5ème Couvige “Dentellières en Liberté”, Le Puy-en-Velay
(Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute Loire, Auvergne)
Organizers: Centre d’Enseignement de la Dentelle au Fuseau (CEDF)
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2015
Time: 9:00 to 17:30
Place: In the streets surrounding the CEDF (Rue Raphaël, Place Guy François).
Inside CEDF in case of rain.
Websites: http://tinyurl.com/okjv9vo
Information and Reservations: CEDF 04 71 02 01 68, fax: 04 71 02 92 56 enseignement@ladentelledupuy Please make reservations by May 23, 2015.
Events include:
Demonstrations by lacemakers from all over France
Sales of supplies for lace and handicrafts
Street market “Atour de la Dentelle”
Opening of a new exhibition “La Mode Enfantine en Dentelle et Broiderie”
Presentation of la Médaille du Travail to Nathalie Hubert
Contest:
There will be prizes for the best work in progress at the couvige. See the website for the rules for this very unique contest.
Some of the prizes include the “Le Carreau d’or” offered by the city of Puy-en-Velay, and CEDF is providing a silver inlaid and garnet bobbin
A pendant with ‘esprits’ in silver dots
A pendant of twisted silver.