2023

To view the recording of the AGM 2023, please click here.

For our online AGM & Conference 25 March 2023, we commissioned talks from three expert feltmakers: Janna Turner, Jane Fox and Judy Preston. Members can view the videos on the IFA YouTube Channel from the links below.

Our first presenter Janna Turner demonstrated how you can wash your own wool and fleece at the kitchen sink: Washing Wool with Janna Turner 

You can also find Janna’s instructions for Washing Wool and Curly Wurly locks below:

Washing Wool
Washing Curly Wurly Locks

Our second talk was by Jane Fox, Northern Ireland-based feltmaker who enjoys experimenting and exploring the many techniques of feltmaking: Using Carders in Creative Ways

Our third presenter, IFA Regional Coordinator Judy Preston, shares top tips on colour matching plus a series of exercises to help develop an understanding of colour theory. Judy also shares a Region 9 project using Kandinsky’s Circles painting as a starting point and for inspiration:
Colour theory and tips on colour matching

2022

For our online AGM & Conference 26 March 2022, we commissioned videos from three internationally-renowned feltmakers, Flóra Carlile-Kovács, Dawn Edwards and Marie Spaulding. Members can view the videos on the IFA YouTube Channel from the links below.

Flóra Carlile-Kovács | Shrinkage in Feltmaking | International Feltmakers Association AGM & Conference 2022

Dawn Edwards & Marie Spaulding | Sampling for Success | International Feltmakers Association AGM & Conference 2022

We also have a step-by-step video from the acclaimed needle felters, Judith Balchin and Roz Dace, better known by their business name, The Woolly Felters.

NB. To receive their accompanying pdf tutorial, please contact The Woolly Felters directly and they will share it with you.

For their video, please click the link.

The Woolly Felters | Eco Worrier | International Feltmakers Association AGM & Conference 2022

2021

For our online AGM & Conference 27-28 March 2021, we commissioned videos from four internationally-renowned feltmakers, Fiona Duthie, Judit Tóth-Pócs, Nancy Ballesteros and Nicola Brown.

Members can view the videos on the IFA YouTube Channel from the links below.

Fiona Duthie | Creative Sparks | IFA Conference & AGM 2021

Judit Pocs | Spatiality, Material Use, Recycling in Feltmaking | IFA Conference & AGM 2021

Nancy Ballesteros | Fibonacci’s Design Principles in Feltmaking | IFA Conference & AGM 2021

Nicola Brown | International Feltmakers Association AGM & Conference 2021 | Video 1

Nicola Brown | International Feltmakers Association AGM & Conference 2021 | Video 2

Nicola Brown | International Feltmakers Association AGM & Conference 2021 | Video 3