The 2015 Lace Guild Convention
Date: Friday April 10 to Sunday April 12, 2015
Place: Stockport Masonic Guildhall
169 Wellington Road South, Stockport SK1 3UA
Website: http://tinyurl.com/mjjacu6
Information and Registration:
conventionBookingForm2015
Registration forms with payment should be sent to The Hollies, 53 Audnam, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4AE
Registrations should arrive between February 9 and March 1,2015.
Tel: +44 (0)1384 390749, Fax: +44(0)1384 444415

Agenda
Convention timetable: conventionTimetable2015
Friday April 10, 2015
14:00 to 17:00  Adult Workshops
16:00 to 19:00  Reception and registration
16:00 on – Vendors
18:00 to 22:00  Friday Lace-In, interrupted by supper
18:30  Supper
Saturday April 11, 2015
All day – Vendors
9:00 to 17:00  Registration, etc.
9:30 to 12:30  Adult Workshops
10:00 to 12:00  Young LaceMakers Workshop
12:30  Lunch
14:00 Business meeting AGM (see comment from Jane Partridge below)
18:30 to 19:00  Dinner
After dinner talk: Gillian Dye, “The Power of Lace”
Sunday April 12, 2015
All morning – Vendoers
9:30 to 12:30  Adult Workshops
9:30 to 12:00 Suppliers

Competition
Theme is ‘Hats’. Bring entries to the education stand by 10:00 Saturday morning. This is a free fun competition with small prizes, more than one item may be entered. Note, the Hat Museum is in the area.

Classes
Friday Afternoon, Sunday Morning
Sue Kalra – Mini Imposed Workshop
Friday Afternoon
Ann Allison, Wire Lace Jewellery
Jean Rooke, A Needlelace Butterfly
Carol Hughes, A Limerick Lace Butterfly
Ingrid le Count, Russian Lace Flower
Mary Coleman, A Brooch or Pendant in Metallic Thread and Wire
Saturday Morning
Gil Dye, More lace from the early pattern books
Jennifer Williams, Celtic Tatting
Sandi Woods, Birds of a Feather
Anna Winter, Snoflake Icicles
Doreen Creed, 3D Honiton in Colour!
YLM Saturday morning
Sarah Thomas, Friendship Bracelets
Sunday morning Drop-in Workshops
Sara Ruks, Chicken scratching
Malvary Cole, Knitted bookmarks

Vendors
Mainly Lace, Alison Tolson, Jenny Hester, Fireside REflections, Tangled Yarn, Needlepaws, Guild of Needlelace, Ring of Tatters (Fri & Sat only), Lace Guild Sales