Mega-design-marvel Beci Orpin will be featuring a healthy range of her journals, prints, cushions, mobiles and some brand new pieces especially for the Harvest market.

Of course Harvest are big fans of Ms Orpin and her clan and so we are very pleased that she and her husband Raff are doing a double header with Raff steering his Taco Truck our way for market day too. (see below for more on Raff)

Miniscapes merge desktop gardening and design to produce beautiful living sculptures.
Miniscape terrariums are the perfect living centre piece for your office reception, board room table, studio or home environment.
A sustainable alternative to floral arrangements, these miniature gardens bring a slice of nature inside.
Miniscapes was founded in 2008 by Clea Cregan in her downtime from working in the film industry.

What began as personal projects for around her home, and for friends has quickly gathered momentum, and now Clea is installing personalised miniature gardens in some of Melbourne's most creative businesses.
We especially love the little dinosaur terrariums - pick up your little piece of prehistoric paradise!

Sunday Morning Designs produces a beautiful collection of illustrated pillowcase sets and doona covers, vintage fabric scarves, a small range of stationery, including a beautiful colouring book and hand printed greeting cards.
Sunday Morning Designs has also launched a super cute range of kids clothes, and a range of mens and womens basics all featuring quality fabrics and hand printed illustrations by Dylan Martorell.

The products are all made in Melbourne, bedding is printed on 100% cotton - a super soft jersey - which is made in Australia.
Wherever possible Sunday Morning utilizes sustainable production methods, with an emphasis on local materials, small independent Melbourne based manufacturers, and uses eco inks, recycled papers, vintage fabrics, green energy and pedal power!
Go guys!

Most folk around Melbourne town would know Cath Hope who has been designing product and fashion for 17 years and is responsible for establishing the institution of Douglas & Hope.

Well Douglas & Hope has recently closed it's retail doors as Cath makes a move out of the big smoke but the great thing is she will continue to design and manufacture a whole range of goodies. Her melamine plates, cushions and tote bags will be available for sale at Harvest Market.

The Hungry Workshop is a contemporary letterpress printmaking and graphic design studio. They create unique printed works by exploring every aspect of the letterpress process – from design to paper stocks, ink and plate surface using a vintage Heidelberg Windmill (a big clunking and wooshing old letterpress machine) to create all of their printed work.

For the Harvest Xmas Market these guys will sell a selection of letterpress printed greeting cards, with an emphasis on the holidays, along with sets of cards that can be given as gifts. All of your gift giving needs can be taken care of under one roof.

Inklet is all about doing what’s best for our environment, our community and your little ones. Products are locally made with certified organic cotton fabrics and are screen printed by hand at Ink and Spindle with water based, environmentally friendly inks.

Inspired by nature, the ocean and Melbourne, Inklet came to life when Dana Leviston moved her children’s wear label Twiglet into the Ink & Spindle textile printing studio. It only made sense to combine their skills and produce this little range. The Inklet range consists of T-shirts for babies and children, baby blankets, bibs and onesies. Prints include "Pirates and Sea Creatures", "Trams and Bicycles" and "Little Forest".

It has been awesome watching our ex-student Indie Ladan foster her label Monolog that was launched at the 2010 Harvest Xmas Market.
In leaps and bounds she has taken her contemporary label to "must-have" status in the local fashion scene.

In Indie's words:
"Monolog is simply a celebration of graphics, forms and modularity. In developing their products they make their best attempts to be environmentally conscious – from using organic materials and processes to recycling waste where possible. They are also very much inspired to be practical and versatile."
At Harvest Xmas market Monolog will sell organic hand-screenprinted casual tops, singlets, dresses and outerwears.

Together the RMIT Textile Gang are a collaboration of the third year textile design degree students looking to sell their hand crafted products to raise money to support their third year show next year - how organised is that?

They will be selling cookbooks, calendars, wrapping paper and also some individual products such as tea towels, tote bags, scarfs as well.

For anyone familiar with Harvest you will know that we have a huge crush on Miss Emily Green. She is our studio buddy and we love the classy colour palettes she brings to our everyday lives.

At the Harvest Xmas Market Emily will sell colourful hand-formed beads strung into necklaces, geometric brooches and pendants, digitally printed cotton scarves, prints of her artworks and simple stud earrings.
Each of the pieces in her collection are designed and handmade at her Harvest Workroom studio.

Danielle Maugeri has been handmaking contemporary jewellery and delicate porcelain wares since 2001.
Each range is a reflection of Dani M herself. Often designing and making things she wants to wear (with the hope that someone else will too), her back catalogue can trace where dani was at that point in time and also tracks her development and never-ending desire to learn about new materials and techniques.
A dedicated follower of fashion, Dani's work is often designed to be fashionable with a twist of minimal timelessness.

Dani's stock at Harvest Xmas Market will include lots of really wearable everyday pieces, some fun and refreshing ideas. And her new range of rock inspired ring holders for the bedside table.

The ever-inspirign fabric mecca Patchwork on Central Park will relocate to Harvest Workroom for the day to sell liberty fabrics, ribbons, random japanese fabrics and vintage fabrics and patterns.

How gorgeous are those Japanese polka dot fabrics?

Simply Phoebe's fabric jewellery and ornaments are designed for those who like to keep it simple, but still make a statement. Phoebe is inspired by texture, structure, clean lines, classic shapes, colour, and multifunctional design. Her handmade fabric neckpieces feature tubes of fabric, predominantly remnant, reclaimed or vintage pieces, which are machine sewn and turned out using a traditional roleau technique, then secured and hand finished. They are designed to be ornamental, yet also practical and multifunctional, acting as a necklace and/or scarf.

At the Harvest Xmas Market Phoebe will sell handmade fabric neckpieces, made using remnant, recycled and vintage fabrics and fabric Christmas decorations, made using offcuts from the neckpiece making.

Susan Fitzgerald is the super friendly face behind Spin Spin - an independent designer and screen printer from Melbourne. She hand makes and prints all items with the exception of yardage fabric which is printed locally by Ink & Spindle.

She loves brown paper and string and works exclusively with natural fabrics including linen, hemp and organic cotton. All inks used are water based and ecofriendly. Waste is kept to a minimum and all packaging is unbleached and biodegradable. Yay Susan!
Come market day Susan will be selling tea towels, fabric yardage & panels, cushions, brooches, magnets, gift cards and tags and more.

Since finishing Textile design at RMIT Stampel Studio creator Andrea Shaw has worked across a range of design mediums.
It’s this love of creative diversity and an ode to colour and sustainability that inspired her label which encompasses textile design, paper and wood art, jewellery design and macramé.

Expect a vast range of macrame plant hangers,timber bead necklaces & earrings, maacrame necklaces and timber vessels at the market.

Sweet Polka are designers, illustrators, artists and musicians who meet for craft night and snack and chat and make all sorts of things. They definitely won the prize at our market last year for" the most stallholders squeezed behind a trestle" as their collective came together for the day to peddle their wares.

Their stock for this year's market will include homewares, stationery and accessories including beautiful bunting, letterpress cards, liberty cotton scarves and pincushions.

States of Nature love using environmentally sound materials and techniques to produce beautiful products.
The patterns they print onto scarves, bags and homewares are often based on plants and natural forms, and they use only water based inks to create our prints. All of their products are printed by hand in Australia.

States of Nature will be selling hand printed cards, brooches, earrings, pendants, scarves, tea towels and napkins, tote bags, canvas artworks and silk dresses.

So Little Time Co.run by KirstyEckard makes wearable watches, cute brooches and photo pendants laser cut from locally sourced Tasmanian Blackwood. Their ideas are brought to life with a lick of paint, a stitch or two and a whole lot of love - each of their wearables are individual and one of a kind.
Kirsty is a lover of bright colours, illustrated and drawn typography, laser cut wood and anything that can be created by hand, especially if it involves cutting paper.

She currently channels her creativity into wearables for So Little Time Co, but is constantly expanding her brand, skills and abilities, with plans for more illustration and design-based work. She is passionate about design that starts on paper, and even more so if the outcome is tactile, and can be touched, appreciated and cherished.

Jacinta Sobey is one of our marvellous ex-students who has taken her printmaking to the next level.
Earlier this year she launched Pom by Pomegranate and we are very excited to have her hosting her own stall at our market this year. She loves to explore patterns, colour and the use of organic materials and she designs, prints and makes her pieces by hand in her Melbourne studio.

Her wares will include Pompom brooches, bobby pins & hair clips; Hand printed Fragranced organic eco sachets (to keep insects away and keep your clothes smelling lovely); hand printed Tote bags, cushions, scarfs and gift wrap.
Hop over to Jacinta's blog to stay abreast with all of her busy beavering.

Gaye Abandon is a label featuring one-of a kind/limited edition accessories, homewares and art pieces designed and made in Melbourne.
Most of their products are made from upcycled and repurposed materials and include arm warmers, scarves, purses, hottie covers and homewares all made from recycled felted jumpers.

Tess McCabe of the Creative Women's Circle will be peddling her hot off the press book - Conversations with Creative Women.

The book is a collection of 14 exclusive interviews with some of Australia’s most talented female creatives, from industries as varied as millinery, textile design, blogging, architecture, retail, writing, weaving and fashion design.

Harvest Textiles produces children’s and adult's clothing, hand printed fabric, homewares, accessories and contemporary DIY kits that all feature our own hand made print designs.
We use organic, recycled or locally produced fabrics where possible to reduce the impact on the environment as well as ensuring products are made in an ethical manner.

One of the things we love the most about hosting a market is that we get to present some of the Harvest Workroom ex-students who happen to be a frightfully talented bunch.
Keep your eyes peeled for screenprinted goodness, jewellery, knitted/crocheted one-offs, macrame and all sorts of other delights.

One of the most popular stands last year at our market was the one hosted by the Harvest kids and their friends.
All goodies on the stall are made by those nimble or pudgy hands (depending on the age) ...who knows what is in store for this year's bits and pieces. It just depends what they conjure up over the next few weeks. Super cute stuff!

Raff and his Taco Truck will be offering their infamous tacos (fish, beef and veg) out the back of Harvest Workroom for all hungry market goers.

You can relax in our courtyard in between purchases and chill out to our tunes. Spend a few hours at our market knowing that you will stay fed and watered.