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The Patchwork Market

A makers market in Durham NC

10/25/2026

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10/11/2026

✶ WIN A PRIZE ✶

Three giveaways, three chances, all day Sunday.
Prizes donated by our vendors ✦ drawings at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 PM

HOW TO ENTER
✧ Take a photo or video at the market
✧ Post it to your story or feed
✧ Tag The Patchwork Market
That’s it. You’re entered ✵

Winners announced on our stories at the top of each hour. Pick up your prize at the table by 4:30 PM.

Make sure your account is public so we can see your post. Private account? DM us your post and we’ll count it.

Open to shoppers and vendors. Free to enter, no purchase necessary!

10/06/2026

✶ BID ON HANDMADE POTTERY ✶

Our Birthday Market silent auction is stacked with work from five NC ceramic artists, and 100% of proceeds go straight to the Durham Community Fridge ⋆ Durham Community Fridges

✦ Blue Void Design
✧ Lauren Sumner Pottery
✦ Ruckus Ceramics
✧ Fikaware Ceramics
✦ Kelsey Melville

Thank you to these makers for donating ✵ Swipe to see the pieces, then come bid in person.

Sat, Oct 11 ⋆ Durham Armory ⋆ 12–4 PM ⋆ FREE entry
Bidding 12–3:30 PM ✧ pick up by 4:30 PM ✧ cash, card & Venmo

10/05/2026

T H I S S U N D A Y happening at the Birthday Market!

✸ 60+ handmade and vintage vendors
✸ Free tote for the first 100 shoppers
✸ Fullsteam pouring, Fig & Fleur charcuterie, Kei’s Corner cookies
✸ Live stitching with Jay Stitch Designs and Mo Stitchin
✸ Raffle drawings at 1, 2, 3 and 4
✸ $650 best booth prize, and you vote

Twelve years of Patchwork. Come celebrate with us.

Sunday, October 11 ✸ Durham Armory ✸ 12 to 4 ✸ free and indoors

10/04/2026

B I R T H D A Y M A R K E T T O T E

First 100 shoppers get a free tote.

Come early, fill it up with something handmade.

The Birthday Market ✸ Sunday, October 11 ✸ Durham Armory ✸ 12 to 4 ✸ free and indoors

09/28/2026

IT IS A PARTY NOW! So happy to have Jay Stitch Designs x Callie Jensen and Mo’ Stitchin’ offering live stitching, right there in front of you!

Bring something of your own, a tote, a hat, that jacket you love, or grab a blank from them. Pick your thread, watch it get made, take it home same day!

09/27/2026

✶ BEST DISPLAY ✶

Vendors have been tasked with creating a celebration booth or table display! Shoppers and vendors will decide who the winners are. Just scan the QR code at the market. The FIRST PLACE winner takes home:

✦ $300 CASH
✧ A $350 product photography gift certificate from John Simpson John Michael Simpson
✶ A trophy, sourced at The Scrap Exchange Reuse Arts Center + Thrift Store and reworked by yours truly!

Sun, October 11 ⋆ Durham Armory ⋆ 12 to 4 PM ⋆ FREE entry

09/22/2026

✶ CERAMIC SILENT AUCTION ✶

Five incredible NC ceramic artists donated work to our Birthday Market auction and every dollar goes to the Durham Community Fridge ⋆ Durham Community Fridges

Bid on handmade pottery by:
✦ Blue Void Design
✧ Lauren Sumner Pottery
✦ Ruckus Ceramics
✧ Fikaware Ceramics
✦ Kelsey Melville

The Durham Community Fridge is a mutual-aid network of free, public refrigerators stocked by neighbors, for neighbors. Your bid helps cover cleaning supplies, food prep, and upkeep of the fridges ✵

Sat, October 11 ⋆ Durham Armory ⋆ 12–4 PM ⋆ FREE entry

Bidding closes at 3:30 PM ✧ pick up your piece by 4:30 PM ✧ cash, card & Venmo

Come celebrate 12 years of Patchwork with us ✷

09/20/2026

It is a birthday, so of course there are presents!

FOR OUR VENDORS: the best booth wins $300 cash plus $350 in product photography from the talented John Michael Simpson The theme is CELEBRATE and they are going all out for it! Shoppers and Vendors vote via a QR code at any booth.

FOR SHOPPERS. raffle drawings at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00, with prizes donated by our Vendors. Enter at the front table when you arrive. Must be present to win, and the last drawing is right before we close, so stick around for it.

AND OF COURSE free totes to the first 100 shoppers!

Twelve years of Patchwork, 60+ local makers, b**r from Fullsteam, charcuterie from Fig & Fleur, cookies from Kei’s Corner, and live stitching all afternoon.

Come celebrate with us!

Sunday, October 11 ✸ Durham Armory ✸ 12 to 4 ✸ free and indoors

09/20/2026

Twelve years in this building.

The Birthday Market is October 11 th! 60+ makers, b**r from Fullsteam, charcuterie from Fig & Fleur, cookies from Kei’s Corner, live stitching, and raffles all afternoon.

Free tote for the first 100 shoppers.

Sunday, October 11 ✸ Durham Armory ✸ 12 to 4 ✸ free and indoors

Address

212 Foster Street
Durham, NC
27701

Website

http://thepatchworkmarket.com/

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