York Makers Winter Fair - Saturday 22 November 2025

York Makers Winter Fair - Hippystitch
(Flyer Design - Lucy Monkman)

It's almost that time of year again when the York Makers Winter Fair puts in an appearance to make your Christmas shopping easy. Pop the date in your diary - Saturday 22 November 2025 at Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York, YO23 1BW from 10am to 4pm. Expect to find me there along with other stallholders who will be selling candles, terrazzo homeware, textiles and clothing, leather goods, prints and cards, paintings, stained glass, wooden items, felted creations, paper and book art, ceramics and jewellery of all sorts. This year we have the added bonus of a cafe run by Planet Food. It'll be a great event to start your Christmas shopping or to treat yourself.

Colourful Hippystitch Button Brooches

I love searching out interesting fabric and buttons and turning them into jewellery.  So, as well as my fabric necklaces and button bracelets (see top image), I shall have lots of new brooches.  Some are colourful (above) or vintage & modern...

Hippystitch Vintage & Modern Button Brooches

Some have a Christmas theme...

Hippystitch Ceramic Holly Button Brooches

Some are wooden...

Hippystitch Wooden Button Brooches

Some use old coins no longer in use...

Hippystitch Vintage Coin Brooches

Some are unusual shapes...

Hippystitch Button Brooches

and there'll be more besides.  So do come along, I'm sure you'll find something to tempt you!  Also if you pop over to the York Makers page on Instagram you can enter the competition to win a £30 voucher to spend at the fair.  Check it out here. You have until 6pm on Monday 17 November 2025 to enter..

Looking forward to seeing you!

Craft-y-Crawl - Sunday 18 November 2018

Hippystitch, By Helen, What's To Be Done With Her & Lucy Monkman Illustration

Come and join us on Sunday 18 November 2018 from noon to 4pm for Planet South Bank's Craft-y-Crawl.  Tour round the South Bank area of York where local artists and makers will be displaying their work.

At 33 Wentwork Road, York, YO24 1DG you will find, as well as tea, cake and mince pies, some new work from me including...

Bird Brooches

Wooden Button Brooches

Liberty Print Fabric Necklaces

Colourful Button Brooches

Lucy Monkman will also be there with her colourful and contemporary cards, stationery & prints...

Lucy Monkman Illustration

and this year Lucy also has her Home Sweet Home mugs...

What's To Be Done With Her will have lovely ladies tunic dresses, girls' dresses and baby knits...

What's To Be Done With Her

And By Helen will have her beautiful flowers made from yarn and fabric...

By Helen

And next door at 35, Wentworth Road you'll find Sue Dennis & Ruth Merriman with their cards and handpainted wooden tiles.

Do call in we'd love to see you!

A map showing all those taking part is available here and a full list of participants here. 

York Makers Spring Fair - Saturday 21 April 2018

York Makers Spring Fair Illustration by Lucy Monkman

You may have seen this fab illustration by Lucy Monkman on social media.  It represents the lovely handmade treats that will be available at the York Makers Spring Fair this Saturday 21 April 2018. Doors open at Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York, YO23 1BW at 10am and entry is free.  

Carrot Cake by O'Crumbs - Photographed by Annemarie King at The French House York

Tempting enough in itself, I know, but if you need an added incentive then look no further than O'Crumbs who is running the cafe for us. Fab homemade cakes will be on offer!

My new Liberty fabric stash

In preparation, I have been transforming my new Liberty prints into fabric necklaces ready for the fair...

Liberty print fabric necklaces

and of course I'll have lots of other goodies...

Hippystitch brooches and bracelets

But I won't be there on my own.  You'll also find:

A selection of work by York Makers

A selection of work by York Makers

Textiles & Homewares
Girls Dresses & Ladieswear
What's to be Done with Her

Vintage Textiles & Haberdashery 
Wonderful Weaselworks
Petra Bradley Prints 

Bags
Fab & Funky Handbags
Pennie & Susie

Needlefelting & Woodturning
Greenhart & Kind

Candles
Peace & Quiet Soy Wax Candles

Pottery
Ali Bradley Pottery 
James Neath Design

Macramé
Jo Heath

Jewellery
Hippystitch
By Helen
Lorina Lynne Jewellery 
Blathnat
Judy's Jewels
  
Cards, Prints & Stationery
Lucy Monkman  
West Plum Studio
Rose & Hen  
Dotty Ella
Little Leaf Creative

Did you know that York Open Studios is also taking place while our Spring Fair is on and other York Makers are exhibiting as part of that event?  Why not make a day of it and visit the Spring Fair and other artists in the area.  How fab would that be!  

Hope to see you on Saturday...

Craft-y-Crawl - Sunday 27 November 2016

It's that time of year when thoughts turn to Christmas shopping - well, there is only about a month to go! So I thought I'd tell you about an event I'm involved in that could solve all your Christmas shopping worries.  On Sunday 27 November 2016 from 12 to 4pm in the South Bank area of York, a Craft-y-Crawl has been organised by Planet South Bank.  
 

Wooden brooches - Hippystitch

Felt necklaces - Hippystitch

Makers will be exhibiting and selling crafts of all types in their own homes. It's a great way to explore the wealth of creative talent in the South Bank area of York, support independent businesses, makers and hobby groups and get your Christmas gift shopping done. You're sure to find unique pieces - and meet some lovely locals! 
 

Ceramic brooches - Hippystitch

On Wentworth Road you will find Hippystitch and Lucy Monkman with jewellery, cards & stationery. Then you can pop next door and see Sue Dennis, Ruth & Meredith with cards, cushions & accessories. In fact why not do the whole trail.  You can find a map here and a full list of participants here.

Christmas Cards - Lucy Monkman

Bookmarks - Lucy Monkman

Maps and leaflets with the trail details and participating addresses are also available from Sainsburys, Pextons, Millie's and Frankie and Johnny’s on Bishopthorpe Road, York and from The Golden Ball in Bishophill.  

Pocket mirrors - Lucy Monkman

Do come along we'd love to see you!

"How to..." at the new Open Shop in York

If you haven't visited the Open Shop in New Earswick, York then it's time to take a look.  It's a place where you can meet up, share your ideas, take part in Trade Schools, Public Office sessions, attend workshops or just pop in for a cup of tea.  All events are free to attend (Trade Schools work on barter) and have been created with local people for local people.  To find out more about all the events on offer, click here.
 

Public Office session at Open Shop York

There are two big tables to gather round

I've already dropped off a bag of knitting materials if you want to relax there and do a bit of knitting 
 

Open Shop York

One of the events I'm involved with is on Saturday 5 March 2016.  Here York Makers are running some workshops and all materials are provided ...
 

10:00 to 12:00 Yarnstorming with Hippystitch
Join Hippystitch and have a go at knitting, finger knitting, arm knitting, pompom making and stitching to create a display for the Open Shop.

12:00 to 14:00 Card Making with Lucy Monkman
Lucy will be holding a fun card making workshop for adults and children

Nicola from O'Crumbs will also be there to share her baking tips.
 
You can find the Open Shop at:

20 Hawthorn Terrace
New Easwick
York
YO32 4BL 

which is where the old Post Office used to be.  Tnere is a small car park just round the corner or hop on your bike or the bus if it's too far to walk.  Hope to see you there ...