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  • Visitors admiring handmade textile art and quilts at a craft and quilting exhibition.
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  • Visitors admiring large handmade textile art and quilts at a craft and quilting exhibition.
9 – 12 Sep

Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair

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Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair returns to the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre for makers, artists, educators and retailers for four days of creativity, learning and community.

The event celebrates quilting, sewing, embroidery, knitting, crochet, papercraft, jewellery making and cake decorating. Contemporary alcohol ink and collage artist Natalie Jayne joins as guest artist, sharing her colourful work and creative process. New this year is the cake decorating and sugar art pavilion celebrating sugar artistry, presented by Cake Alley.

Visitors can enjoy the craft bar, studio workshops, skills studio demonstrations, make and takes, seminars, live demonstrations and knitters lounge. Plus major sewing machine brands will showcase technology.

The Victorian quilters showcase highlight textile artistry, from traditional techniques to contemporary designs, and specialist exhibitors will offer fabrics, tools, yarn, equipment and supplies.

Presented by Expertise Events.

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Date Times
Wed 9 Sep
  • 10am - 4pm 10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 10 Sep
  • 10am - 4pm 10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 11 Sep
  • 10am - 4pm 10:00am - 4:00pm
Sat 12 Sep
  • 10am - 4pm 10:00am - 4:00pm

Location

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
1 Convention Centre Pl
South Wharf 3006

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Price and bookings

From $13 to $28

Adult / general $28
Senior $28
Student / concession $24
Children $13

Free for children under 12

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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9235 8000
  • email address: craft@expertiseevents.com.au
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