Dear Spiders:
The Rocky Mountain Lace Guild would like to encourage entries to the
Colorado State Fair this August. Anyone in the world may submit lace for
competition. If you have never submitted to a competition before, a state
fair is a good place to start.
The Colorado State Fair offers lace competition in the following classes:
* Torchon Lace
* Bobbin Lace, other than Torchon, continuous
* Bobbin Lace, other than Torchon, non-continuous (ie. Honiton,
Duchesse, etc.)
* Tatting Thread size 80-200 (thinner threads)
* Tatting Thread size 5-75 (thicker threads)
* Tape Laces -Russian, Battenberg, Princess, etc.
* Mixed Media -lace technique must comprise at least 51% of piece
* Needle Lace
* Lace Christmas Ornament (other than crocheted or knitted)
* Novice/Youth -Age 16 and under OR making particular lace for less
than three years.
The entry fee is $4.00 per item, limit one item per class.
Items are due at the fairgrounds (and may be mailed - see General Entry
rules below for details) by 5:00 pm Friday, August 6, 2004. Enclose return
postage and items will be mailed back to you.
Premiums & Awards:
First place $15.00
Second place $10.00
Third place $5.00
Fourth place ribbon
Best of Show 1: Rosette awarded by the Colorado State Fair
Best of Show 2: the Dorothy Names prize, a special lace trimmed rosette
awarded by the Rocky Mountain Lace Guild
To submit items:
The General Entry premium book can be found online at:
<http://www.coloradosfair.com/html/exhibitorcenter/generalentry.asp>http://www.coloradosfair.com/html/exhibitorcenter/generalentry.asp
Scroll down to the General Entry section.
Click on "NeedleArts" for the pdf file.
Lace Entries are Division 109J (Tatting and Lace), classes 221-231
There is also a Men's needlework division, as well as other divisions such
as cross stitch, quilting, crochet, knitting, etc, not to mention the cows
and horses and jam and enormous pumpkins in other parts of the fair. :-D
I encourage everyone to have a go! Email me with any questions, and sorry
about the length of this email.
Vasna Zago
If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
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