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Magpie Market Summer Fair

Julia — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:46:00 +0000

Coming up soon is the Magpie Market Summer fair, at The Hub, which is at the top of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

I’m really looking forward to it for 3 main reasons:

1. I have a stall and it’s always fun to get out for the day to talk to my customers.

2. It’s a really great event with more than 30 hand-picked designers from Edinburgh and beyond and it’s held in an amazing venue, which was formerly a church.

3. There’s a pop-up cafe in the middle of the hall, which sells tea & coffee as well as a delicious selection of tasty treats. Last time I couldn’t resist indulging in a huge cupcake, with Magpie themed black and white butter cream icing – yum.

So all in all it’s a pretty good way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Make sure you mark the date on your calender ;-)

There’s lots of great photos of the vendors, as well as pictures from their last Fair on Magpie’s facebook page.

Magpie Market Sunday 17th July 2011
The Hub Castlehill, Edinburgh

For more information see magpiemarket.blogspot.com

That was my favourite dress…

Julia — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:40:32 +0000

Just taking a break from the mammoth sewing marathon I’ll currently engaged in… The Magpie market is only a few days away now – Sunday to be precise…and still so much I want to make before then!

The motif of the dress is a popular metaphor in the art world for the female gender. I’ve had it in mind, for a while, to make something dress shaped. Here’s what I came up with – brooches, made with scraps of vintage & recycled fabrics, embellished with little stitches, beads and sequins. So now my days of mini-dress wearing needn’t be over!

And, two of my favourite dress songs , which fill me with nostalgia for dresses, dancing and very LOUD music!

…which leads nicely to a short you tube video of Polly Harvey and David Byrne talking about their creative process – its an absolute gem.

Magpie Winter Market

Julia — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:45:08 +0000

Magpie is a brand new venture aiming to showcase the best art, craft and design talent around. Magpie loves the unusual, individual and eclectic… and I’m very happy that materialised will be part of the very first Magpie event! It’s taking place in a converted Church, in the shadows of Edinburgh Castle, in the historic Grassmarket, on Sunday 6th December. There’s going to be a diverse range of stalls, including many selling one-of-a-kind and vintage items – Great for Christmas pressies! I want to have a nice full stall, so for the next couple of weeks my plans involve – sewing, sewing, and more sewing! Read more about Magpie and the fabulous makers ,who’ll be selling their wares on the Magpie blog