Sponsor: Vereinigung Schweizerischer Spitzenmacherinnen (VSS)
Fédération des Dentellières Suisses (FDS)
Contest Website: http://www.vss-fds.ch/deutsch/concours-d/concours-d.html
Contest Rules: http://www.vss-fds.ch/deutsch/concours-d/regle%20concours-d.html
Contest Entry form: Registration Form
Due dates: Send registration form and application fee and a  photograph of the entry to:
Secretariat of the VSS / FDS, Mrs. Madeleine Raetz
PO Box 20, CH – 3150 Schwarzburg by February 28, 2012.
March 22, 2012 is the final date to submit your work if selected by the jury.
Email: esther.wanzenried@gmx.net
Past contest entries: http://tinyurl.com/892rz9b, http://tinyurl.com/6tgrftq, http://tinyurl.com/7rmj9ez

The American Chestnut tree, once widespread in the eastern US, is now almost extinct due to the ravages of the chestnut blight fungus first noticed in 1904. It killed about 3 billion trees in a few decades. The sweet chestnut and horse chestnut trees are however, common in southern Europe. Wouldn’t it be interesting if someone could do an entry in this contest based on a tribute to the vanishing American Chestnut?

Entries can be in the following techniques: Bobbin lace, needle lace, Sprang, Frivolité, filet crochet, knit lace, Tenerife lace, appliqué lace on tulle. There are three categories, bobbinlace, all other lace types, and a junior category up to age 16.  Size is limited to 30cm x 50cm area, 12cm high for 3-dimensional pieces. The work will be judged by an independent jury, consisting of several members, the following criteria:
– Implementation of the Chestnut theme
– Originality
– Quality or work
– Validity
– Overall impression
I assume the jury will downselect entries based on the submitted photograph.

American Chestnut tree, date unknown.