It’s the third year for fab­ric-a-brac and demand is still as strong as when they began as a quirky little event for die hard fans of fab­ric. But now it’s a must attend day for any­one who loves mak­ing things.

fab­ric-a-brac on Sat­urday fea­tures the usu­al fab­ric and sew­ing accessor­ies gems, but  expan­ded out into a second room this time, and has everything from vin­tage lace, to retro 60s and 70s fab­ric, heaps of vin­tage but­tons and as always, fab­ric, old and new.

My hot tip is the entire table of kimonos wait­ing to be repur­posed (the stall hold­er has around 200 that she bought to use for the fab­ric but now wants to move them on)

Plus there is the always won­der­ful Mary Pot­ter Hos­pice table when loads of people donated fab­ric and all the money raised from that stall goes to Marry Pot­ter
Ann Pack­er­’s ses­sion ‘Look What I Found’ is on from 8.30am to 9.15am. Ann will show off some of her fab­ulous fab­ric finds and inspire you for the fab­ric fos­sick­ing ahead! (it’s $5 entry to Ann’s ses­sion – donated to Hos­pice).

fab­ric-a-brac itself is free and is held at St Anne’s Hall in New­town Wel­ling­ton this Sat­urday.

and hot tip num­ber 2, if you are attend­ing or plan­ning to attend classes at handmade2011, fab­ric-a-brac is the per­fect place to source the mater­i­als for your ses­sion.