Events :: Festival Merchant Mall
Open to the General Public
If you've forgotten an essential supply, have an urge to splurge on your craft, or just want to be dazzled by the array of merchandise that has come to Gibsons, stop by the Merchant Mall.
You'll find lots to admire and purchase, plus meet enthusiastic and knowledgeable fibre entrepreneurs who make a living doing what they love! What could be better?
- Free (general public welcome)
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
August 16, 17 & 18, 8:30am – 5:00pm daily;
Gymnasium, Elphinstone High School, 840 Gibsons Way
Invitation to merchants
Merchant Mall 2008 Application Form
2007 Merchants
See who was here in 2007:
420 Hemp Shop
Unique on the Sunshine Coast for all things hemp. Men's and women's clothing, accessories, skincare, hemp food, textiles, cordage, books, magazines and more. Enjoy a friendly and interesting environment. 5670 Cowrie St. Sechelt, BC. 604-740-3800. Email: sales@420hempshop.com. Website: www.420HempShop.com.
Alpaca Plus Inc. and Kensington Prairie Farms
We offer alpaca rovings, yarn and finished products from the alpacas that we raise on our farms. Also, honey products from our own hives, some knitting needles, felting needles and weak acid dyes. 403-684-3482. 604-626-4395. Email: yarns@alpaca.plus.com or info@kpfarm.com.
Aurelia Wool
Aurelia Wool & Weaving, owned by Andrea Lawrence, supplies direct imports from New Zealand - over 70 colours and blends of roving for spinning and felting, plus NZ yarns. Email: andrea@aureliawool.com. Website: www.aureliawool.com.
Carola's Quilt Shop
Carola's Quilt Shop is Gibsons' very own source for sewing, sewing
machine embroidery, embellishment, quilting and folk art wool supplies.
You'll find Carola's Quilt Shop at 205-938 Gibsons Way, only one block
from the Fibre Arts Festival. Come and visit the store during the
Festival to take advantage of all the sales in the store too! Email:
info@carola.ca
Website: www.carola.ca
Clementine Design
Clementine Design imports select hand made articles from southern Mexico - state of Chiapas and Guatemala. Inventory at this time includes purses, belts and one style of blouse from San Cristobal de las Casas. Attention is given to quality of workmanship. Sheila Clarke - Email: scclarke@telus.net
Creative Memories
Long term storage, safe, acid-free lignon-free products to preserve your photos and record your stories. I teach home classes and workshops using photo-safe albums and supplies to help you record the stories that go with your pictures. I also offer group presentations and business opportunities. Contact Martha Schroth at 604-886-8545, 1073 Grandview Road, Gibsons, BC, V0N 1V3 for more information.
Dyelicious Hand Dyes
Dyelicious Hand Dyes sells exquisite and vibrant hand dyed high thread count cottons and silk satin charmeuse. Available as yardage and also in kits. One of a kind pieces in various sizes. Hand dyed silk scarves, cotton scarves, small quilts and small pieces of fibre art. Contact Maya Telford at 604-826-5153, Email: mayatel@telus.net
Fairy Tale Wool and Esther Art-Design
Fairy Tale Wool is a Sunshine Coast based producer of naturally dyed unspun wool. With more than 40 warm, beautiful and consistent shades, all derived from natural source dyes, this fine fleece is ideal for all felters, spinners, weavers and any other fibre crafters. Esther Art-design incorporates Fairy Tale Wool with European fashion yarns and hemp fibre, creating totally unique purses and accessory designs. Fairy Tale Wool: 604-885-9064, Email silk-bri@dccnet.com. Esther-Art Design: 604-740-4177.
Fine Woodworking
I make equipment for spinners and weavers - bobbins (lace, tapestry, spinning wheels), drop spindles, shuttles (boat, flat, inkle, rag), niddy noddies, swifts and more. Contact for special requests. Don George, 550 Pentland Crescent, Quesnel, BC, V2J 1M7. 250-992-9683.
Fun Knits Yarn Shop
Fun Knits Yarn Shop offers a great variety of sock yarn. We carry Lorna's Lace, Cherry Tree Hill, Opal, Regia, Trekking, Online, Gedifra and many more. We also offer sweater maker yarn and so much more. 671 Plaza Road, Unit 2B, Quadra Island, BC. Website: www.funknits.com.
Hamels Fabrics
Hamels Fabrics offers a wide variety of quilting fabrics and kits plus many more quilting related things. Hamels Fabrics is Canada's largest on line quilt shop with over 9000 items to shop for online. Our toll free order line is 1-877-774-2635. Location: B-45923 Airport Road, Chilliwack B.C., V2P 1A3. Email: hamelsfabrics@shawcable.com. Website: www.hamelsfabrics.com.
Hummingbird Cottage Crafts
Hummingbird Cottage Crafts specializes in needlework supplies. We carry a wide selection of threads, patterns, fabrics, beads, embellishments and accessories for all your stitching needs. You will find all the materials you need for cross-stitch, hardanger, canvaswork, needlepoint, petit point, silk ribbon embroidery, stumpwork and various other hand embroidery techniques. 1525 Green Road, Kelowna, BC, V1P 1C7. 250-765-4862. Toll free: 1-866-765-4862. Email: hummingbirdcottage@telus.net. Website: www.hummingbirdcottage.com.
Jane Stafford Textiles
Jane Stafford Textiles is located on beautiful Salt Spring Island. We stock an extensive inventory of yarns in a stunning array of colours for hand weaving. Our store is filled with looms, spinning wheels and books on many aspects of textile design. Website: www.janestaffordtextiles.com
J.M. Enterprises
The Half Square Triangle Maker ('Haffy') is an acrylic quilting tool used for speeding up the process of making 2 inch and 3 inch half square triangles; it is based on the grid method. I invented this tool myself and have a patent in progress. It's simple and quick - make dozens in minutes! It's great for making scrappy quilts too! Visit my booth to see quilts made with the Haffy, along with patterns to go along with them. Haffy's and quilt patterns specially priced for the Festival. 403-932-2050. 1-866-932-1212. Email: halfsquare@shaw.ca. Website: www.halfsquare.ca.
Kitambaa Designs
Kitambaa Designs specializes in importing African and other specialty fabrics, and in designing and selling patterns that display these to best advantage. Kits and specialty items are also available for sale. 590 Rocky Heights Rd., Comox, BC V9M 3E7. 250-339-3845. Website: www.pippamoore.ca
Legacy Studio
Legacy Studio offers handspun yarn and spinning fibres with an emphasis on Canadian fibres. Ashford spinning equipment. Supplies for traditional rug hooking - woollen fabric, hooks and patterns. Books for spinners, knitters and rug hookers. Website: www.legacystudio.ca
Lodgepole & Co.
We will feature all kinds of beads that are suitable for use in fibre arts. Adding beads to a weaving? A knitted shawl? A felt handbag? Check us out for seedbeads, handmade beads by BC artists, unusual and one of a kind beads. We will also feature the work of Cathalynn Labonti-Smith, Knitted Jewelry Designs. Cat will be demonstrating her products and have kits to sell. Kim Fenton, 776 Geddes Road, Roberts Creek, BC, V0N 2W6. Email: lodgepole@dccnet.com
Mostly Silk
Mostly Silk specializes in alternative luxury fabrics cut and packaged into convenient sizes for quilting, appliqué, doll and dress making, book binding and all embellishments. Signature fabrics include exclusive Chinese and Indian brocades, beaded, pleated and plain dupioni, rayon velvets, suedette, silk and synthetic organzas and textured techno fabrics - available individually or in boxed sets or packs. 745 East 55th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5X 1N8. 604-872-3710. Email: mostlysilk@telus.net
Penelope Fibre Arts
Penelope Fibre Arts is located in South Surrey, BC. We stock full lines of cottons, linens, cottolins and wools for weavers and New Zealand, British and local fleece and rovings for spinners. We carry looms, wheels and equipment from Louet, Leclerc and Ashford. Website: www.penelopefibrearts.com
Quilt Magic
Our product is called Quilt Magic. It is wall hanging pictures that look like they have been quilted but there is no sewing and no gluing. The only articles one needs are a nail file or kitchen paring knife, scissors and some straight pins. Website: www.quiltmagic-bc.com
Rug & Kilim Gallery
Rug & Kilim Gallery is a supplier of hand woven wool rugs, kilims and tribal pieces from 10 tribes of the world. 604-299-3324. Website: www.rugcanada.com
S W Patterns Canada
The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection is a distinctive line of patterns for all figure types and sizes. These 'patterns that teach' introduce innovative sewing techniques and design features well beyond the ordinary. The styles are for today's wardrobe needs and many are excellent for embellishing. These have brought the fun back into garment sewing. Website: www.sewingworkshop.com
Stitches Quilt Shop
Located in the charming village of Ganges on Salt Spring Island, Stitches Quilt shop offers one of the finest selections of products for the fibre artist. Established in 1998, the shop has built a reputation as a source for a variety of non-traditional products including: paint stiks, Angelina fibres, tyvek, fiberfilm, foils, paints, mulberry bark, lutradur, as well as a stunning selection of recycled sari, silk and bamboo yarns. 250-537-8985. Email: stitchesquiltshop@sltspring.com, Website: www.stitchesquiltshop.com