Lace Event Spain: II Encuentro de Encajeras de Bolillos “Ciudad de Carmona” – March 21, 2015

II Encuentro de Encajeras de Bolillos “Ciudad de Carmona” (Sevilla, Andalucia)
Organizers:  Taller Municipal de Encaje de Bolillos del Ayto.de Carmona
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2015
Time: 9:30 to 13:30
Place: Plaza de Abastos
Website: http://tinyurl.com/nfrsuk7
Information:  Casa de la Cultura, 954 14 22 00/954 14 00 11 ext 1202
Monitora del Taller Municipal de Encaje de Bolillos, 620 86 70 99 (Mari Carmen Carrera)
Registration:  Carmona registration
Casa de la Cultura (fax 954 14 07 16), casacultura@carmona.org
Registration deadline, March 18, 2015. No registration fee.

Program:
9:30   Registration of participants
10:00 Breakfast
10:30  Beginning of work, vendors open
12:00  Tourist visits for groups
13:30  End of activities

carmona    carmona map

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Lace Event Spain: V Encuentro Encaje de Bolillos, Talayuela – March 28, 2015

V Encuentro de Bolillos, Talayuela (Cáceres, Extremadura)
Organizers:  La Universidad Popular “Villa de Talayuela”
el Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Talayuela
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Time: Events begin at 9:30 AM
Place: El Pabellón Municipal de Talayuela
Information: uptalayuela@hotmail.com – very responsive.
Universidad Popular – 927 55 19 89
Registration:  3 EUR per person. Meal optional at 16.00 EUR.

Program:
9:30   Registration of participants
10:00 Breakfast
10:30  Welcome from officials
11:00  Start of work, vendors
13:30  End of activities
14:00  Fellowship Meal

Talayuela is a small town and they would love to have your participation!

talayuela   Talayuela_2

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Lace Event UK: Alban Lacemakers Evening Meeting – March 13, 2015

Alban Lacemakers Evening Meeting
Date: Friday, March 13, 2015
Place: Marshalswick Community Centre
The Ridgeway, St Albans AL4 9TL, UK
Time: 8:00 PM to ~9:45 PM
Members often arrive at 7:30 to do their shopping.
Website: http://tinyurl.com/ppg33fv
Information: http://tinyurl.com/la7595t, or write Mary Kenward at mekenward@hotmail.com

Speaker: Veronica Main, “Lace, The Disappearing Museum Display”
Bring and Buy (Proceeds to theAlban Lacemakers Funds)

Fee: Free to members, the Friday meetings are included in the membership fee.
£4.00 for visitors, including tea or coffee and a homemade biscuit.  Pay at the door, no need to do advance booking.

The Alban Lacemakers are a Lace Guild affiliated organization, formed in 1983. They now have around 60 members. Monthly meetings (except August) are held on Friday evenings at the Marshalwick Community Centre, visitors welcome. They also hold weekend workshops, demonstrate regularly at local events, and have a member’s evening once or twice a year. Membership fees are £18.00 for Lace Guild members, £20.00 for non-Lace Guild members.

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Lace Event USA: 3er Encuentro de Mundilleras, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico – March 15, 2015

3er Encuentro de Mundilleras, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Organizers:  El Grupo de Mundilleras de Cabo Rojo
El Municipio Autónomo de Cabo Rojo
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2015
Time:
  9:00 to 17:00
Place:
Plaza Artesanal Rolando Ortiz Medina
Complejo Deportivo Rebekah Colberg, Cabo Rojo
Website:  http://tinyurl.com/qbc6vjd
Information:  Carmen Layave 787-831-5696
community college students, no cost.

Cabo Rojo   rojaCabo Rojo

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Lace Event Spain: V Encuentro de Encaje de Bolillos, Calatayud – March 29, 2015

V Encuentro de Encaje de Bolillos, Calatayud (Zaragoza, Aragon)
Organizer: Encajeras Biblitanas
C/ Paseo Ramón y Cajal no 11-1oC, 50300 Calatayud, Zaragoza
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Time: 10:00 to 14:00
Place: La Factoría Resort
Website:  http://encajerasbilbilitanas.blogspot.com/
Information and Registration:  3 Euros, cost of meal is 12 Euros
Please confirm participation prior to March 15th. Space is limited to 400 persons, allocated in the order registration is received.
Housing is available at the Hotel Monasterio Benedictino, 976-89-15-00
encajerasbilbilitanas@gmail.com
690-77-49-45 or 976-88-33-22 Mercedes
628-43-57-59 or 976-60-79-7 Ana

Program at the Factoria Resort:
10:00  Participant registration
10:15   Coffee and pastries
10:30  Lacemaking demonstrations
12:00  Sandwich and bottle of water
12:30  Presentation of gifts
13:00  Raffle
13:30  Meal at the Hotel Monasterio Benedictino

Calatayud  

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Lace Event Spain: XII Encontro de Palilleiras, San Ciprián (Cervo) – March 28, 2015

XII Encontro de Palilleiras, San Ciprián (San Cibrao) (Cervo, Lugo)
Sponsors: Delegación de Igualdade do Concello de Cervo
Xunta de Galicia, Fundación Centro Galego da Artesanía e do Deseño, and others.
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Time: 10:00 to 13:00 and 16:00 to 19:00
Place: Pavillón Municipal da Veiga
Website:  http://tinyurl.com/kdr78sf
Information and Registration:
Concello de Cervo, 691 656 600 / 982 595 157
Ma Luz Méndez 982 595 148 / 690 101 018
Modesta Lombardero 982 594 132  639 944 254
Registrations due by March 20, 2015

Agenda:
10:00   Reception for participants
10:30 to 13:00   Demonstrations
12:00  Tour of the Fábrica de Cerámica de Sargadelos
14:00  Lunch
16:30  Fashion show, designs by Lucia Parades and Mari Luz Méndez
16:30 to 1900   Demonstrations
Events include a performance by the Folkloric Group Airiños do Xunco

Over 400 lacemakers are already registered for this event. 25 vendors will also be present.

Cervo   cervo 2

Cervo

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Lace Event Spain: III Encuentro Nacional de Encajeras de Bolillos, Mondéjar – March 28, 2015

III Encuentro Nacional de Encajeras de Bolillos, Mondéjar (Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha)
Sponsor:  la Associación de Amas de Casas Cons y Usarios Virgen de la Puerta
Ayuntamiento de Mondéjar
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Time: Events begin at 10:30
Place: Plaza Mayor Mondéjar
Information and Registration: 12 Euros for the meal. Please register by March 13, 2015.
Ayuntamiento – 949 38 50 01 / 626 17 6055
Asunción – 949 38 54 00  Juani – 949 10 70 48

Agenda:
10:30 Registration and badging of  participants
11:00  Breakfast
11:30  Meeting opened by local authorities
12:00 Presentation of gifts for all participants
13:30 Vermouth offered by wineries (in la Bodega, Avda. de la Constitución #37)
14:30 Fellowship meal at a local restaurant.

Events:
In the afternoon it will be possible to take a tour of the Stra. Ma Magdalena church and the ruins of the San Antonio convent, and the San Sebastian Hermitage, both declared national monuments.

Mondejar_map

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Lace Event France: 3ème Couvige des doigts agiles de Courpière – March 28, 2015

3ème Couvige des doigts agiles de Courpière (Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne)
Theme:  Les Fables de La Fontaine, Légende et Poésie
Sponsor:
  Le Club des Doigts Agiles à Courpière
Date: Saturday March 28, 2015
Place: Arcades de Barjavelle
63120 Courpière, France
Time: 9:00 to 18:00 (from previous event)
Website:  http://tinyurl.com/qb5kg44
Information:
Martine Malosse, +33 (0)4 73 80 50 34, martine.malosse@orange.fr
Chantal Cieslak, +33 (0)4 73 53 06 46, cielzak.michel@wanadoo.fr
Call before February 15th.

The previous Couvige was in 2012. More than 200 lacemakers participate.

courpiere

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Lace Event France: II Salon des Loisirs Créatifs, Poitiers – March 27-29, 2015

II Salon des Loisirs Créatifs, Poitiers (Viuenne, Poitou-Charentes)
Sponsors:  Alea Events
Dates: Friday, March 27 to Sunday March 29, 2015
Time: 10:00 to 18:00
Place: Parc des Expositions
11 Rue Salvador Allende, 86000 Poitiers, France
Blog:   http://tinyurl.com/qaza9wd
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/kcmtsat
Information and Reservations: +33 (0)6 79 13 29 41
5.00 EUR, free from 18:00 to 20:00 on Friday. Reduced fares available, see site.

This is a large textile and other crafts fair, and I’m not certain how much lace will be present.

Loisirs créatifs    Poitiers

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Lace Event USA: North Carolina Regional Lacers, Spring Lace Day – March 28, 2015

North Carolina Regional Lacers, Spring Lace Day
Theme:  Who We Are and Where We are Going
Organizers:  the Mountain Lacers of Asheville, Hendersonville, and Landrum, South Carolina
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Place: Robert and Peral Seymour Center
2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Time: See agenda
Website:  http://tinyurl.com/ph8hoo3
Information and Registration:
Registration form: NCRL-2015-Lace-Day-Registration-1
Lace Day Registration deadline Feb 1, 2015.  Yes, I’m late on posting this, but there still might be room for some events.

Agenda:
9:00 Registration
9:00 to 15:00  Vendors
9:30 to 12:00  Classes
12:00 Lunch
13:00 to 14:00 Elizabeth Kurella, “Rescue that Stash of Old Lace”
14:00 Business meeting and door prizes
15:00 to 18:00  Special Class session with Elizabeth Kurella

Classes:
Peg Ladd, Battenburg Lace
Carolyn Kotlas, Tatted Christmas Card Ornament
Cyndi Buhr, Bobbin Lace Mug Rug
Michelle Chase, Knitted Lace Washcloth
Elizabeth Kurella, Mending Workshop
Holly Van Sciver will also conduct a workshop on March 27th and 29th  for beginning and continuing Torchon and Bucks point  VanSciver-Workshop

NC

chapel hiill

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