At 12:35 PM 8/7/2005, you wrote:
... also got to spend a whole evening at the lace convention.
We really enjoyed all the vendors, but were surprised at how few people
there were.
Hi. Glad you got to stop by. What day did you come? Was it perhaps on
Wednesday? That day most of the people were out on tours. The sales room
was not crowded at all. I spent an enjoyable two hours just browsing and
looking at everything. (Yes, spending, too.) The other days it seemed
there was a crowd every time I had a chance to go in.
It seems that in Europe the lace days are much bigger. Since this was my
first IOLI convention I was wondering if this one was above or below
average??. Is 25 pieces in the competition a lot? and how come if there
is so many IOLI members there weren't more lacemakers willing to compete??
As I understand it, this was the second largest attended convention. I was
told there were 388 registered people, teachers included. The exhibit
people were overjoyed with the entries. It might have been the largest
group of competition entries ever. The Denver people would have to report
on the exact statistics.
As to why there were 'only' 25 entries.....I can't tell you, except for my
missing one. I didn't get it done on time. I think most of the other
members of my lace group are a bit shy about entering in anything other
than county and state fairs. We'll have to work on that.
Dinner time. Must go feed the cats and husband.
Alice in Oregon -- where I'm still unpacking.
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