At this past Sunday’s Session, Feltmakers Ireland members gathered to work on wet and needlefelting projects, share felting tips, and share their finished projects. It was our Play Time!
Here are some photographs from our session.
Adrienne Dempsey sharing her project. She learned the technique via Lindsey Tyson’s ‘Transfer Printing on to Felt and Other Fabrics’ online course.Elizabeth Redding shared her ‘Temperature Record Knitted Blanket,’ which shows the daily temperatures taken at 9:30 AM in 2020.Helena McGuinness worked on a needle-felted toadstool and shared a beautiful display of felted pieces (not photographed).Lorna Cady with a display of felted work in the foreground as she needle felts red holly berries.Siobhan Ryan’s completed Eyeglass Case and WIP felted beret made of Icelandic and Merino wool.Annika Berglund focused on needlefelting beads for jewellery pieces she will display at her upcoming solo exhibition at Olivier Cornet Gallery.Here is Sam Fagan’s Felted Eyeglass Case created last Sunday with Judit Pocs via our hybrid/online workshop. It is awaiting further fulling.Hilary Osman and Marie Hopkins working on their felting projects. Deirdre Crofts announces the theme of our annual exhibition – ‘Symbols of Ireland’. The show will be in March 2025 at the Phoenix Park Visitors’ Centre.
The Play Time was an excellent way to come together and share our love of feltmaking. Thank you to everyone who attended, and also to the members who shared their delicious homebakes!
Giveaway Winner
Giveaway Results
Over this past weekend, Feltmakers Ireland teamed up with the Knitting and Stitching Show organisers to run a Giveaway for two complimentary tickets to the Belfast event.
The Random Name Picker chose guild member and blog reader Helen Gilligan!
Many thanks to everyone for participating via email and social media.
We will offer ONE more Giveaway this coming weekend. If you missed out on the previous ones, you may have better luck with the next one.
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Do you have any unfinished felting (or other textile) projects? Or do you want to share a recent piece that you created?
Play Time!
All guild members are invited to attend this coming Sunday’s session on the 13th of October. You are welcome to bring any wet or needlefelting projects you are working on and the supplies needed to create them.
Students who were part of Judit Poc’s Felted Eyeglasses Case Workshop on the 6th of October are encouraged to bring their WIP and/or completed cases to show off!
Members are also welcome to bring completed felted creations and have the option of selling them to other members! We have so many talented members! (Payment arrangements will need to be taken care of by the sellers).
We will play and share together this Sunday Session!
When: Sunday, the 13th of October, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
There is ample parking outside the Hall, and the G1, G2, and number 60 buses have a stop on nearby Sarsfield Road.
Additional Information
A Sunday Session like this will require lots of tea/ coffee/cake and chat, so there’ll be an abundance of that. Of course, homebakes are always welcome! Please bring a ‘keep cup’ or mug from home if possible. That will lessen the amount of paper cups thrown away.
There is the usual 5 euro fee.
Note: Since this is the season of colds and coughs, let’s not share them. However, we welcome you to join via Zoom Link, which we email to all members.
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Feltmakers Ireland will share the wonders of wet and needle felting at the Dublin Fibre Festival on the 26th of October, from 10 AM to 5 PM. In addition to demonstrating felting, we will sell copies of our book, Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking, and a selection of felted artworks created by members.
In addition to our organisation, almost thirty other exhibitors and vendors will be present, including Feltmakers Ireland’s guild members Juliane Gorman of FeltHappiness Hats and Sandra King of Irish Fibre Crafters.
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Over this past weekend, Feltmakers Ireland teamed up with the Knitting and Stitching Show organisers to run a Giveaway for two complimentary tickets to the Belfast event. The Random Name Picker chose blog reader Kathleen Dunne!
Many thanks to everyone for participating via email and social media. We will offer two more Giveaways over the coming weekends. So, if you missed out on this one, you may have better luck with the next ones.
Next Sunday Session: Play Time
Do you have any unfinished felting (or other textile) projects? Or do you want to share a recent piece that you created?
All guild members are invited to attend next Sunday’s session on the 13th of October. You are welcome to bring any wet or needlefelting projects you are working on and the supplies needed to create them.
Members are also welcome to bring completed felted creations and have the option of selling them to other members! We have so many talented members! (Payment arrangements will need to be taken care of by the sellers).
We will play and share together this Sunday Session!
When: Sunday, the 13th of October, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
There is ample parking outside the Hall, and the G1, G2, and number 60 buses have a stop on nearby Sarsfield Road.
Additional Information
A Sunday Session like this will require lots of tea/ coffee/cake and chat, so there’ll be an abundance of that. Of course, homebakes are always welcome! Please bring a ‘keep cup’ or mug from home if you can. That will lessen the amount of paper cups thrown away.
There is the usual 5 euro fee.
Note: Since this is the season of colds and coughs, let’s not share them. However, we welcome you to join via Zoom Link, which will be emailed to the members.
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The recent Sunday Session in September had a bit of fantasy as we were led by the wonderful Nara Fritch in a workshop making toadstools. The task for the morning was to learn to needlefelt a mushroom of the Fly Agaric variety.
Each participant received a small bag of fibre and the tools, needles, and foam pad to make the mushroom.
Nara is an amazing tutor; as you will see from the photographs, everyone engaged with the task, and the resulting little red mushrooms with white spots were a joy to behold. One person actually managed to make two in the short period. Nara explained how to cover the white cap with red wool, keep a straight line between the colours, and make the cap itself and the stem and join them together. I am sure there are many more toadstools in the making around the country as several members joined us online via Zoom.
Stabbing Away
Some of Nara’s Work
Nara had some wonderful examples of her needle felting on display, not just toadstools of different colours, but also fantastic needlefelted figures. In addition, she displayed pieces of her fused lampwork beads, along with her small-batch roasted coffees and cards.
It was a fantastic Sunday Session. Thank you to Nara for coming to share her knowledge with us and thank you, Suzanne for putting together this post.
Our next Sunday Session will be the 13th of October and is a ‘Feltmaking Playtime’ – bring and share what you are working on with the rest of the Guild.
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Feltmakers Ireland is excited to announce that we are holding a hybrid online workshop with renowned Hungarian artist and tutor Judit Pocs on Sunday, October 6th, from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
We have ONE spot remaining, now open to non-members for 105 euros.
In this course, Judit Pocs’ Online Workshop – Eyeglass Cases with Special Closure via Zoom, we will make an eyeglass case with an interesting shape and closure, the surface of which we will decorate with pre-felted patterns. The long nose of the lid extends to the back of the case, where the closure strap is located. The case closes by pulling the long nose through the strap. The two tendril-like extensions make its shape more organic, and a spiral line can also be felted into the design. Self-made prefelt patterns make the surface rich and exciting.
We will work with 19-micron Australian merino wool tops.
Judit recommends this course for beginners and advanced alike.
Where: The workshop is a hybrid as it will be held at the CIE Sports Hall in Inchicore, Dublin, and conducted via Zoom. Judit will teach us from Hungary. This is a class of 18 students.
Students should bring their felting supplies and a packed lunch. Complimentary tea and coffee will be provided. Wool kits from Leiko Felt will be available on the day of the class for 22 euros per kit if interested.
NOTE: The link is for non-members. If you are a member of Feltmakers Ireland, please email feltmakersIE@gmail.com to reserve the spot.
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Dublin Maker runs for two days this year – Saturday and Sunday. It is a family friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the maker movement. Join tech enthusiasts, educators, innovators, DIY lovers, and several textile folks! Explore interactive exhibits, meet fellow makers, and ignite your passion for innovation.
When: Saturday, the 31st of August and Sunday the 1st of September, 10 AM – 6 PM.
For more information and to book your free tickets on Eventbrite, visit their website – https://dublinmaker.ie/
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This Fibre Swap example was created by Jane Fox for a Dublin-based International Feltmakers Association meeting in March.
AGM
All members of the Feltmakers Ireland Guild are invited to our AGM this Sunday, the 12th of May.
VENUE: CIE Sports and Social Club, INCHICORE, Dublin 8, Eircode D08X525
DATE: 12th May 2024
TIME: 10:30 – 12:30
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, Malú Colorín, co-founder and co-director of Fibreshed Ireland.
We have decided to continue with our draw for a €250 Bursary to participate in a feltmaking workshop of your choosing. The only caveat is that you write a short report with photos so everyone can enjoy your experience.
We will also have a new activity – a Fibre Swap. If everyone could bring roughly 50g of fibre, embellishments, fabric, etcetera, of any kind in a small opaque bag, we can form a circle and pass your fibre to the right. It will be a little bit of fun with a surprise as well. Member Jane Fox made the lovely example in today’s post for a Fibre Swap, which was part of an International Feltmakers Association (IFA) meeting in Dublin in March.
Yums
Refreshments will follow. If you could bring a little something, home-baked or not, we’d be delighted.
We always appreciate goodies with our cuppa.
Share One Piece
Lastly, you are welcome to bring a piece of your work to display during the AGM. (Please label your piece clearly and securely, and please bring your piece home with you.)
Agenda
Address by Chair, opening of AGM (Deirdre Carroll)
Address by Secretary (Lorna Cady)
Treasurer’s Report (Annika Berglund)
Wool Project Book. (Annika Berglund)
Motions
Vote on adoption of new Code of Conduct and Ethics.
Election of Chairperson and Committee for 2024-25. Election of officers will be held at the June committee meeting.
Guest Speaker Malú Colorín – co-founder and co-director of Fibreshed Ireland, a community-supported social enterprise, building networks to craft a regenerative Irish textile system based on local fibre, local dyes and local labour.
A Bursary Draw for €250 for all paid-up members will take place at the AGM, to be used to partake in a Felting Course. Afterwards, a short recap article with photographs would be much appreciated.
Fibre swap of 50 grams in an opaque bag.
Refreshments.
Members who cannot attend in person can use the Zoom link, which will be emailed beforehand on Friday or Saturday. This session will not be recorded.
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Feltmakers Ireland’s next Sunday Session is THIS SUNDAY, March 3rd.Please note that it’s NOT on the SECOND Sunday as usual because that is Mother’s Day. Meanwhile, the THIRD Sunday of March is St Patrick’s Day.March is a busy month!
Exhibiting
The topics of our March Sunday Session will be the following: inspiration brainstorming, framing artwork, photographing art, and filling out your application for our upcoming exhibition, which has the theme of ‘Opposites Attract’.
A Sunday Session like this will require lots of tea/ coffee/cake and chat, so there’ll be an abundance of that. Of course, homebakes are always welcome! There is the usual 5 euro fee.
A Zoom link will be emailed a day or so before for members who cannot make it in person. This session will NOT be recorded.
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