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Success from disaster! My fulled (felted) jumper saga, South East Textile Group …..

Posted in Felt, workshops, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I had a very enjoyable time yesterday at the monthly get together of the South East Textile Group.  We meet on the last Saturday of every month at the Demanse Yard in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny for inspiration, textile related tutorials and workshops, good food and a bit of fun!  Stephanie was teaching members how to needle [...]

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Breaking Out opening

Posted in Felt, tagged , , , on November 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Today is the official opening of ‘Breaking Out’ at the Craft Gallery in Kilkenny.  Alan and I will be aiming to arrive there at about 1 o’clock, have some lunch with friends and family and then go on to the opening at 3 o’clock.  I am really looking forward to seeing how the curator has [...]

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Felting courses, pictures, exhibition and mention in Press!

Posted in Felt, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Where do I start.  It has been a busy couple of days finishing my work for ‘Breaking Out’, delivering it to Kilkenny, organising 3 felting courses and discovering that my blog has been mentioned in an article by Marie Boran for Silicon Republic and the business section of the Irish Independent today, thanks Marie!! 
I am [...]

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Felt rug and Podcamp Ireland

Posted in Felt, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Some of you have been having problems with the link in a previous post so please click HERE if you would like to see some pictures of my rug in progress at the Mehmet Girgic course I took at Wollknoll in Germany last week.  For those of you still unable to click through here is [...]

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Exciting news re felt and ‘Breaking Out’!

Posted in Felt, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I am so excited today as my felt is definitely going to be on display at ‘Breaking Out’, the Crafts Council Exhibition to be held in Kilkenny from October 19th until mid January 2009.  The curator Ann Mulrooney and I met this afternoon so that she could have a look at the current work I have [...]

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Bag lady swap and podcast news!

Posted in Felt, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Back from a couple of days R & R in Austria I have just finished lining the bag that I have been working on for my first swap as part of an online Flickr group ‘Bag Lady Swaps’.   The challenge was to create a bag using any technique that you had not previously used or [...]

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Exciting news re. ‘Breaking Out’!

Posted in Felt, tagged , , , , , on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I am really excited today as I have just recieved a letter from the Crafts Council informing me that I am one of the emerging makers that have been selected for inclusion in ‘Breaking Out’.  This means that I get the opportunity to work with the curator in creating a body of work that potentially [...]

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