Feltmakers Ireland will have TWO events where we will teach wet felting as part of this year’s August Craft Month –

• CIE Sports Hall, Inchicore, Dublin, on Sunday, the 17th of August
• St James Hall, Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath, on Sunday, the 24th of August

Our events run from 11 AM to 3 PM, offering both morning and afternoon sessions for students. While our Dublin event is already fully booked, there are still spots available for our Kilbeggan event. Please note: These remaining places are reserved for non-members—we want to share the joy of felting with new faces!

At both events, we’ll need volunteers to welcome and guide students throughout the day. Members will also have the chance to exhibit (and sell) their felted creations!

New this year: We’re inviting members to use the Open Day as an opportunity to actively work on their own felting projects. It’s an excellent way for the public to see the creative process behind the finished pieces.

If you are a member and want to be part of our Open Days, please email us at feltmakersIE@gmail.com

Members’ ACM Felting Activities

Several of our members have their own August Craft Month events!

On the 1st of August, Sharon Wells is teaching a workshop on how to use wool for crafts or gardens in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry – https://augustcraftmonth.org/acm-event/how-to-use-local-wool-for-crafts-or-gardens-cahersiveen-music-and-arts-festival-event/

On the 2nd, Sharon is teaching a felted painting workshop in Co Kerry – https://augustcraftmonth.org/acm-event/feltmaking-the-kerry-countryside/

On the 3rd of August, Karen Bowden of Fabulous Fibres is teaching a wet felted handbag workshop in Creggs, Co Galway – https://augustcraftmonth.org/acm-event/felted-handbag-workshop/

Needlefelter Emily Thompson has a month-long exhibition of her wool landscape paintings at the Carrigaline Library, Kilnaglery, Carrigaline, Co Cork, P43 HA25.

Emily is also teaching several workshops in various locations in Co Cork. Here is a link to her course for children on the 9th of August – https://augustcraftmonth.org/acm-event/needle-felting-workshop-with-emily-thompson-create-a-wool-painting/. She also has classes on the 16th, 24th and 29th – https://augustcraftmonth.org/events/?search_loc=cork&event_type=workshop&discipline=felt&start_date=20250725&end_date=20250930#results

On the 9th of August, Zivile Zeniauskaite will be part of the Makers of Blackwater Valley in Fermoy, Co Cork. She will demonstrate how she creates felted slippers – https://augustcraftmonth.org/acm-event/meet-the-makers/

Barbara O’Rahilly is holding a series of two craft retreats in Kilternan, Co Dublin. Each event runs for four days. The first one is from the 11th to the 14th, and the second one is from the 18th to the 21st – https://augustcraftmonth.org/acm-event/4-day-craft-retreat-with-barbara-orahilly-2/

Caoimhe Tuthill of Boann Irish Felt will teach a wet felting flower workshop on the 16th of August as part of the MeathMade Celebration in Swift, Co Meath – https://swiftculturalcentre.ie/event/meath-made-wet-felt-flower-bouquet-workshop

Tamzen Lundy is teaching a wet felting workshop on the 31st of August, in Co Kildare – https://augustcraftmonth.org/acm-event/feltmaking-a-sea-urchin-wet-felting-taster/

FoFi Events

Friend of Feltmakers Ireland (FoFI), Shelley Steele, who organised the Flax Flower Project at the Titanic Museum in Belfast, has a Meet the Maker on the 28th and a felted blue flax flower workshop on the 9th in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland – https://augustcraftmonth.org/events/?search_loc=antrim&event_type=&discipline=felt&start_date=20250701&end_date=20250930#results

Another FoFI, Fibreshed Ireland, has a flax and linen related event in Balleydehob, Co Cork on the 24th of August – https://augustcraftmonth.org/acm-event/flax-linen-inne-agus-inniu-and-heritage-games/

If you are a guild member and we overlooked your event, please accept our apologies. A lot is going on during August Craft Month!

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