Obviously, I don't have any experience with other state fairs, and it's
very good to hear that some are really quite good with regard to display
and competent judges! I shouldn't have painted all fairs with the same
brush. But my reasons for not competing are as they are. Another very
big reason I've never competed was that I never felt I had anything
worth showing off until I started making Binche, and now I just don't
want to risk losing it.
Clay
On 5/4/2011 1:34 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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I am not willing to put
hundreds of hours of work on display on a table where the public can
touch (and in the worst case, pilfer?). I am not convinced that the
jurors in state fairs know anything about bobbin lace ...........
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I have to put in a good word on our state fair. All lace exhibits are in
locked glass cabinets. There's no way for a viewer to touch or pilfer.
Our fair also works very hard to get qualified judges in every category. Our
local lace makers have no qualms about entering their items in our fair. In
the case where someone has a most outstanding item, and it doesn't get the top
award, it's usually because our fair has a rule that the same person can't win
the top prize two years in a row. (We have a fabulous male tatter who usually
wins every other year. The other years, he has to settle for a first ribbon.)
On a direct lace note.... I have finished a lappet/scarf that has been in
process for several years. The pattern came from the Prague OIDFA pattern
booklet, and was worked in black thread. It think it turned out very well, and
I look forward to showing it off.
Alice in Oregon ... where we're supposed to have the warmest day of the year,
so far, and I have some plants to get in the ground.
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