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Reminder: AGM this Sunday

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All members of the Feltmakers Ireland Guild are invited to our AGM.

  • VENUE: CIE Sports and Leisure Hall, INCHICORE Dublin 8. Eircode D08X525
  • DATE: 7th of May, 2023
  • TIME: 10:30-12:30

This AGM is the beginning of the year of our 20th anniversary.
By starting promptly at 10.30 AM, we hope to have the formalities of the meeting completed in good time, so we can listen to our Guest Speaker, our founder Elizabeth Bonnar, give a short account of ‘Our Guild’s Beginnings’ and glimpse some of her fantastic work.

We hope to have an unofficial launch of our book Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking. There will be a few copies available for purchase.

Members who cannot attend in person can use the Zoom link that will be emailed out on Friday or Saturday. The session will not be recorded.

YUMS
Refreshments will follow – please bring some Home Bakes for us to sample. We always appreciate goodies with our cuppa.

SHARE ONE PIECE
You are welcome to bring one piece of your own work from the last 20 years – new members, too, please – to display around the room.

(Please label your piece clearly and securely, and please, please, please bring the piece home with you).

AGENDA

  1. Address by Chair, the opening of AGM (Breda).
  2. Address by Secretary (Clare).
  3. Treasurer’s Report (Annika).
  4. Report of Wool Project Book (Copies may be available).
  5. Election of Chairperson and Committee for 2023-34. The election of officers will be held at the 11th of June meeting.
  6. Motions.
  7. GUEST SPEAKER – Elizabeth Bonnar, the founder of Feltmakers Ireland, will address the meeting on the History of FI and may display some of her work.
  8. Bursary Draw for €250 for all paid-up members will occur at the AGM. The award is to be used to attend a Felting Workshop (either in-person or online). Afterwards, a blog post reporting on the workshop/class would be most welcome.
  9. Tea/Coffee Home Bakes.

NB: Motions for the AGM MUST be submitted in writing, to the Committee, 14 days before the AGM. This is to allow time to circulate all members in advance of the meeting.

See you there!

News: AGM This Sunday

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ALL MEMBERS OF THE FELTMAKERS IRELAND GUILD ARE INVITED TO OUR AGM.

VENUE: CIE Sports and Leisure Hall, INCHICORE Dublin 8. Eircode D08X525

DATE: 7th of May, 2023

TIME: 10:30-12:30

THIS AGM IS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OF OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY.

By starting promptly at 10.30 AM, we hope to have the formalities of the meeting completed in good time, so we can listen to our Guest Speaker, our founder Elizabeth Bonnar, give a short account of ‘Our Guild’s Beginnings’ and glimpse some of her fantastic work.

We hope to have an unofficial launch at the culmination of our brilliant research project, our wool book – Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking.

YUMS

Refreshments will follow – please bring some Home Bakes for us to sample. We always appreciate goodies with our cuppa.

SHARE ONE PIECE

You are welcome to bring one piece of your own work from the last 20 years – new members, too, please – to display around the room.

(Please label your piece clearly and securely, and please, please, please bring the piece home with you).

BURSARY AWARD

While we are delighted to announce that all members are eligible for the drawing of an award of €250 to put towards any workshop either in person or online, from any international tutor of your choice.

AGENDA
  1. Address by Chair, opening of AGM (Breda).
  2. Address by Secretary (Clare).
  3. Treasurer’s Report (Annika).
  4. Report of Wool Project Book (Copies may be available).
  5. Election of Chairperson and Committee for 2023-34. The election of officers will be held at the 11th of June meeting.
  6. Motions.
  7. GUEST SPEAKER – Elizabeth Bonnar, the founder of Feltmakers Ireland, will address the meeting on the History of FI and may display some of her work.
  8. Bursary Draw for €250 for all paid-up members will occur at the AGM. The award is to be used to attend a Felting Workshop (either in-person or online). Afterwards, a blog post reporting on the workshop/class would be most welcome.
  9. Tea/Coffee Home Bakes.

NB: Motions for the AGM MUST be submitted in writing, to the Committee, 14 days before the AGM. This is to allow time to circulate all members in advance of the meeting.

News: Annual General Meeting 2023

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All members of the Feltmakers Ireland Guild are invited to our AGM.

VENUE: CIE Sports and Leisure Hall, INCHICORE Dublin 8. Eircode D08X525

DATE: 7th of May, 2023

TIME: 10:30-12:30

This AGM is the beginning of the year of our 20th Anniversary.

By starting promptly at 10.30 AM, we hope to have the formalities of the meeting completed in good time, so we can listen to our Guest Speaker, our founder Elizabeth Bonnar, give a short account of ‘Our Guild’s Beginnings’ and glimpse some of her fantastic work.

We hope to have an unofficial launch at the culmination of our brilliant research project, our wool book – Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking.

Yums

Refreshments will follow – please bring some Home Bakes for us to sample. We always appreciate goodies with our cuppa.

Share One Piece

You are welcome to bring one piece of your own work from the last 20 years – new members, too, please – to display around the room.

(Please label your piece clearly and securely, and please, please, please bring the piece home with you).

Bursary Award

While we are delighted to announce that we will be giving one lucky member a whopping €250 to put towards any workshop either in person or online, from any international tutor of your choice.

Anyone whose 2023 membership is paid up before May 1st will be eligible for the draw at the AGM on May 7th.

If you still need to renew your membership, please contact Fiona –  allmembers.feltmakersireland@gmail.com

Agenda
  1. Address by Chair, opening of AGM (Breda).
  2. Address by Secretary (Clare).
  3. Treasurer’s Report (Annika).
  4. Report of Wool Project Book (Copies may be available).
  5. Election of Chairperson and Committee for 2023-34. The election of officers will be held at the 11th of June meeting.
  6. GUEST SPEAKER – Elizabeth Bonnar, the founder of Feltmakers Ireland, will address the meeting on the History of FI and may display some of her work.
  7. Bursary Draw for €250 for all paid-up members will occur at the AGM. The award is to be used to attend a Felting Workshop (either in-person or online). Afterwards, a blog post reporting on the workshop/class would be most welcome.
  8. Tea/Coffee Home Bakes.

NB: Motions for the AGM MUST be submitted in writing, to the Committee, 14 days before the AGM. This is to allow time to circulate all members in advance of the meeting.

Feltmakers Ireland AGM 15/05/2022

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Hi all,

Just a reminder that it’s AGM time of year again and this year we’ll be together after two years of zoom.
It’ll be instead of the Sunday Session on the 15th MAY.

We’ve a new venue too , thanks to Lorna Cady, which we hope may become our other new home.

It is the CIE Sports and Social Clubhouse in Inchicore.
1 Library Square, also known as West Terrace but more importantly the postcode is D08 PA07.
I’ll forward the link on google maps closer to the date.

Dublin Bus from town : 40 and 79

Below is the outline of the running order for the meeting to start promptly at 10.30am with the usual reports and addresses from the committee members. Two guest speakers will share a little about themselves and their practices followed by coffee and refreshments, chat and a “Lucky Dip”.
We will aim to move swiftly through official business to have more time for the social bit. Because let’s face it, we’re really good at that bit and we’ve really missed it.

We are asking everyone , who might like to, to bring a small secret parcel of felting materials ( fibre, fabrics, embellishments etc..) max €5- €10ish to be a surprise lucky dip! Anybody who brings a bag gets to receive a lucky dip bag, but there is no obligation to participate.

We’d also like to suggest that everyone bring cake, buns or whatever as is normally done for the AGM. There’ll be plenty of tea and coffee.

You must be a member to attend, but you can renew your membership at the door if you have not joined already.

Finally, if there is anything that you’d would like added to the agenda it must be sent to the Secretary by 5th May. That’s 10 days before the meeting as is written in the constitution.

See you there!

Biodiversity Birds & Bees

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Reminder- to get MAKING A BUZZ…. help us celebrate biodiversity in the park- by making giant BEES, BIRDS, INSECTS, FLOWERS… and felt bombing the local environment!

In Sept – Sept 13th to be exact, we will be taking part in a biodiversity event in Phoenix Park. We want to felt bomb a tree- with a twist… Let’s make Bees & Birds and all things biodiverse…. Endangered insects and native flowers… in felt.

We would like these pieces to be large- perhaps 30cm to be seen from afar and work in a hanging or pinning way. If you feel like a challenge, help us to BRING A BUZZ back to the park!

birds and bees REQUEST

We are asking you to get making- and bring them along to the AGM in May…. of course, we have more time as the Biodiversity day will be in Sept…. but it was so beautiful and encouraging for everyone to see the indivdual pieces of felt work last year at our AGm- that we are hoping of you will bring your creepie crawlies already in MAY and motivate your fellow felters to join the FUN!biodiversity day 13th sept

AGM collaborative art

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AGM 2020 ADVERTISEMENTHi folks,

AGM this year will take place on 17th May in Lucan.

Last year our collaborative art project was so well supported and has helped so much I the decorating of the studio- the exhibition space and the Knit and Stitch stand that we are hoping to try something similar again!

In Sept – Sept 13th to be exact we will be taking part in a biodiversity event in the Phoenix park. We want to felt bomb a tree- with a twist… Lets make Bees & Birds and all things biodiverse…. Endangered insects and native flowers… in felt.

We would like these pieces to be large- perhaps 30cm to be seen from  afar and work in a hanging or pinning way. If you feel like a challenge, help us to BRING A BUZZ back to the park!

birds and bees REQUEST

We are asking you to get making- and bring them along to the AGM in May…. of course we have more time as the Biodiversity day will be in Sept…. but it was so beautiful and encouraging for everyone to see the indivdual pieces of felt work last year at our AGm- that we are hoping of you will bring your creepie crawlies already in MAY and motivate your fellow felters to join the FUN!biodiversity day 13th sept

 

Creative Livelihoods, DCCoI seminar & AGM

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agriculture-animal-animal-photography-459215Hi All,

Feltmakers Ireland is a member of DCCoI. We try to forward on to our members events that may be of interest. See the links below for booking for 11th June AGM and seminar of DCCoI.

Join us on June 11th at the National Museum of Ireland for the ‘Creative Livelihoods’ – The Value of Craft in Communities seminar. We have an exciting line-up of speakers that will highlight the value and

opportunities of living and working in rural regions while connecting to a global marketplace. Highlights include Lorna McAuley from the Harris Tweed Authority who will bring us on a journey that maps the

highs and lows of the Harris Tweed industry and what it means to the Isle of Harris. Colin McCallion of eBay will share insights on the potential for online trade and eBays role in opening

the global market place for craft and Chupi Sweetman will share how she grew her brand to operate in 64 countries around the world.

 More Info and how to book

The DCCoI AGM is also on on the same date-

To Book AGM https://dccoi.doodle.com/poll/zspw84fcu29wx5s7

AGM DCCOI

AGM Sunday 19th May 2pm- Fibre for sale

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Hi Folks,

We hope that many of you plan on attending the AGM in Lucan this Sunday at 2pm.

Please remember to bring along a piece of your own work- for our display table. If you have had time to make your triangle of bunting, do bring that too… I’ve been using up old fibre in an effort to get my triangle ready!

Remember this is a great opportunity to buy fibre… we have some lovely hand dye fibres from Leiko available and lots and lots of tussah and sari silk… just delicious!

We really hope to have a good day out. With eminent textile artist Caroline Schofield speaking as well as general Felt makers Ireland updates. Come along and be part of your crafting community.

Interview with: Caroline Schofield

AGM notice 19th May: INVITE

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AGM ADVERTISEMENTAll members welcome! ( New members welcomed on the day with the full €25 fee)

We look forward to seing many of you at our AGM on May 19th in Lucan Cof I church hall at 2pm.

We are ssk members kindly to bring along a piece of their recent work- for a “show/display table”, it is really lovely to see all the new and inspiraing work of our talented members and to learn from each other.

We are so lucky to have the textile artist Caroline Schofield attending and she will give a short talk on her work.

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Another request we have of our membership is  to participate in a collaborative felt-making project to make a colourful bunting.

Each member is invited to make a bunting triangle of 20cm top- 30cm length- see template, basically your triangle should fit on an A4 page… but all will be accepted.

The idea being that after the AGM, the committee will attach these all together, each one representing a 2019 member. These will then be used for decoration at events such as “Heritage day”, the “Knit & Stitch Show”, future AGM ( and can always be added to) as well as to jazz up the phoenix park studio and remind us all that Felt Makers Ireland is made up of valued individual members.

bunting REQUEST

As always we are looking for Volunteers for the Knit and Stitch show to man the stand and  they will receive free entry in return for 2 hrs of their time. Some of you have already put your names down, which is wonderful and much appreciated.

KNIT AND STITCH SHOW HELP

You can email hello@feltmakersireland.com in advance of the AGM  to sign up or can sign up on a spreadhseet we will have available on the day.

Again we are asking for members to volunter to join the committe… we have one committee member stepping down and one committee member stepping away from a formal role, becoming an ordinary committee member… therefore we appeal for volunteers. We want to keep you guild alive and fresh.

Any bakers out there? please do bring along your tray bakes to the AGM… cakes are always appreciated!!!

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AGM Meeting Notice May 19th 2pm

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AGM ADVERTISEMENT

All members are invited to the AGM on May 19th at 2pm in St Andrews Cof I Parish Hall in Lucan

MAP LINK

We would love to see recent work from our members, we intend to display these pieces on a table- so please do bring along something you have made in the past year… the more the merrier.

There will be Fibre sales on the day, reports from committee members and an inspiring talk from textile artist Caroline Schofield.

https://carolineschofield.ie/

We hope to see as many of you there as possible.