Tag: Co Cavan

Exhibition: Sandra Coote – Solo Show in Co Cavan

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Poster for Sandra Coote's exhibition - Spoken in fibre -features two landscapes and a portrait

Feltmakers Ireland guild member Sandra Coote has a solo exhibition at the Cavan County Museum. Titled ‘Spoken In Fibre – Wool art inspired by the poetry of Charles J. Coote’, this new exhibition features felted paintings by Sandra Coote.

There is a lovely article about Sandra, her work, and its inspiration, which was the poetry of the great-grandfather of her husband, on The Anglo-Celt’s website – https://www.anglocelt.ie/2025/07/20/poetry-and-art-rooted-in-place/

Sandra dyes all the wool she uses, which comes from her own farm or local farmers; it is entirely sourced from County Cavan.

Where: Cavan County Museum, The Eden Gallery, Virginia Rd, Kilmore, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan, A82 YP70

When: The opening is this Thursday at 7:30 PM. The exhibition runs until Saturday, the 23rd of August.

For more information about visiting the museum, visit their website – https://cavanmuseum.ie/cavan-museum

Sandra’s Instagram: @crafts_of_ireland

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Of Interest: Video about Crafts of Ireland – Sandra Coote, produced by Fibreshed Ireland, with support from DCCI

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Fibreshed Ireland logo with photo of Sandra Coote - Crafts of Ireland
Sandra Coote of Crafts of Ireland was recently featured in a video by Fibreshed Ireland and the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland.

On St Patrick’s Day, Fibreshed Ireland showcased their member Sandra Coote, founder of Crafts of Ireland. Sandra is also a member of our guild, Feltmakers Ireland!

Through her brand, Sandra is an avid promoter of Irish-grown fibre and works tirelessly to rekindle Ireland’s traditional crafts. She raises native Irish rare Roscommon sheep alongside Bluefaced Leicester sheep. She washes and processes their wool to produce needle felting kits. On her farm, she also grows and processes flax to spin into thread using traditional methods.

In the fall, she purchased a flatbed needle felting machine (the first imported into Ireland) to create prefelt using wool from her farm. There is a video of her unboxing the enormous machine on her Instagram account – https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1k_DYIOsn/

This beautifully produced, short video of Sandra’s company was created by Fibreshed Ireland, with support from the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCI), and is viewable here on VIMEO – https://vimeo.com/1061221975

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Of Interest: Crafts of Ireland – New Tea Rooms – Knocknaveagh, near Cavan Meath border

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Feltmakers Ireland Guild member Sandra Coote of Crafts of Ireland has added a new venture to her offerings: Tea Rooms! They have homemade cakes, savouries, and coffees.

If you are near the Cavan/Meath border by Oldcastle, you can visit her tea rooms (which have a vintage model T car) on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 AM to 4:30 PM.

Address: Craft Centre, Knocknaveagh, Virginia, Co Cavan, A82 V0P1

Phone number – 86 820 5177.

There is a cute video of the tea rooms on her Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18055381711678808/

For more information, visit her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crafts_of_ireland/ or her website – https://craftsofireland.ie/

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News: Guild Member Irish Fibre Crafts Offers Irish Wool Needle Felting Kits

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Feltmakers Ireland guild member Sandra Coote of Crafts of Ireland now sells needle felting kits that use wool from her flock of Roscommon sheep and other local fleeces.

When asked why she started selling the kits, she replied, “We have 2.5m sheep being sheared at the moment, and I couldn’t find a felting kit for sale online that contained traceable Irish wool or even any Irish wool.”

To learn more, visit Agriland News – https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/cavan-enterprise-produces-needle-felting-kits-using-irish-wool/

Or find the kits at her shop online – https://craftsofireland.ie/


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