Yesterday evening I felt as if I had finally lost the plot. I have so many things that I need to be doing as well as so many things that I should be doing but my brain just went into melt down and I didn’t seem able to get anything accomplished! Finally and with a [...]
Archive for January, 2012
I’m nuno felting like crazy, or am I just going crazy???
Posted in Book, Book with Chrissie, Felt, tagged Chrissie Day, Clasheen, Felt, Felting, felting book, from felt to friendship, Nicola Brown, nuno felt, nuno felting, wet felting on January 30, 2012 | 4 Comments »
U.S. workshop news and a few pictures
Posted in America 2012, Felt, workshops, tagged Felt, felt clutch, nuno felt, US felting workshops on January 27, 2012 | 8 Comments »
I’m working on descriptions for the workshops I’ll be teaching in U.S. this spring and hope to have everything sorted and up on the blog by Monday. Time is tight today so I’m just going to leave you with two images of a clutch I stitched up last night, I hope you all have a [...]
Felting kit winners!!!
Posted in Felt, Felt for sale, tagged Borris Market, felting kit, felting kits, giveaway on January 25, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Thanks SO MUCH to all of you who entered the felting kit giveaway, you definitely gave me some nerve wracking hours today as I tried to collate the entries and make sure that no one got left out of the draw! Eventually, between comments on the blog, new likes, comments and shares on FB as [...]
Showcase snippets and back online at last!
Posted in Felt, tagged Bernadette Fox, Breda McNeils, Camelia Shanahan, Craft's Council, Cushendale Woolen Mill, Fabulous Felt, Felt, Felting, Kate Ramsey, Leiko Uchiyama, Meli Bondre, Niki Collier, Showcase, textile artists on January 24, 2012 | 3 Comments »
It’s only been 29 hours since I stupidly headed for an overnighter to Dublin and mistakenly left my phone at home charging, it feels like YEARS!!! I’m back now and trying to catch up with blogging, comments, emails, Etsy orders and FB as well as trying to collate all the entries to the felt kit [...]
Blog giveaway, last 12 hours to enter!
Posted in Etsy, Felt, Felt for sale, Tutorials, tagged blog giveaway, Clasheen, Etsy, felt kit, felt pouch kit, felting kit on January 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Well there are only 12 hours left to enter my first ever blog giveaway. If you would like to win one of the new felt pouch/wallet kits (including the tutorial) that I am offering from my Etsy shop please just hop on over here and follow the instructions to enter, there are 3 kits up [...]
YES, I’ve now got some confirmed dates for 2012 felting workshops in the U.S. to share and a second date for Dawn’s hat workshop in Ireland!!!
Posted in America 2012, Fairs/Events, Felt, workshops, tagged Felt, Felting, felting workshop, felting workshops, international felting workshop, US felting workshops, US trip on January 20, 2012 | 11 Comments »
What can I say, I’m SO EXCITED to be returning to facilitate felting workshops in U.S. in 2012 and wanted to let you all know my confirmed dates as they stand right this minute!!! I’m planning 2 trips, one in the spring and one in the fall so if you live anywhere on the U.S. [...]
Blog giveaway and hat workshop update!
Posted in Etsy, Fairs/Events, Felt, Felt for sale, workshops, tagged Clasheen, Dawn Edwards, Felt, felt kit, felt kits, felt workshop, Felting, felting kit, felting kits, felting workshop on January 18, 2012 | 57 Comments »
Finally, finally, my felt pouch/clutch kits are assembled, packaged, the first batch are available from my newly re-activated Etsy shop and I’ve just returned from posting the first order off to U.S.! It’s amazing how tiring it is to get everything sorted, sounds silly I know but you try to track down clear plastic bags [...]
Closures for felt pouches – the results of all our thinking!!!
Posted in Felt, tagged Clasheen, closures for felt, Felt, felt closures, felt pouch, Felting, stitching into felt, wet felt, wet felted, wet felting on January 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Thanks so much Deb, Linda, Elizabeth, Lyn, Mary, Heather, Shirley, Ellen, Irene, Kirsten, Chrissie, Terrie, Carole, Karen, Dawn, Sharon, Juiliane and all my FB friends for enthusiastically entering into the debate after I posed the question about a closure for my little starburst pouch. In the same post I also posed a question about photographing [...]
Irish date is set for a ‘Fantastic Felt Hats’ workshop with U.S. felter Dawn Edwards!!!
Posted in Felt, workshops, tagged Clasheen, Dawn Edwards, Felt, felt workshop, Felting, hat making workshop on January 13, 2012 | 18 Comments »
Woo Hoo, it’s finally official. Brilliant felter and wonderful buddy Dawn Edwards will be teaching a ‘Fantastic Felt Hats’ workshop in Ireland on Saturday 21st April 2012!!! I’m so excited to entice Dawn to leave U.S. for the very first time, Ireland is such a beautiful place to visit and I know from all your [...]
I love this texture!!!
Posted in Felt, workshops, tagged Dawn Edwards, Felt, felt pouch, Felting on January 11, 2012 | 7 Comments »
I know I promised yesterday to blog today about closures and Dawn’s workshops here in Ireland so I must apologise. We’re just confirming a few little details so I will be blogging about it next post and then I didn’t have time to work on my starburst purse today so I’m going to blog about [...]




