Thank you to all of our vendors, guests, staff and community partners for an awesome day at Patchwork Show Santa Ana. Santa Ana is where we held the very first Patchwork Show ever 11 years ago! It’s hard to believe…

Thank you to all of our vendors, guests, staff and community partners for a lovely (and unseasonably hot!) day at Patchwork Show Long Beach. This is our largest show and the location right on the water makes it one of…

I’ve dreamt of bringing Patchwork Show to Sonoma County for several years and I am so happy to say that this fall season, we finally made it happen! We welcomed over 100 vendors to our venue at the Sonoma County…

This fall marked our second time bringing Patchwork Show to Ventura. This season had been rough with fires raging right before our shows in two of our locations, including the Maria Fire in Ventura. Thank you to everyone who came…

Last weekend at our last Patchwork Show of the spring 2019 season in Long Beach at Marine Stadium it was overcast and cool in the morning but, it burned off just as the show got started and the summer sun…

I couldn’t have asked for a better show to celebrate our 8th anniversary of hosting our bi-annual modern makers festival Patchwork Show in Oakland at Jack London Square a few weeks ago. The weather was perhaps the best we’ve ever…

The sky was the only thing that was gloomy this past weekend for Patchwork Show Santa Ana. I am happy to report that so many folks came out to support local makers, eat yummy food, and hang out in the Artists…

A WORD FROM NICOLE… After eight years, you’d think I’d be used our Craftcation Conference by now. But, I’m not. Every single Craftcation since that first one in 2012 has been incredibly memorable but each for different reasons. If I picked one…

SPRING PATCHWORK SEASON IS COMING! Patchwork Show season is back – make plans to shop local with us this Spring!  And this year, you have FOUR spring Patchwork Shows to choose from!! In addition to Santa Ana, Oakland and Long Beach we…

Hello, Spaulding here (aka the Dear Handmade Life Operations Director)! I recently did an Instagram story takeover for Dear Handmade Life while I was traveling abroad to Frankfurt, Germany. We were invited by the marketing folks at Messe Frankfurt to…