Sew Dublin!

 

A friendly shop supplying fabric, haberdashery and needlecraft goods to experienced textile crafters and keen beginners. Sew Dublin also provides classes and workshops for a diverse range of needlework and textile craft techniques. We love to sew, to create and make!

Sew Dublin offers a variety of classes and workshops in their dedicated studio at the shop. It is a beautiful and atmospheric open space with lots of light and is fully equipped with sewing machines, cutting tables and all the tools and notions you need to get creative.

Classes are evolving over time with more topics and dates being added regularly so check their website  for updates.

Sew Dublin

No 2, 

Wynnefield Rd, 

Rathmines 

Dublin 6
 

Open: Tues to Sat 10am to 5.30pm
Closed: Monday
Tel: 01 406 2006
Email: classes@sewdublin.ie

www.facebook.com/sewdublin

Craftshop Na Méar opens in Listowel, Co. Kerry

 Craftshop Na Méar

52 Church Street, Listowel, Co. Kerry

Official Opening 10th December 2013

Opening Hours: 10am-5pm every day until Christmas

For the past couple of years the knitting group, KnitWits, has met twice a week in Scribes Café in Listowel. 

"Our numbers have been growing steadily and people coming in to the café were giving us orders for gloves and sweaters and a couple of weeks ago, when it looked like we were going to take over the place entirely, Namir Karim, the owner said (jokingly) he'd have to get a shop for us!

We were over the moon and knew exactly where we wanted to be - 52 Church Street, a historic building going back to the 18th century. It has flag stone floors and a toasty warm range , which we keep filled with turf and logs. Everything in the shop is handmade in Kerry. 

For the schools we hope to give talks combine the history of the house with the story of wool in Kerry, in English and "as Gaelige" with hands-on demonstration.".

Mairead Sharry will be demonstrating carding, spinning, weaving (on an inkle loom) and felting as well as rushwork and  they are planning classes in the near future in knitting and crochet as well.

Wool Felt Shop; Open Studio and Workshop of Jamie Lewis, Dublin

The Wool Felt Shop is the open studio/workshop of Jamie Lewis, at Dublin City Centre’s Chocolate Factory, a hub of creative, independent and like-minded businesses.

Jamie is a crafts person and designer specialising in wool felt to create his own brands and product ranges. He also provides crafts and design based education services and runs a shop.

A range of wool felt products, individually handmade by Jamie Lewis.

The Open Studio and online shop will sell a range of wool felt products, individually handmade by Jamie as well as wool tops for felters.

The Wool Felt Shop

Chocolate Factory

26 Kings Inns St

Dublin 1

Ireland

From Ireland +353 86 661 5591

From UK +44 7974 747510

Email: jlewiscrafts@gmail.com

www.jamielewiscrafts.com

www.jamielewiscrafts.com/thewoolfeltshop

Find them on Facebook: 

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wool-Felt-Shop

Truly Gifted, Mallow, Co. Cork

Join us on Saturday 10th November for our official reopening and gallery launch.

 Drinks & nibbles will be provided! So join us for some fun

Majella who owns & runs the business is also a glass artist and has her glass studio there on the premises as well. She will give demonstrations and classes in glass fusing. Majella learned glass in the Mallow college when she did the art craft & design course 6 years ago. After this herself and some fellow classmates formed an art&craft club called Múnla and have been meeting each week in the local library to create and chat. They still meet each Wednesday and new members are always welcome. Majella decided to make this her career and with the support of her friends and family she started up Truly Gifted in September last year. Since then the business has grown and needed a bigger premises as they were up-above another shop which wasn't ideal. After a lot of redecoration we opened the new shop in July this year and continued working upstairs to make the gallery space look just as good. Everything is handmade in Ireland including the glass jewellery & bowls made by Majella in her studio here as well. Now everything is up and running and we want to invite you to come and see what we have here!

Where: Truly Gifted,Hibernian Way, Mallo, Co. Cork,  just down the lane across from the Hibernian Hotel

When: Saturday 10th November

Time: From 2pm

 We will have a variety of art,craft & design on display. 

Why not start your Christmas shopping here, most of the items are one off creations by talented Irish makers. Why not find out about our workshops on the day and maybe you could make your own Christmas gifts!

Upcoming workshops

Card making including Christmas Cards €15pp

Crochet (price coming soon)

Encaustic Art (Painting with wax) cards can also be made from these works of art €15 pp

Jewellery Making €25 pp

 Glass Fusing €60 pp

Drawing & Painting €25pp

All materials are included in the price you see!

Items made in these workshops may need to dry etc.. and would be ready for collection a week later. Also it is possible to start a project and continue it in each class. Classes are pay as you go so you can just come once and make something or just keep coming each week and learn more!

Dates yet to be decided but there will be more details on the day

Craft Festival 2012, Dublin

“Craft:  an activity involving skill in making things by hand”

Date:  Sunday 20th May 2012

Venue:  Royal Marine Hotel, DunLaoghaire Co Dublin

Times:  10am – 5pm

 

This festival is for all things creative, whether you are a supplier, a teacher or a designer/craft person this Festival will showcase all disciplines of creativity.

We will have craft suppliers from all disciplines, with supplies for sale on the day and hoping that all suppliers can offer discounts and deals for this festival.  This is a great way to network and get your products out there, also to increase your client mailing list.

Workshops, Classes and Courses…..we know that in this climate, teaching is a great way to earn on a regular basis and share your knowledge.  With so many people with ‘more time’ on their hands they are starting to explore their creative side.  You can run workshops on the day with your customers pre-booking places, drop in sessions or sit and try out table.  We will promote these sessions and special offers for you on your page and on a special workshops page with your details so customers can book their place with you directly.  We request that you send us details of session times well in advance of the festival to ensure good publicity.

Pure craft, we will host a variety of crafts by the designers for this festival.  As always we have a limited number of stands and will not have any competition in the room for any trade. 

Please do not hesitate to book this event as we want a great standard of work for customers to buy and feel they have some quality products that is valued at the correct price.

We have 18 workshop spaces, 25 supplier spaces and up to 30 craft stands.

To apply please send us 3 images of your craft OR web address of your workshops/classes/Supplies…stating if you are a supplier/designer/teacher or combination

Contact us on:   craftfestival2012@gmail.com

Karen Harper 086 888 5321  // AnneLouise McDermott 086 3547499

PRICES OF STANDS:

Stand prices are starting at only 65 Euro for the 4ft table (only 2 left), 85Euro for a 6ft table, 100 Euro for an 8ft table, 130 Euro for a 12ft table, 155Euro for a 16ft table.

Other options are available if a shop like space is required and/or seating for your workshops on the day, each trader will be dealt with individually to suit your business perfectly.

Starting price 10×10ft space 150 Euro,  different options are available to suit your needs.

All stands will be positioned to complement each other by organisers.
The balcony will be used for some workshops, as it allows your customers to relax and enjoy their time in comfort.

Guilds, Associations and Societies are very welcome to have a stand which we will promote and have special prices for.

Free entry into Festival  for customers, tables and plug sockets supplied as standard in our bright spacious venue. On street  parking free, good access for set up and dismantling of Festival.

To apply please send us 3 images of your craft OR web address of your workshops/classes/Supplies…stating if you are a supplier/designer/teacher or combination 

Contact us on:   craftfestival2012@gmail.com

Karen Harper 086 888 5321  // AnneLouise McDermott 086 3547499

"Connecting artists and Crafts People in Ireland"

www.irishcraftupdate.com/blog

The Constant Knitter, Dublin

Belated congratulations to The Constant Knitter, who has moved to a beautiful new premises!

As well as selling a beautiful range of yarns, The Constant Knitter is now hosting knitting classes by The Yarn School, sewing classes by The Sewing Room and felting classes by Niki Collier Design.

 We are coming together to give you the chance to play with fibre and fabrics. Our classes are small, ensuring that everybody gets the attention they need. Our premises are newly refurbished, spacious and bright. We have a kitchen and serve tea and coffee at every class. Plentiful parking, which is free after 19.00 and on Sundays, is available near the shop. Classes are accessible to wheelchair users. 

For more information on classes or to enrol, call into the shop, 

The Constant Knitter, 

88 Francis Street, 

Dublin 8

or contact Rosemary Murphy

T: 087 996 719

W: www.theconstantknitter.ie

B: www.theconstantknitter.ie/blog/

Studio Nineteen, Belfast

Studio Nineteen, is a home of creativity, based in Belfast.

Studio Nineteen workshops are taught by Rosie Moore and Becky Moore, friends who met through a shared love of vintage fashion, needlework, knitting and posing for photographs. Both have been stitching since knee high, for pleasure and business, and whenever they get time to sit still they can usually be found clicking away on their knitting needles.

We run a range of sewing, knitting and customising workshops for all ages and abilities.

We believe that learning is easy when it's fun so our workshops are professional, relaxed, friendly and dedicated to teaching you lifelong practical skills. It is totally up to you whether you use those skills for pleasure or business, to save money or make money.

Our studio is located at Conway Mill in Belfast, a listed building steeped in history, tradition and community spirit, making it the perfect environment for the learning of traditional crafts.

Our workshops have no huge time commitment so you can learn valuable skills in just one day and you decide if and when you advance to a higher level - we will take you as far as you want to go.

Browse our website and see what workshops we have to offer and discover what we are all about. At this time we only have Saturday workshops but will be adding evening and weekday courses to the programme so please check back with us to see what is new.

W: www.studio-nineteen.com 

B: www.studio-nineteen.com/blog.html

Facebook: studionineteenbelfast

Twitter: @Studio_Nineteen

Le Grá Craft Studio, Claregalway, Co. Galway

 Le Grá Craft Studio and Gallery, Claregalway Shopping Centre, Co. Galway opened in October 2011 to showcase the unique talents of Galway craft-makers, artists and designers. 

Le Grá Craft Studio and Gallery provides opportunities to meet craft-makers at work, participate in workshops and collaborate in a community artworks. 

Opening Times

Mon & Fri: 10.00 to 15.00
Tue: 10.00 to 20.30
Wed & Thur: 10.00 to 16.00
1st Sat of month: 10.00 to 17.00

 

For more information visit: www.legracraftstudioandgallery.blogspot.com 

 

or contact Ester Kiely

Tel: 087 6193870

Email esterkiely@gmail.com 

Textile Workshops at Drumcreehy Country House, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare

TEXTILE WORKSHOPS
at

DRUMCREEHY COUNTRY HOUSE,

BALLYVAUGHAN, 

COUNTY CLARE

CREATIVE HAND KNITTING FOR BEGINNERS

30th September – 2ndOctober 2011

You know how to cast on, knit, purl and cast off BUT you want to explore the creative side to hand knitting! Things like making your own knitting yarns, making and knitting a super chunky yarn and knitting it with a broom handle! Break the mystery of twisting a cable, discover circular knitting and learn how to be creative with colour.

Join us at the luxurious Drumcreehy Country House for a weekend workshops with Liz Spillane, a professional Knitwear Designer who has worked in the industry for over 25 years and specialises in Hand Knit design work.  She also has years of experience in Fashion Design Education and is currently Knitwear Tutor in the Fashion Department of the Limerick School of Art & Design.

Euro 225.00 per person sharing double or twin room.

Single room supplement - Euro 40.00 per person (limited supply).

FELTING WORKSHOP

7th – 9th October 2011

In a relaxed and informal atmosphere, learn the fascinating art of felt making with textile artist Suzanne McCulloch. During this weekend workshop, you will design and create your own pair of slippers and a handbag using the seamless felt making technique.  Explore the various different ways of manipulating the wool to embellish your pieces with techniques such as layering, trapping fibres and needle felting, using the beautifully soft hand dyed fibres such as Marino and Blue Faced Leicester.  Finish off each felted delight with your very own personalised handmade label. 

Suzanne McCulloch holds a BA hons degree in Decorative Arts from Nottingham Trent University.  Following her degree, she was awarded a two year artist residency at the Platform Gallery in Lancashire. Since then she has worked as an independent textile artist producing her own range of textiles and also running craft workshops for adults and children.  Suzanne has exhibited her work extensively in galleries such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Sweet Bella Gallery in New York.

Euro 175.00 per person sharing double or twin room. 

Single room supplement – Euro 40.00 per person (limited supply)

DESIGNING FOR THE ADVANCED KNITTER

14th – 16th October 2011

You are an experienced Hand knitter and would love to create your own “Designer garment”.  At this workshop with Liz Spillane you will learn the basic principles of designing a hand knitted garment.  With your own research and the chosen yarn you wish to work with, you will design your own garment, knit swatches of the fabric to be used, plot the pattern and discuss the process of making the garment.

(See Beginners course for Liz Spillane’s portfolio).

Euro 210.00 per person sharing double or twin room.

Single room supplement Euro 40.00 per person (limited supply).

All rates for all workshops include 2 nights Bed & Breakfast at the luxurious Drumcreehy Country House, 2 lunches and 12 hours workshop (6 on Saturday and 6 on Sunday).

 

For more information or bookings contact Drumcreehy Country House:

T: 065 7077377

E: info@drumcreehyhouse.com 
W: www.drumcreehyhouse.com

Felting workshop, Kerry

Felting workshop

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. --bell hooks 

Learn the easy and transformative process of felting, one of the oldest textiles in the world.  With wool, warm water, and a little soap and energy, you can create all kinds of wonderful items.  We will focus on the process of making felt and then felt book covers that can be used as journals, sketchbooks, or photo albums.  They make a wonderful gift, but you may want to keep it for yourself!  Materials provided on the day, but space is limited so please book in advance.  All abilities welcome, but preferably age 14 and up. 087-9111793.

Time:  Wednesday, April 27^th 1-4pm, at An Diseart (next to St Mary’s Church)

Price: €25, plus materials fee

Sharon Crandall is a textile artist based in West Kerry.  She enjoys making things with her hands and crochets, embroiders, quilts, and makes jewellery.  Four years ago she discovered felting and Zing! wool and natural fibres became a passion.