Northeast Feltmakers Guild

NEFG member, Kim Goodling from shared her vast array of wool knowledge with students this past weekend. In the workshop, Fiber to Felt, Kim demonstrated the entire process of shearing, skirting, washing, picking, carding, and finally felting the sheep wool. The range of students prior knowledge was from felting to farming or new to it all! We all were amazed by the process and everyone left with an adorable and useful tote bag. Hard to believe the wool in the bag was on a sheep’s body just a few days ago.

Sanborn Mills is a magical place. We could not have asked for a more beautiful setting. And the food? It is all farm to table and absolutely delicious.

Nice to meet you! IFA members, Kerstin Katko, Shelly Tamburo, Patti Barker, Lise Poulsen, and Debbie Penley, finally meet in person at the NEFG Spring Retreat. These fabulous felters have been working together via Zoom for the past 6 years.

Feathered Friends. Needle felted piece by .

Check out our NEFG member in Jersey’s Best magazine. The insightful article shines light on Josie’s colorful journey through her fiber art.

Thank you to everyone for participating in NEFG’s ! We had such an overwhelming international response and are so thankful for this wooly community. Whether you posted your work, provided thoughtful comments, or just followed along…we were happy to have you on the felting February journey.

Posts were viewed hundreds, something’s thousands, of times from all over the world. At a time when life seems overwhelming and crazy, we are fortunate to have this supportive community of people loving what we do and finding peace among those that do it too.

Many thanks from Cindy Kennelly for NEFG.

NEFG is proud to announce that FELTuary is returning in its third year! FELTuary is a unique way of displaying the work of felters. A prompt is provided each day in the month of February. You may be as literal or as abstract as you’d like. Post your work each day according to the prompt. You can “collaborate” with in your post and also use the hashtag to bring it to the attention of those following. We need pockets of joy in these crazy times and this is one of them. Share your love and work of wool.

February 1 will be our first prompt: Stitching and wool

These three amazing pieces by .osullivan.fiberart will be on display at the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center. The is in the DC metro area and will be on display through the Spring. Gorgeous work Catherine!! 👏

Four members of have been selected to display work in upcoming show, Exploring the World of Fibers. In alphabetical order:
- Maratus Aquilus Bowl by Judith Daniels
- Civil Discourse by Elizabeth Stubbs
- Bisnonna by Jen Warren
- Rising by Joy Muller-McCoola

The show runs from 1/10 through 2/1 with the Opening Reception on 1/11 from 2:00 - 4:00.

Congrats to all!

NEFG members have completed their first Zentangle tile with glorious results!

Final set of photos from Above and Beyond, NEFG members’ show . Show is open 10/9 - 11/1 with a closing ceremony on 11/1 from 3:00 - 5:00. It is worth the trip!!