2025 Market Opportunities Open Now
Our flagship event - Brisbane Sewing Destash Market has been running for 4 years. Run at the Mt Gravatt Showgrounds in March and September. A haven for small business and personal vendors to share their love of all things sewing and textile related. Bringing together sellers and buyers to resell, reuse and recycle fabrics, textiles, notions, trims and haberdashery. This much loved event has a proven formula of sharing to grow the circular economy and we will now be sharing this throughout SE Queensland.
Market Vendors
We pride ourselves on being an amazing genuine sewing and textile market with genuine clearance stallholders and bargains for all! If you are interested in joining us as a stallholder then remember:
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Small businesses and personal stallholders welcome
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Genuine destash items and prices
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Textiles and textile crafts of all kinds both new and vintage
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Ethos on renew, recycle, reuse and remake
Our Customers
If you love sewing, fabric and crafts then you will LOVE our Destash Market. There is something for everyone. The Market has free on ground parking, music, food trucks foodie space , entertainment and over 80 stallholders with so many bargains to be had.
Entry to the event is $5 for Early Birds - 9am to 10am and then $2 from 10am to 1pm. Come early to get the best!
Markdown Madness is from 12noon to 1pm with free entry!
Location
Mt Gravatt Showgrounds are located 10km south of the Brisbane CBD in 11 acres of leafy grounds managed my the Showground Trust.
They play host to the Mt Gravatt Show, Men's Shed, Sunday Markets, Food Markets and hire of their halls and grounds to many events and groups. With amazing onsite parking, easy access from both Logan and Broadwater Roads - the Showgrounds are an easy choice for events offering us both inside and outside locations for our vendors.
Patterns For Charity
The sewing charities in Brisbane are a vital part of our market and we want to give a huge shout out to Sewing For Charity Australia, The Lair, Women's Creative Centre, Boomerang Bags - all of which join us at our markets. If you are a not for profit and would like to part of our market - please contact us and we will provide you details of how we can help with a free site at our events.
Food Vendors
We welcome applications from quality food vendors and coffee vans to cater to our early market customers. You will need to provide you food licenses, food offer and photos with your application. Approval will be dependent on your offer and our food mix for the event.
We offer a set fee for Food Vendors, 10/15amp power, easy access and pride ourselves on the best ratio of customers to vendors.
Seating, shade and bins are provided by the market.
Community Partners
The sewing charities in Brisbane are a vital part of our market and we want to give a huge shout out to Sewing For Charity Australia, The Lair, Women's Creative Centre, The Nest and Boomerang Bags - all of which join us at our markets.
If you are a not for profit and would like to part of our market - please contact us and we will provide you details of how we can help with a free site at our events.
“A wonderful, well organised event put on by Leesa and the team. A great turn out thanks to a successful marketing campaign. As a stall holder I was super happy. Can’t wait for the next one. "
Giovanni & Co
"From a vendors perspective… this market is very well run, with fantastic organisers! Everything ran so smoothly, which is rare! We cannot wait to go back!"
Helen
“As a stall holder I had a great day. The whole day was so well organised and we all knew exactly where to go and what to do. Congratulations to Leesa and her team for a great market.”
Lisa
“I was thrilled to take part in the Sewing Market. I was blown away by the attendance, what an amazing turnout! Huge thanks to Leesa for organising such a well run market. Can’t wait for the next one.”
Lea
“What a fabulous market. As a stallholder I found that it was extremely busy - now have more room in my storage cupboards at home. It exceeded my expectations and can't wait for the next one.”