We are planning our next workshop which is the ever popular Basic & Beyond. It is an intensive one day course and participants will learn all the different felt techniques. It is a great day and would make an unusual Christmas gift but beware you may be giving someone a lifelong passion as many of [...]

“If you are a student (age 11-18) you can Stitch n’ Win! Design and create a sampler which depicts your local area using textile art techniques. You may include any combination of hand / machine embroidery, texturing, felting, weaving or textile painting in your entry design”. A new textile competition for second level students has [...]

Here are some terrific photographs from the Exhibition opening http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/feltlady/LizJaneGoLarge?authkey=Gv1sRgCOya0MDk2fz6zgE#   “A Seed of Truth” the exhibition by Liz Brown & Jane Locke opened today in the Visitors Centre in the Phoenix Park and it a remarkable collaboration bringing two very different artists together. Liz’s background is in textiles and felt and Jane is a [...]

Two of our members, Liz Brown and Jane Locke,  have come together to collaborate on a very interesting exhibition of felt and fine art. Click on the link for an invitation. A Seed of Truth Venue: Gallery space at the Phoenix Park visitor centre A Seed of Truth: an exhibition inspired by the life and [...]

For anyone who missed the Knitting & Stitching Show there was a report on last night’s Nationwide which features some of our members. The programme filmed in Craftspun Yarn in Johnstown includes Kathrina Hughes giving a feltmaking class and Liadain Butler who is a designer specialising in felt and knitwear. Click on the link below [...]