Ima­gine if you will,  40 tables  stacked full of vin­tage fab­ric from the 1950s and 1960s,  and lace from the 1920s.  Add in all sorts of delight­ful sew­ing accessor­ies like but­tons and vin­tage pat­terns and you start to get an idea for what the bian­nu­al Fab­ric-a-brac sale  is  all about

It’s being held this Sat­urday 19 May 2012, 9am to 12.30pm at St Anne’s Hall, Emmett St, (close to bus stops and easy park­ing) New­town, Wel­ling­ton.

The stall­hold­ers stack their tables with fab­ric they no longer need, so it can find a new home. They come from Wel­ling­ton, Christ­ch­urch, Napi­er and Palmer­ston North and range from private sew­ers to small cloth­ing, access­ory or uphol­stery busi­nesses.

Anoth­er import­ant aspect of Fab­ric-a-brac is its huge fun­drais­ing efforts for the Mary Pot­ter Hos­pice – so far Fab­ric-a-brac has raised around $10,000 in total.

You’ll see many a table selling donated fab­ric and notions to raise money for Mary Pot­ter Hos­pice here in Wel­ling­ton. Now more than ever it’s a good time to come along and spend at Fab­ric-a-brac or donate online  as this week’s rain flooded their Pori­rua store des­troy­ing tens of thou­sands of dol­lars worth of stock that is sold at the hos­pice shops in Wel­ling­ton. Iif you can­’t make it to any event why not con­sider donat­ing to hos­pice, every tiny amount helps

But wait there’s more -
There will also be two work­shops on Fri­day 18th, the night before, hos­ted by World of Wear­able Art Awards sec­tion win­ner and Good Morn­ing host Fifi Col­ston, and the woman behind tiny happy, Melissa Wat­s­ney.

Both Fifi and Melissa are hugely cre­at­ive people and  incred­ibly inspir­ing crafters, so the chance to learn from both in one night is pretty spe­cial and it’s only $8 per ses­sion, $16 in total and all money going to the Mary Pot­ter Hos­pice.


6.15pm – 7pm = It’s in the bag – shoulder bag tutori­al with Melissa Wast­ney
7.15pm – 8.15pm = Cel­eb­rate your fab­ulous fab­ric finds with Fifi Col­ston (and some ideas for what to do with them)

hop over here for book­ing info