Crafts / DIY

Bill Stearman is travelling across Canada to interview Queer Elders. He was recently in Ottawa to share details about his ongoing project with the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild.

Fully licensed, so you can sip and savour while you shop, this fall’s four-day Signatures event is a shopping experience unlike any other, spotlighting the work of more than 125 artists, artisans, makers, and designers from coast to coast.

“I’ve been obsessed with eggs lately,” Glover says. “Some of my ceramic eggs are outside, on the studio. Did you see them?” Zenith Wolfe gives us an inside tour of Lynn Glover’s pottery studio, Goat and Rabbit Pottery.

The Sweetly Affordable Art Fair (SAAF) is an outdoor art show at Wesley Clover Parks (401 Corkstown Road) on May 20 and 21. This year’s SAAF is co-occurring in collaboration with the Ottawa Dressage Festival, which will have thousands of visitors. This means SAAF exhibitors can expect many visitors on-site each day of the event!

Here’s what you can expect for December’s holiday markets and craft fairs.

Apt613 has shared all we know about the many holiday craft fairs and markets happening this month— now we need to get ready for December!

In record time, Côté Fleurs went from the web to Parkdale Market to a brick-and-mortar store. On November 10, bilingual owner Gabrielle Hui St-Aubin’s flower subscription business will move indoors and add a flower bar, Grab’n’Go bouquets, a make-your-own-dried-flower-arrangement station and a Made in Ottawa gift shop featuring many favourite local makers to their operation, all before turning one year old! A standout achievement, much like their stunning floral offerings.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… holiday craft show season! That’s right—it begins in early November, we presume to give folks plenty of time to shop before the holidays are truly upon us.

If you’re organizing or hosting a holiday market, please let Apt613 know about it!

Cheerfully Made Goods + Markets presents their fall craft market on Sept. 24-25 at the Bell Sensplex, where over 100 small Canadian businesses will show off their handcrafted goods to the public.

Theo Fietka and Anna Paluch share a few things in common—namely, an artistic practice grounded in Polish folk art traditions and a desire to help each other out as they carve out a niche for their folk art.

After two long years, Ottawa Comiccon is back from Sept. 9-11, 2022, bringing fiction fans everything they can dream of, including Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen, Denise Crosby, Tomer Capone, Cary Elwes, and Georges St-Pierre.

Hannah Fraser’s local business, Floral Sweeties brings you all things floral: from jewelry to artwork, she combines art and science to create masterpieces with real flowers.

On Saturday, April 30, from 10am–3pm, the Hintonburg Community Centre at 1064 Wellington St. West presents Hintonburg Fabric Flea Market for all things sewing-related. From wool to fabrics to knits and more, over 70 vendors have plenty to offer you for all your crafty desires.

Finding the right fit takes time. After looking at many locations, Amanda Cockburn, founder of Freewheeling Craft, an organization bringing new and established artisans together, finally found a dream space to connect Ottawa artists. A long time in the making, but nonetheless worth the wait, 70B Beech officially opens this April.