FELT CLUB: XL HOLIDAY featuring MAKER SQUARE

Sunday, NOVEMBER 18, 11am-6pm | LACC, 855 N. Vermont Ave., LA CA 90029

Tickets are $5 at the door—or visit one of these locations and get your tickets in advance for half off! Kids under 12 are free. There are no online ticket sales.

What in tarnation is Felt Club: XL Holiday?
On Sunday, November 18, from 11am-6pm we’re hosting 75+ artists, crafters, and designers from SoCal and beyond who’ll show off their latest and greatest D.I.Y. wares for your handmade-shopping pleasure! Visitors will also enjoy fresh and delicious eats and drinks from renowned Eagle Rock eatery Auntie Em’s Kitchen. You’ll also enjoy happy shopping music from our DJs, Dirty Robot and Lance Rock. With your $5 admission, you’ll receive a ticket to win a fantastic door prize, and the first 250 visitors will be treated to swag bags full of cool magazines, craft patterns, coupons, buttons, li’l gifts and samples from our sponsors and vendors (sneak peeks are viewable in our Flickr pool!). Last but not least, we’re offering a full roster of hands-on craft classes throughout the day.

But what the heck is “Maker Square”?!
Maker Square is our fair-within-a-fair—a mini version of the popular Maker Faire event—hosted by the staff of Make and Craft magazines. Maker Square brings together science, art, craft and engineering in a fun, energized and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of all ages to roll up their sleeves and become makers. Expect to see demonstrations (often hands-on) in robotics, unusual musical instruments, soft circuits, microcontrollers, and more. The Maker Square portion of Felt Club will feature people like Mister Jalopy, who will demonstrate his Mobile Drive-In Movie Projector (featured on the cover of MAKE Vol.11), Jason Torchinsky’s “Super Stick”, a 5-foot tall Atari 2600 joystick (which actually works!!), Jed Berk and his Blubberbots, and many more. In short, Maker Square is DIY meets techno-nerdiness at its best!

Where does XL Holiday happen?
The event happens outdoors on the quad at Los Angeles City College, 855 N. Vermont Ave. (between Santa Monica and Melrose). LACC is spitting distance from several major freeways, the Red Line Metro, and many bus stops. You can enter Felt Club from Vermont or Heliotrope, as the campus runs the length of a city block. Yay for our roomy new location!

Where do I park?
There’s a Felt Club lot on Heliotrope, right near the rear entrance of the campus. (It’s the “Faculty and Staff” lot on this map.) Just look for the colorful flags and banners!

How can I become a volunteer?
THANK YOU for asking! We will be needing a huge amount of help this time around, with everything from set-up and break-down, vendor/maker check-in, to craft class facilitation and more. If you’re interested, please e-mail our Volunteer Coordinator, Wendy Jung, to see what you can do to help. Let us know if you have a particular area of expertise/interest.

XL HOLIDAY SPONSORS + FRIENDS:

ADORN MAGAZINE | CHRONICLE BOOKS | CRAFT MAGAZINE | HANDMADE GALLERIES LA
HANDMADE NATION | LION BRAND YARN | THE LITTLE KNITTERY | MUNKY KING | READYMADE MAGAZINE | REFORM SCHOOL | THE SAMPLER | SECRET HEADQUARTERS | SUBLIME STITCHING | SUBVERSIVE CROSS STITCH

DOOR PRIZES FROM:

CATHY OF CALIFORNIA | CRAFT MAGAZINE | CHRONICLE BOOKS | HANDMADE GALLERIES LA | HANNAHMADE HOUSEWEARS | I HEART GUTS | JAIME ZOLLARS | KLEAN BATH AND BODY | MISS ALISON | MY REBE | REFORM SCHOOL | ROCK SCISSOR PAPER | SUBVERSIVE CROSS STITCH | SUBLIME STITCHING | WHODINI HANDMADE
…and more to be announced!