Yesterday I went into the CBD for a tour of the new Sydney Exhibition Centre at Glebe Island. This is the new home for the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair for the next three years.
A lot of people have been concerned that it’s going to be much harder to get to. Well, it’s not. It IS going to take a little longer to get there, but not much.
But how about this: arrive at Australia’s largest craft show by ferry on beautiful Sydney Harbour. Wow! I can’t think of a nicer way to get to the craft show. Sydney Harbour is just gorgeous in the winter morning sunshine, and that’s how I plan to get to the show each day.
There will be free ferries from both Circular Quay (30 minute trip) and Darling Harbour (10 minute trip) running all day. There will be free buses from Central Station. And there is onsite parking and overflow parking (with a free shuttle bus to the venue – 3 minutes away).
In the picture above, the closest line of roofing is where the buses and coaches will deposit their eager show-goers. A little further behind is another line of roofing which is where the ferries will dock. Both are right on the doorstep for the show entry. In the very left of the photo is a cruise ship at the White Bay terminal – some wags at yesterday’s preview suggested that was to be our ferry boat! In the background is the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
But the FIRST thing I noticed about the new venue is the lighting. The exhibition halls are full of natural light. It’s lovely! Natural light is what we embroiderers live to stitch by and choose fabrics and threads under. This new venue is filled with gorgeous natural light!
For those of you who are on the craft show’s mailing list, you’ll be getting your Craft Fair Friend preview magazine in the next few days. Turn to the “What’s Hot” section, and you’ll see “Sardinian Knotted Embroidery” as the number 1 listing! And then further on in the booklet, there’s a little blurb about me.
There will be heaps of wonderful exhibitors and displays at the show. Cavalcade of Fashion will be there as usual, and the wonderful quilt show that we all love to ooh and ahh over!
Yours truly will be at the Vetty Creations stand (C86), ready to help you with your embroidery needs, and to autograph your new copy of Sardinian Knotted Embroidery. I’ll have Sardinian, Portuguese, Mountmellick and general embroidery supplies, and all my books.
I’d love to meet you, so please come and say hello!
The Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair is on from Wednesday 9th to Sunday 13th July at Glebe Island.
For more details about the show (lots of information about getting there) and to pre-book tickets, visit the show’s website.
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
That’s reassuring. We couldn’t make it yesterday (not without cancelling classes any how). It does look bright and cheerful.