And the Winner is.......

We put the names from the comments entered under our post of the 7th of October into our felt hat.  We thought we might let the lovely Disney draw the winner but he looked as if he might eat everything, hat and all  so one of the Convergence Committee did the honours and drew our the name of Rowena. 

So Rowena, just email your postal address to us at feltconvergence@gmail.com and a little piece of Disney will be on its way to you.

From what we can see, Rowena is a bit of a blogger too and  describes herself as a "craft designer and hand maker living in a beautiful island at the end of the earth".  Well Rowena - Tasmania isn't the end of the earth but you certainly can see it from there.  Actually we love Tazzie  - it has a perfect climate for felting!

Hobart / Mount Wellington

If you'd like to have a look at Rowena's blog you can check it out here.

Bags

We ladies just love our bags and with good reason.  Not only are they immensely useful allowing us to carry all those things which are essential to our day but they also enable us to add a touch of colour to our outfits. 

Just look at these beautiful felt bags.

Designer M Firman

Designer B Warner

Designer M Richmond

Three bags and three totally different looks.

Colours of Nature

Although we love colour in our felting it's nice to work in warm earthy tones as well. Just look at these -



Necklace by K Cutting



Jacket by V Hornibrook



Which is the scarf, which is the tree bark? Rust dying by D Palmer

  

Felt on Sale Today

Come and meet the Felt Convergence Committee at our stall at the Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School Craft Fair today - Sunday, 17 October 2010: 10.00am to 3.30pm.

We have lots of beautiful hand made felt items for sale including bags, scarves, wraps and jewellery.  A wonderful opportunity for you to buy some unique Christmas presents away from the shopping centre crush.

All proceeds go towards making the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence Bunbury 2011 a fabulous festival of felt.

Date: Sunday, 17 October 2010: 10.00am to 3.30pm

Venue: Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, 5 Allen Road, Gelorup WA 6230

Another Blog Give Away

Yes as it's now less than a year to go for the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence 2011 we are giving away something special.

Do you remember our blog post on the handsome Disney?

Disney

We have 80 grams of alpaca rovings courtesy of this fine-looking boy.

To win all you need to do is put a comment on this blog post so press the "Comment" title at the bottom of this post and write your note to us. There's no need for you to put your personal contact details on. Just write your name and if you are the lucky winner you will be asked to email us your postal details. We will post some of Disney anywhere across the globe so don't be shy just because you live in Peru!
The winner's name will be drawn in 3 weeks time and will be published on this blog then.

Good luck.

Fabulous Felt on Sale

Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School Craft Fair - Sunday, 17 October 2010: 10.00am to 3.30pm

The Committee are having a stall at the Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School Art and Craft Fair to raise funds for the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence Bunbury 2011.

There will be lots of beautiful hand made felt items for sale including bags, scarves, wraps and jewellery.

Come along for a wonderful day of artistic and cultural pleasure.  This year's event will be bigger than ever with something for everyone including  lots of gorgeous felt of course!

Date:  Sunday, 17 October 2010: 10.00am to 3.30pm

Venue: Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, 5 Allen Road, Gelorup WA 6230

 

See you there!

If you would like to donate a felt item to sell at the Craft Fair please email feltconvergence2011@westnet.com.au

Only a Year to Go!

This time next year we will be gathering at the Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School for the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence.

It is a gorgeous location.  The school is around 10 km south of Bunbury and is in a beautiful, quiet bush setting  as Amelia shows us here surrounded by pink fairy orchids -

We are really looking forward to seeing you all.  We have a dynamic program of felting for you to enjoy as well as lots of fun and fellowship.

What will you be doing this time next year?

Information on how to get to Bunbury is given under Convergence Information - see the top of the right hand side bar.

The International Day of Felt

Yes felt has its very own day and it's today the 2nd October. 

Check out our friends at Felt United to find out more.  Their goal is to connect feltmakers around the globe to raise awareness of felt as both a craft and an artform and celebrate the world's oldest known textile. 

Well we are happy to participate by displaying some pictures of our felt in this years collours of yellow, green and blue.

First a felt vessel -

Artist S Seaman

Detail from a scarf -

Designer C Castledine

And looking down on the crown of a hat -

Designer J Gibson

Happy International day of Felt.

Fragments of Fantasy

Exhibition open from today.