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Hello Felting Members

Are you keen to make a hat?
Would you like to do one in the company of fellow felters?

Having been so inspired by Judit Pocs at her hat making master class Feltmakers Ireland are planning a hat making play day for members on February 2nd at Rathmichael Primary School, Shankill Co. Dublin. Its just 5 mins off the M50/M11 junction.

It is an opportunity to share techniques with each other – we will take a few minutes out several times during the day to show a technique we learnt from Judit. We will also see her excellent videos. The day will start at 10am and finish at 5.00pm

But mostly it’s about doing your own hat making project alongside others doing the same.

A small contribution of €10 is all we ask.

Places are limited so we need participants to book their place in advance. Places will be given on a first come first placed basis.
to book a place email Anne on annew@eircom.net or text her on 086 8177326. If you want information you can ring the mobile evenings only.

Looking forward to a great felting day.

Anne

Mette Roche (member of Feltmakers Ireland) is part of the Meath Arts Group and is taking part in “Missing Meath” an exhibition of work opening on Saturday 12th Jan at 2pm.  Here are details one her installations of felted panels incorporating loom bobbins and spun wool thread.

Happy New Year to all our members.

I hope you received your copy of the Winter 2012 magazine in the post – in the midst off all the Christmas preparations Gina Faustino did a fantastic job with all the lay out, printing and posting. We welcome comments and contributions from everyone (please email sheilaahern@gmail.com).  In May 2013 Feltmakers Ireland will be 10 years old and we have lots of interesting events in the pipeline. We are working on our annual Basic & Beyond workshop on January19th, a Play Day on 2nd February, which will explore the work we did  with Judit Pocs, and the next Sunday Session is scheduled for February 10th. More details to follow. Annual membership is due now so please send you renewals to Holly Angle membership application feltmakers ireland 2013 . We are looking forward to seeing you soon.

Join us next Sunday, 9th December, when Nessa McCormack will be demonstrating some interesting felt with a Christmas theme. Location – Feltmakers Studio, Knockmaroon Gate, PhoenixPark, Dublin 10.30 – 13.00

The Naas Felt and Fibre group are hosting an exhibition of very interesting work opening tomorrow November 27th – see http://naasfeltandfibre.blogspot.ie/p/exhibitions.html for more information

There has been a huge response to our annual Basic & Beyond workshop which takes place in January 19th in Rathmichael Co.Dublin. Places are allocated on a first come first serve basis so if you are interested in attending (or giving it as a gift to somebody else) you should print the form and send it off as soon as possible.  Click on this link for a copy of the application form Basic & Beyond 2013 application form . You need to include a cheque to secure a place on the workshop so to avoid disappointment book now.

We will be holding our next Sunday Session on November 11th in the studio in the Phoenix Park from 10.30-13.00. We will be looking at some of the work made by participants in the recent workshop with Jeanette Appleton. Everyone is welcome. There is a small charge of €5 to cover the cost of tea, coffee and biscuits.

Map of the location of our studio is here:  http://goo.gl/maps/ulhrD

There was a lot of interest in our January workshop at the recent Knitting & Stitching Show in the RDS, places are allocated on a first come first serve basis so if you are interested in attending (or giving it as a gift to somebody else) you should print the form and send it off as soon as possible.  Click on this link for a copy of the application form Basic & Beyond 2013 application form . You need to include a cheque to secure a place on the workshop but the cheque will not be lodged until after Christmas.

A big thank you to everyone who helped out at our stand at this years Knitting & Stitching show. It was one of our most successful shows and  Maureen,who was part of the organising team, sent a great email today describing the show.

“The interest in our felt was mega! Basic & Beyond forms all handed out, more copies made and they’re all gone too. Lots of people either joined or renewed their membership. Many, many vendors and artists commented on how good our stand looked. I think we all agree on that! Well done set up team, especially Eamonn who help with the structural work. Gotta love a man with a hammer!
The theme of hats was a definite winner and got such a positive reaction. The fibre from DHG was extremely popular, and by the end of Friday there were only about 25 bags left, and at the end of the show it’s all gone! We could have sold almost twice the amount! The white was gone by lunch time Thursday. And I was asked for Wensleydale several times.
The learning curve classes were popular as always, well organised and prepared by the team.
So, well done ladies, I had a ball working with you all. The only thing missing was our Holly.” (who is away in the US and greatly missed).

The Show opened today in the RDS so if you are planning to attend please come and visit the Feltmakers Ireland Stand at N29, there is a fab display of felt hats made by some of our talented members.

The RDS have been really helpful this week when we held a two day masterclass with Jeanette Appleton in the beautiful Minerva Suite – thanks to all the staff of the RDS who made us very welcome.

Our next Sunday Session will take place in our studio in the Phoenix Park from 10.30-1.00 on Sunday 14th October. We will be looking at some of the beautiful hats and jewellery that participants made with Judit Pocs when she was with us in September. There were some really beautiful things made and Judit was an inspiration. We will share some of the tips and ideas learnt at the workshops. Everyone welcome (€5 charge for refreshments).

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