Where to Find the {NewNew} May 16 + 17

If the Spring Handmade Cavalcade whet your appetite for more {NewNew} goodies then you won't be disappointed this weekend. Check out these great venues in Brooklyn where the {NewNew} will be out in force.

The Brooklyn Flea continues this weekend in Fort Greene. Drop by and enjoy great food, music, and the following fabulous {NewNew} vendors: MayLuk, Cakehouse, Jantar, p*Charming, and AdornmentsNYC. Location: Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Lafayette Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues. Saturday, 10am - 5pm.

Artists and Fleas in McCarren Park continues this Saturday, featuring independent designers of clothing, jewelry, accessories, and handmade crafts. NordeaSoaperie and PulpSushi of the {NewNew} will be vending at this fun outdoor event, so be sure to stop by and check out their gorgeous soaps and beautiful jewelry. Location: North end of McCarren Park, adjacent to the McCarren Field, Brooklyn. Saturday, 10am - 6pm.

LuCrafts, WabisabiBrooklyn, and NewYorkClocks will be at the Brooklyn Indie Market this weekend, so make a trip to beautiful Carroll Gardens and check out their awesome items. Location: Red and white tent at Smith and Union Streets. Saturday,11am-7pm.

Park Slope's Fifth Avenue Fair
A street fair for all ages, the Fifth Avenue Fair always draws huge crowds from all over NYC. Local artisans will be selling alongside the Fifth Avenue shops and restaurants. Entertainment includes the Puppetry Arts Theatre where kids can make their own puppets and an Antique Car Show where you can vote for your favorite car. Lots of {NewNew} members will be there, so be sure to say hi to KimmChi, WabisabiBrooklyn, LuCrafts, Jantar, RedBridge, Karen'sMonsters, Beadscarf, WishByFelicity, DirtyLovesClean, Lingua Nigra and Fubabee.

Location: Fifth Avenue from Sterling Place to 12th Street in Brooklyn. Sunday, 11am - 7pm.

Have a lovely weekend!



Karina
WindowsOfAgate

Get Ready for a {NewNew} Spring!

Back by popular demand, The {NewNew} will be hosting the Spring Handmade Cavalcade at The Bell House on May 9 and 10. RSVP here to receive a limited edition screen-printed tote, perfect for all your local shopping trips!* And don't forget to pass this onto your friends! They'll want to do some fun shopping as well! *RSVP entitles registrant to one free, limited edition screen-printed tote bag. Offer available to the first 200 people to RSVP.

Find us at Renegade!

That's right - application's in the mail and acceptances came in yesterday. You can be sure The {NewNew} will be well represented at this year's Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fair at the McCarren park track on June 6 + 7th - 11am to 6pm both days - MARK YOUR CALENDARS (and your brooklyn maps)!

You'll find these LOCAL artists and their handmade goods:

Allene La Spina and Molly Shoelace splitting a booth with a slew of handmade wares - from paintings to prints, cards, notecards and even some handmade ornaments, jewelry and embroidery.


Peppersprouts partners with Dirty Loves Clean with hand cut diaramas and wood cut coasters paired with vegan soaps, lip balms and bath teas.


Wonderful crafted eyepillows, pin cushions and other crafty accessories form our own Kayte Terry of LoveForever sharing a tent with treehouse.


cakehouse with her upcycled vintage fabrics into housewares including pillows, napkins, placemats and tea towels, all embellsihed with the serious llama, wiley fox or comforting cat pairs with Miniature Rhino this Renegade

LusciousNaturals bring her all natural handmade beauty aids - soaps, shampos, masks, and scrubs.



Fun house inspired jewelry from J Davis Studio - in gold and sterling silver.



Prismpop and CajaJewelry have teamed up for Renegade this year - joining bold and colorful paper arts with handcut jewelry.


Metalsugar will be on hand with yummy, sweet treats made of metal for your wearing pleasure.



And representing geekery we'll have ikyoto, Look Closely Press and PCharming combining silkscreeend tee's, plush ninja throwing stars, witty journals, and unique charm jewelry.

Sewn fantasticness in the form of skirts, bags and pants from GoMonkeyDesign.




Better Than Jam, Waisze and KnitKnit have partnered together to bring their unique silkscreened apparel and bags, creative cards and keepsake tins and needle felted jewelry and bags under one tent.

And the Team will have it's own tent! We'll have saleable items from some of our most active members including KimmChi, Wabisabi Brooklyn, Fubabee, BlueStitch books as well as some team buttons and schedules so you'll know where to find us all summer long!

more to come as we know more, where we'll be and the handmade goodies we'll have!


-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com

303 Grand Artist & Fleas Market & Workshops

Come and join us for a fun filled weekend with members of the {NewNew} on March 12th - 14th at 303GRAND - a revolving storefront. Artists & Fleas is teaming up with 303 Grand to host an indoor market featuring up to 20 different local artists/designers and awesome DIY workshops, including a needle felting workshop with KnitKnit!

303 Grand St. (at Havermeyer), Brooklyn, NY [MAP]
Thursday-Friday 4-9pm, Saturday 1-9pm
www.303grandnyc.com





{NewNew} members who will be selling + their dates (from left to right):
CajaJewelry (3/14),
KnitKnit (3/13 - 3/14),
MarySavel (3/12 - 3/14),
CollectiveElements (3/14), and KimmChi (3/14)



















303 GRAND WORKSHOP
Learn how to needle felt with KnitKnit!
We will make soft, felted creatures and shapes using a felting needle and wool.
No previous experience required, but the workshop is not recommended for children as there will be sharp needles involved.
Friday, March 13th from 5-6 pm. $35.00 - materials will be included in class fee. More info! Pre-register with Selena at Selena@303grandnyc.com. Hurry - there are only 10 spots available!













Hope to see you there!

Nguyen
KnitKnit

Where to Find The {NewNew} on March 7 + 8

DUMBO Winter Pop-Up Market

Make your way to the DUMBO Winter Pop-Up Market and check out members of the {NewNew} Team this Saturday and Sunday. Location: 81 Front Street, Brooklyn (Map)






Saturday, March 7th Line-Up (left to right): Yaniamor, Wish By Felicity, & MellowBeing









Sunday, March 8th Line-Up (left to right): KnitKnit, Jantar, and Nordea's Soaperie









Artists and Fleas Indoor Market
Karen's Monsters will be at the Artists and Fleas Indoor Market both Saturday the 7th and Sunday the 8th. Location: 129 North 6th Street, Brooklyn. (Map)



Happy Handmade Shopping!


Karina
WindowsOfAgate

Pillowcase How-To

Refashioning Your Old Pillows

An easy way to add some spice to your space is just to change something superficial, like a pillow. If you’re disinclined to go out and buy new pillows, it’s easy enough to just cover up the old ones. Instead of covering my pillow completely, I’m going to make an envelope style pillowcase so I can take it off to wash occasionally.

My mom covered this pillow for me when I was in high school. I recently opened it up and realized that the original pillow is a Minnie Mouse pillow that I loved when I was 7. I’m no longer into either of these patterns, though they were perfect at the time. So it’s time for something new. After digging through my fabric stash, I found the perfect fabric to fit my life now. (Alternately, you can use old curtains, a moomoo from the thrift store, sheets, etc just find something you like.)

What you’ll need:
A pillow to cover
Fabric (a large enough piece to cover your pillow and then some)
Scissors
Measuring Tape (I used a measuring tape, a yard stick, and a hem gauge)
Pins
Sewing Machine (or you could sew it by hand)
Matching or Contrasting Thread
Tailors Chalk

Step 1

Measure your pillow. Mine is approximately 18 inches square, measured from seam to seam.

If you want a nice and snug fitting pillowcase, don’t give yourself a seam allowance when you measure out your front piece. My pillow is a little flat, so I’m going to make one large square of 18 x 18 inches for the front panel.

For the back panels, I’m cutting out 2 rectangles, each 18 inches long. One is 11 inches wide and the other is 13 inches wide. The back panels will need a seam allowance on the overlapping edges of 1 inch each, plus they need to overlap by at least 1 inch. I like a lot of overlap so that they stay firmly in place.

Use this to check what your overlap will be: Overlap = (Width 1 + Width 2) – 2” seam allowance – height of pillow.

Mine is: 11 + 13 – 2 – 18 = 4 inches of overlap (this might be a little bit of an overkill).

After you’ve figured out what size each panel should be, draw directly onto the wrong side of your fabric and cut out your panels.

As you can see, my back panels are a different fabric than the front. No rhyme or reason there, just felt like it.

Step 2

Using a measuring device (I used my hem gauge), fold over 1 inch of one of the 18-inch sides of each back panel, then pin and iron. Then tuck half of that under itself, so the hem is only half an inch, like shown, ironing and pinning again.

Using your sewing machine, sew each hem in place, taking out the pins as you come to them. I chose to use a thread color that matches the front and contrasts with the back panels.

Step 3

If you wish to embellish the front, now would be a good time to do so, however you’d like. I chose to let the pattern on the front speak for itself.

Now pin the pieces together with the right sides facing inside.

Overlap the top and bottom back panels, pinning well, so that together the two back panels match the front panel.

I like to have the top back panel on top when all finished, so I pin it underneath the bottom panel, so it switches when I turn it right side out.

You can choose to have right and left back panels instead of top and bottom. That’s especially nice if you have a longer rectangular pillow, instead of a square one.

Step 4

Sew it all together!

One seam around taking out the pins as you go works fine, I keep a ¼ inch seam allowance. And do backstitch both the beginning and the end, which are in exactly the same place.

Snip the corners off, careful not to cut the seam.

Step 5

Turn it right side out. I like to use a chopstick to get the corners all pointy. A pencil or your finger can work fine too.

And now stuff it with your pillow.

Et voila!

By Karen
www.KarensMonsters.com