Yippee - we are excited to announce HARVEST FIESTA.

The time of the year has finally arrived when you can choose between a homemade icy pole delight or a stick of fairy floss and peruse a most excellent line-up of local makers for all of those last minute festive goodies.

We have invited folk who have either been artists-in-residence at Harvest Workroom over the past year or some of the great people who use our studio to make their work.

Apart from us - Harvest Textiles - stall holders include Emily Green, Beci Orpin, Ghostpatrol, MISO, Peaches and Keen, Super Rad Nail Sisters, Abby Seymour, Fable Baby, Maryann Talia Pau, Stampel, Monolog, Cecilia Fox, Lucky Pops, Taco Truck...the list goes on.

If you would like to stay up to date with our FIESTA updates follow us on Instagram (@harvestworkroom) or Facebook.

The market will run on Saturday 22nd December 2012 from 10am - 4.30pm at 510 and 512 Lygon Street East Brunswick.

See you there!

Be sure to swing by Harvest Workoom on Wednesday 19th December 2012 between 6pm - 9pm to celebrate the end of the Peaches and Keen residency.

The duo have set up an intergalactic garden in 512 Lygon Street and are selling all sorts of lovely including works on paper, wallets, earrings, necklaces, limited edition zines..the list goes on.

See what they have been up to during their residency as they have introduced screenprinting to their practice and combined it with some hand stitching...really good stuff.

Be sure to mark December 18th in your diary as a day to avoid last minute xmas shopping mall madness by heading to the Harvest Xmas Market.

We have a fantastic line-up of designers for you this year with talents such as Beci Orpin, Douglas and Hope, Sunday Morning Designs, Miniscapes, Dani M, Inklet...the list goes on.

There will also be a Harvest Workroom ex-student's stall, a kid's craft stall, gift wrapping and craft activities plus yummy food will be brought to you by the infamous Taco Truck and local staple Each Peach.

Judging by the success of last year's xmas market this is definitely an event not to be missed...so we hope to see you down there.

Harvest Workroom, 512 Lygon Street, East Brunswick 10am - 5pm December 18th.

Keep an eye on our blog over the coming weeks to see interviews with some of the makers who will be featuring at the market and view the stall holder profiles here.

Join us at Harvest Workroom for the last 2011 event hosted by Popcraft before they frolick off into springtime.

Tangled Journeys is a day celebrating the art of decorating your ride with yarn. Whether it is practical pieces, like skirt guards, saddle covers, maybe even handlebar bags, tasles, pom poms, tube covers. It could even be items to wear! There will be examples to see, a kick-start with a crochet expert setting people off on their first project, patterns, yarn and of course to fill the tummies of all who attend - Raff's famous Taco Truck.

Tangled Journeys will be presented in conjunction with Treadlie Magazine, The Squeaky Wheel, Harvest Textiles and animator extraordinaire Isabel Knowles.

To find out more about the event see our interview with Popcraft at our blog.

Ride along to Harvest Workroom, 512 Lygon Street, East Brunswick
Sunday 28th August, 10am - 4pm.

If you haven't heard of Monolog then now is the time to sit up and listen. As one of Melbourne's most innovative new fashion/textile labels we at Harvest Workroom are well and truly looking forward to having them move into our space from September 2 -10. Monolog will use the opportunity to present the fresh new colours and styles that have been handprinted by Indie Ladan - the face behind the label - right here on our ten metre print table at Harvest Workroom.
One of the most exciting aspects of the Monolog mayhem will be the workshop that Indie will host called One Piece. Under Indie's guidance students will design their own bold flowing graphics that will then be exposed onto screens and printed on organic cotton jersey.
Find out more about Monolog and the workshop through an interview we did with Indie at our blog.

Opening night on 2nd September from 7pm-9.30pm. All welcome.
Popup Shop opening dates are 3-4 September and 7-10 September from 10.30am-5pm.

The very talented Nikki Gabriel will join us as part of our makeUp @ Harvest Workroom program in July featuring designers that use recycled or upcycled materials in their work. Nikki will use her time with us to launch her WOOLI yarn - a stunning product made of remnant fibres of CASHMERE, SILK,  WOOL, ALPACA and POSSUM.  It’s mixed up and spun into this amazing heather yarn that has a bulky tweed look...absolutely beautiful.

Using her "construction knitting" approach Nikki will host workshops to show people how to use her patterns to design and make garments using simple knitted shapes rather than elaborate craft skills. Now that sounds like a winning combination.
Book here.

As part of the 2011 State of Design's Design for Everyone program Harvest Workroom is hosting MakeUP on Sat 23 & Sun 24 July, Sat 30 & Sun 31 July.

MakeUP showcases local designers who either reuse or upcycle materials to create amazing new products. Come join us at Harvest Workroom for a series of workshops and events based around this theme. Guests include Greg Hatton, Leila Sanderson, Liz Jones, Maryann Talia Pau and Nikki Gabriel. Plus Harvest Textiles will feature an Upcycling Vintage Wallpaper workshop.

Or experience the Make Shop - drop in and engage in a creative project at any time!

View here for a list of the featured designers, the workshops and more details.

We are gearing up for a fantastic few months ahead here at Harvest Workroom. There will be so many things happening but one event that we know many of you are eagerly awaiting news of is the workshop with the fantabulous Beci Orpin.
The lucky punters who get in quick enough will get to spend the whole weekend of June 25 & 26 with Beci immersing themselves in collage and creating paperfolk mobiles.

Beci will also hold an exhibition at Harvest Workroom from June 22 so stay tuned for more details on that one.

Book in quick as spaces are limited.

The month of May sees Emily Green shimmy into Harvest Workroom to bless it with her wonderful sense of colour and abstraction. From May 9th she will take over the window exhibition space at 512 Lygon Street, East Brunswick and fill it with her colourful trademark style.

Those lucky enought to attend the two evening session workshops Emily is hosting on Thursday May 12 & 19 will then be able to immerse themselves in all things Emily while they develop their own unique colour palette and create an abstract geometric collage that will then be made up into wearable art.

Needless to say we are excited to have Emily brightening things up around here. There are still places left in the workshop so if you are at all interested -hop aboard!

We have so enjoyed having Dawn Tan as our artist-in-resident at Harvest Workroom in March.
She is such a talented, gentle and happy soul with a penchant for yummy things (especially food).
All of the lucky people who have attended her classes over the past few weeks have produced the most beautiful work and had such big smiles on their faces and that can definitely be attributed to the heart and soul that Dawn has put into her classes.

At the moment Dawn and Harvest Textiles are busy planning some lovely products that will be sold at Dawn's PopUp Shop at Harvest Workroom, 510 Lygon Street, East Brunswick.
The shop will host a special opening night on Friday April 1 from 6pm - 9pm (all welcome) and then will be open for business on Aprill 2 & 3 only between 10am-5pm.
The stock will be limited edition so don't tarry. See you there.

How happy are we at Harvest Workroom to be hosting Dawn Tan as our March artist-in-residence? Extremely so!

The magical Dawn has all sorts of things planned for her month with us - a pop up shop, an exhibition, kid's and adult's workshops, talks...the list goes on. Stay tuned for more info on dates and events as the month unfolds.

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Visit our blog post about Dawn in the lead up to her residency and read what Lucy from The Design Files has written about Dawn here. (Thanks to Lucy for the sweet image of Dawn to the left.)