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Maker Faire Bay Area (US)

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It’s been called The World’s Largest DIY Festival. And on May 30th and 31st Maker Faire 2009 is back in the US.

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Brought to you by the creators of Make magazine, Makezine.com, and Craftzine.com, Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology.

In March they were in the UK. Now Maker Faire returns to the US for the 4th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area: Re-Make America.

Following on President Obama’s call to “begin again the work of remaking America”, Maker Faire 2009 will be organized around the theme of Re-Make America. Held in the San Francisco Bay Area on May 30-31, Maker Faire celebrates what President Obama called “the risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things.” The fourth annual Maker Faire will showcase individual creativity and grassroots innovation in the largest festival devoted to DIY culture and technology in the country.

Creations from last year’s event included robots, costumes and cupcake-shaped electric cars, complete with icing and sprinkles. This event is definitely on the cutting edge–perfect for you indie crafters.

May 30 & 31, 2009

San Mateo County Expo Center

2495 S. Delaware St.

San Mateo, CA 94408

Onsite Ticket Pricing:

  • Adult – $25.00
  • Student (13-21, or with student photo ID) – $15.00
  • Youth (4-12) – $10.00
  • Children 3 and under are free

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Avoid lines onsite and save money by purchasing your tickets in advance.
Save $5-$20 per ticket!

Online tickets – discount pricing available through 5/20/2009. Online ticket purchases from 5/21/2009 – 5/28/2009 will be full price.

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These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.