. Relax, have coffee or lunch with a friend. They support Charity Dial-A-Mum. Win $300 to spend at the show.

Canberra Spinners & Weavers, Warped and Twisted exhibition

Wollongong Handweavers and Spinners Group Inc will hold their annual exhibition and sale of work from 9.30am to 3pm in the Fairy Meadow Community Centre, (opposite Woolworths), Princes Highway, Fairy Meadow via Wollongong

Beyond the Basics of Spinning Workshop

Where: Guild rooms

Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair

When: 9.00am - 5.00pm daily
Where: Melbourne Exhibition Centre, 2 Clarendon Street, Southbank

Tasmania Craft and Quilt Fair

Where: Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart

Weaving Project (day) group meeting, Guild rooms

In conjunction with the exhibition Reflect, Tim Gresham will hold a workshop in advanced tapestry techniques at M16 Artspace, 21 Blaxland Cres, Griffith, ACT

Guild Open Day and Meeting

Red Coats and Convicts, Hyde Park Barracks

Yarning Our Country

Where: Gloucester Gallery, Denison Street, Gloucester

Give Spinning a Go

Where: Guild rooms

Guild meeting

Canberra Craft and Quilt Fair

Where: Exhibition Park in Canberra, Mitchell

Ekka

Where: RNA Showgrounds, 600 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Brisbane

Spinning classes start

Newcastle Stitches and Craft Show

When: 10.00am - 4.30pm
Where: Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Showground, Brown Road, Broadmeadow

Guild meeting

12th Southern Hemisphere Feltmakers Convergence

Where: The Tops Conference Centre, 51 Bendena Garden Road, Stanwell Tops NSW 2508

Hamilton Craft and Quilt Fair

Where: Claudelands Events Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand

Royal Adelaide Show

Where: Adelaide Showground, Goodwood Road, Wayville

Royal Melbourne Show

Where: Melbourne Showgrounds

Guild meeting and market day

Geelong Forum 2013

Enrolments for TAFTA's Geelong FORUM 2013 open in mid-November 2012 via Textile Fibre Forum magazine and the website with the ballot for places on December 15, 2012. All those who apply will be notified by Christmas. After the ballot, places remaining open will be explained on the website. You do not have to be a member of TAFTA to apply to attend the FORUM.

Townsville Stitches and Craft Show

When: 10.00am - 4.30pm
Where: Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Entertainment Drive, Breakwater Island, Townsville, Queensland

Colour Blending Fibres workshop

Where: Guild rooms

Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fair

When: 9.00am - 5.00pm daily
Where: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, corner Glenelg and Merivale Streets, Southbank

Melbourne Stitches and Craft Show

When: 10.00am - 4.30pm
Where: Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne

Guild meeting

Adelaide Craft and Quilt Fair

Where: Adelaide Event and Exhibition Centre, Goodwood Road, Wayville

Canberra Centenary Tapestry Exhibition

Where: Legislative Assembly of the ACT

Guild meeting

Palmerston North Craft and Quilt Fair

Where: Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Sydney Royal Easter Show

Where: Sydney Showground, Olympic Park

Bothwell Spin-in

The focus of the 3 day event is on spinning techniques, weaving, knitting, felting and dyeing. The Spin-in traditionally invites international craftspeople, representing a variety of different cultures and skills.

Where: Bothwell, Tasmania