Handmade: Crafternoon Series at the New York Public Library
Join me and crafty librarian Jessica Pigza for a series of DIY days on the second Saturday of the month this fall. Each Handmade:Crafternoon will include a hands-on project, an inspiring spread of vintage books and magazines from the Library's collections, and appearances by special guest makers and DIY authors. More details can be found below and on the blog.
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2-4pm
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 2-4pm
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 2-4pm
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 2-4pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Berger Forum
www.nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/08/04/mark-your-calendar-handmade-crafternoons
Handmade: Crafternoon at the NYPL -- Alternative Crafts
Hannah Rogge, author of Hardwear and Jessica Vitkus, author of Alternacrafts, will demo some cool craft projects to make with stuff you can find in your recycling bin, your sewing kit and your tool box.
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2-4pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Berger Forum
www.nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/08/04/mark-your-calendar-handmade-crafternoons
Crafternoon at the New York Public Library -- KnitKnit
Sabrina Gschwandtner, author of KnitKnit, and Teva Durham, author of Loop-d-Loop and Loop-d-Loop Crochet, will share some purls of wisdom and knitty-gritty yarns about their crafting experience. Knitting instruction will be available.
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 2-4pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Berger Forum
www.nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/08/04/mark-your-calendar-handmade-crafternoons
Crafternoon at the NYPL -- Book Arts & Design by the Book Reunion
Grace Bonney, editor of Design*Sponge and Mike Perry, author of Hand Job, will lead a book-making afternoon in the company of the library's hallowed collection.
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 2-4pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Berger Forum
www.nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/08/04/mark-your-calendar-handmade-crafternoons
Crafternoon at the NYPL -- Modern Women of Craft
Heather Ross, author of Weekend Sewing, will be joined by Denyse Schmidt, author of Denyse Schmidt Quilts and Liesl Gibson of Oliver and S for an afternoon of hand sewn fun.
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 2-4pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Berger Forum
www.nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/08/04/mark-your-calendar-handmade-crafternoons
Past Events
Papercraft Crafternoon at Word
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Word, 126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY
Freedom Craft! Crafterhours at Spacecraft
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Spacecraft, 355 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Father's Day Crafterhours at Spacecraft
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Spacecraft, 355 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Beadmaking Crafterhours at Spacecraft
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Spacecraft, 355 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Recycled Mother's Day Crafterhours at Spacecraft
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Spacecraft, 355 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Earth Day Crafternoon at Kreatelier
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Kreatelier, 804 Hope Street, Providence, RI
Decoupage Crafterhours at Spacecraft
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Spacecraft, 355 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Valentine Making Crafternoon at The Painted Cloud
Sunday, February 8, 2009
The Painted Cloud, 168 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Crafternoon Book Signings at the Urban Craft Uprising
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Urban Craft Uprising at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
http://urbancraftuprising.blogspot.com/2008/12/meet-maura-madden.html
Crafternoon Reading and Holiday Craftstravaganza
Monday, December 8th, 2008
The Urban Craft Center, 2433 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA
http://www.theurbancraftcenter.com/blog/latest-event/book-reading-craftacular/
Crafternoon Reading and Holiday Craftstravaganza
Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland, ME
Thankful Giving Crafternoon at Word
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Word, 126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY
Crafternoon Reading & Crafterhours Session at Word
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Word, 126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY
These are all of the events held since the launch of the book on October 7, 2008. I have hosted loads of other Crafternoons since February of 2002, far too many to list here. But you can buy the book to read more about them!