Tag: Textile Festivals

Event: Festival of Botanical Colours – Co Kerry

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The Festival of Botanical Colours is a textile event which includes workshops and demonstrations, including the following: indigo dyeing, land art, ink making, Fair Isle knitting, spinning, storytelling, block printing, solar dyeing, pigments, peg loom weaving and more

When: From Friday, the 24th, through Sunday, the 26th of October.

Where: Tech Amergin (arts centre), Spunkane, Waterville, Co Kerry.

Guild member Sharon Wells is teaching two workshops at the festival. The one on ink making is fully booked, but as of today, her workshop this Sunday on Peg Loom Weaving has spots – https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/festival-of-botanical-colours-peg-looming-tickets-1680692940829

For more information and to register – https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/festival-of-botanical-colours-4629633

Their Instagram @festival_wool_cloth

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Event: Dublin Fibre Festival 2025 – This Saturday

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Poster for Dublin FIbre Festival 2025

Feltmakers Ireland and 40 other local textile exhibitors will be at the Dublin Fibre Festival THIS Saturday, the 18th of October. This is THE opportunity to touch yarn and fibres in person, attend textile workshops, and watch spinning, felting, and other fibre arts demonstrations! To see a taste of last year’s event, there’s this blog post – https://feltmakersireland.com/2024/10/29/recap-fantastic-day-at-the-dublin-fibre-festival/

The Map and Vendor List

We will be there!

Have you wanted to purchase a copy of Feltmakers Ireland’s book ‘Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking’ but have not had the opportunity? Come to the Dublin fibre event of the year: The Dublin Fibre Festival. In addition, we will have several guild members demonstrating needle and wet felting. These include felting artists such as Eva Salamon @feltedvision and Irina Lampadova @irinalampadova1

  • When: 10 AM to 6 PM.

Feltmakers Ireland Members Exhibiting

Four guild members will be sharing their work –

Admission

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door.

For more information, visit the Festival’s website – https://www.dublinfibrefestival.com/

Their Instagram – @dublinfibrefestival

Of Interest: London Textile Month – September 2025

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London Textile Month is a city-wide festival celebrating cloth, culture, and creativity. Curated by Selvedge magazine, this inaugural edition brings together artists, makers, brands, and institutions for a month of workshops, exhibitions, talks, and open studios – spotlighting textiles.

London Textile Month runs from the 1st–30th of September, 2025.

Here are two wool-related events:

  • As part of London Textile Month, there is a symposium, Interwoven: Wool Across Borders – a one-day event celebrating a decade of Khadi London CIC’s pioneering work in regenerative textiles.

When: Monday, the 22nd of September, 10 AM – 5 PM
Where: Museum Of The Home, 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA

  • On Sunday, the 28th, there will be The Woolmen Sheep Drive & Livery Fair, with sheep crossing the Southwark Bridge – https://sheepdrive.london/

For more information about the various events and activities that are happening, visit Selvedge’s website – https://www.selvedge.org/collections/london-textile-month

Their Instagram @selvedgemagazine

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Of Interest: Felting Festival in Felletin France

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8th European Felt Days Festival in Felletin France.

The 8th Biannual ‘Journées Européennes du Feutre‘, also known as The European Felt Days Felting Festival, will occur in Felletin, France, from the 25th to 27th of April, 2025. The festival will feature various activities, including a fashion show, a craft fair, an exhibition, and workshops.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.felletinpatrimoine.com/jef/

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Event: Dublin Fiber Festival this Saturday

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This Saturday, the 26th of October, a group of volunteers from Feltmakers Ireland will share the miracle of feltmaking and our excellent book, ‘Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking’ at the Dublin Fibre Festival!

The festival’s inaugural edition will bring together fibre fans, artisans, and exhibitors for a day of creativity, inspiration, and community.

Some of our members will also be exhibiting and vending at the show: Irish Fibre Crafters (Sandra King) and FeltHappiness (Juliane Gorman). In addition, our friends from Fibreshed Ireland (co-founder Malú Colorín spoke at our AGM in May), will sell undyed and naturally dyed 100% Irish wool yarn, and knit kits. They will also sell tickets to their upcoming symposium – ‘Reimagining Textiles for an Equitable Future’, one of the exciting events scheduled during Irish Design Week in November.

Tickets to the Dublin Fibre Festival are available at the door via cash or card: 10 euros, free for children under 12 and disabled people.

Where: Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, Dublin 08

When: 10 AM – 5 PM, Saturday, the 26th of October.

To learn more, visit the Dublin Fibre Festival website – https://www.dublinfibrefestival.com/

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Event: Textile Journey Festival – Friday through Sunday – Dublin Castle Coach House Gallery

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Image from the group’s exhibition.

This year’s Textile Journey celebrates creativity, wool, and textiles, including several events: demonstrations, open studios, and workshops. The festival is an invitation to everyone to try making or exploring textiles.

Textile Journey will have demonstrations from several textile artists. Come and enjoy the showcase of their skills.

There will be a Materials and Tools Exchange: Swap bits from your stash and explore new materials, tools, and techniques.

In addition, there will be a Sharing Panel—an art installation by the facilitators that encourages public participation.

Where: The Coach House Gallery (right next to the Chester Beatty), Dublin Castle, D02.

Schedule

How many textile journeys can you take with a handful of fibres or old rugs? Join our inspiring panel of artists to see textile making, knitting, weaving, and so much more:

Friday 25th Oct

10 AM – 1 PM | Upcycling with Niki & Crumlin Clothes Exchange.

2 PM – 5 PM | Embroidery in Felt Stained Glass with Niki Collier.

Saturday 26th Oct

10 AM – 1 PM | Circular Knitting – A Hat with Tanya Collier.

2 PM – 5 PM | Felt a Flower with Jane Fox, inspired by Chester Beatty’s current exhibition.

Sunday 27th Oct

10 AM -1 PM | Curator from Chester Beatty will give an illuminated talk on ‘Textiles in Books’, and there will be a hands-on activity of creating a book cover using found materials.

2 PM – 5 PM | The Hypocrisy of Bridgetown: Embroidery, Feminism and Activism through the Centuries.

Monday 28th Oct

10 AM – 1 PM | Knitting machines with Cosima Augustin-Malloy.

2 PM – 3 PM | Artist Talk: Developing interactive textiles and pouring the magic of personal practice when sculpting with textiles.

**Additional tickets will be available at the door.**

For more information, visit this listing: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/textile-journey-festival-during-dublin-castle-exhibition-2024-tickets-770173839687

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Event: Dublin Fibre Festival Next Saturday

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Have you wanted to purchase a copy of Feltmakers Ireland’s book ‘Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking’ but not had the opportunity? Come to the Dublin fibre event of the year: The Dublin Fibre Festival.

Feltmakers Ireland and almost 30 other local textile exhibitors will be at the Dublin Fibre Festival on Saturday, the 26th of October. This is THE opportunity to touch yarn and fibres in person and watch spinning, felting, and other fibre arts demonstrations!

A List of the Exhibitors

Where: The Richmond Barracks.

For more information, visit the Festival’s website – https://www.dublinfibrefestival.com/

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Events: Festival of Wool and Cloth – July in Waterville, Co Kerry

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Over four days, the Festival of Wool and Cloth will offer workshops and talks on knitting, weaving, spinning, wet felting, needle felting, eco printing, craftivism, and more.

Feltmakers Ireland Guild member Sharon Wells is teaching a taster needlefelting workshop on Friday, the 5th July. Sharon will be working from photographs by local photographer Alice Dennehy.

Piece by Sharon Wells

Where: Tech Amergin Arts & Education Centre, Waterville, Co Kerry.

When: Thursday, the 4th through Sunday, the 7th of July, 2024.

For more information, visit their Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/FestivalofWoolandCloth

To register for Sharon’s class, visit Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/needlefelting-with-sharon-wells-tickets-919462556257?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&keep_tld=1


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Event: New York Textile Month this September

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New York Textile Month starts in September.

Initiated by Li Edelkoort, this multi-location event gathers all voices and expressions on Textiles happening in New York City.

Events include the following: Open Studios, Exhibitions, Workshops, Tours, and Conferences.

Various textile techniques are included: Knitting, Dyeing, Weaving, Tapestry, Printing, Embroidery, Felting, and Textile Production.

Under the category of Felting, there are tours of the Waste No More Studio. In 2018, clothing designer Eileen Fisher debuted Waste No More, a design studio dedicated to making artisanal textiles from post-consumer clothing. At their studio, they will display their latest wallworks and offer demonstrations of their needle felting machine.

A piece created at the Waste No More Studio.

There are both in-person and online events at New York Textile Month.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.textilemonth.nyc/calendar-2023

Event: Week-Long Textile Journey Festival

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The Textile Journey Festival is a celebration of creativity and all things wool and textile.

It includes a variety of events: a summer camp, daily textile demonstrations, a materials and tools exchange, open studios & workshops.

The festival is an invitation to everyone: come and try making or exploring textiles.

Laying wool roving for wet felting

Includes the Annual Exhibition of Textile Journey Group.

Daily Demonstrations will showcase the skills of Irish textile artists: Cosima Malloy, Helen Crawford, Jane Fox, Mary Palmer, Kim Lin Morris, Rachel McKinney, Aine Dunne, Suzanne Duke, Patricia O’Connor and Niki Collier.

The event runs from the 31st of July to the 6th of August at The Orangery, Marlay Park, Dublin.

For more information, visit the website: https://textilejourney.ie/2023/05/11/textile-journey-festival-2023/