10a Trobada de Puntaires de Fatec (Barcelona, Catalonia)
Organizers: Federació d’associacions de Gent Gran de Catalunya (Fatec)
Ajuntament de Barcelona
Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016
Time: 11:00 to 13:00
Place: plaça Sagrada Família
Website: http://tinyurl.com/gq22ve2
Information: festamajorsf@gmail.com
This is part of the annual Barcelona Festa Major 2016, Sagrada Família, which runs form April 10 to 24, 2016. The event draws about 400 participants.
3a Trobada de Puntaires a les Franqueses del Vallès (Vallès Oriental, Catalonia)
Organizers: l’àrea de Sanitat i Gent Gran de l’Ajuntament de les Franqueses
Ajuntament de Les Franqueses del Vallès
Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016
Time: 10:00 to 13:00
Place: Rambla de la carretera de Ribes
Websites: http://tinyurl.com/jfkyney
This event is being held in conjunction with the 5th Mercat de Productes de Proximitat I Artesanals. 150 lacemakers are expected from 20 municipalities throughout Catalonia.
Encuentro Encaje y Patchwork, Fuentes de Ebro (Zaragoza, Aragon)
Organizers: La Asociación Cultural Encajeras Santa Bárbara (http://tinyurl.com/p5a3ro4)
Ayuntamiento Fuentes de Ebro
Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016
Time: Starts at 10:00 (from past years)
Place: Plaza de la Constitución
Information: Ana at 699 459 047 cultura@fuentesdeebro.es
II Aplec de Boixeteres i Boixeters, La Font de la Figuera (Costera, Valencian Community)
Organizers: Boixeteres Fontinas
Collaborators: Ajuntament de La Font de La Figuera
Regidoria de’Educació I Cultura
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2016
Time: See agenda.
Place: Doesn’t say, but it talks about demonstrations in the street.
Website: http://tinyurl.com/gp75q86
Information: 962290322 or turisme@lafontdelafiguera.net
Please confirm participation by April 9th
Agenda:
10:00 Arrival of the lacemakers
11:00 Welcome ceremony and demonstrations in the street
14:30 Meal
16:00 Prize drawing and farewell
XIII Trobada de Puntaires, Golmés (Lleida, Catalonia)
Organizers: Associació de Dones Argelaga
Collaborators: Ajuntament de Golmés
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2016
Time: See agenda.
Place: Pavelló Poliesportiu Salvador Ezquerra (from last year)
Website: http://tinyurl.com/hhw9mws
Information: Neus, 66 00 21 7 21, Anna M. 60 59 59 373
Please confirm participation by April 3rd.
Agenda:
10:00 Arrival of the lacemakers
10:30 Breakfast
12:00 Prize drawing
12:30 Gift presentation
Around 400 lacemakers attended in 2013.
VIII Jornadas de Randa, Novelda (Alicante, Valencian Community)
Sponsor: la asociación Soc Randera and la Conceljalía de la Mujer
Date: Sunday, April 17, 2016
Time: Events begin at 9:30
Place: la Plaza Vieja de Novelda
Website: http://tinyurl.com/htw27oe http://tinyurl.com/l7e6fwf
Information: Not given.
Lacemakers from Alicante, Elche, San Vicente, Valencia and Tarragona are expected to attend.
An exhibition of work by the lacemakers will be held in thela Casa Museo Modernista. The exhibition runs from April 7-17, 2016.
http://tinyurl.com/gwjyjeo VI Trobada de Boixets Alaquàs (Horta Oest, Valencia)
Sponsor: La Asociación de Artesanas de Alaquàs
Ajuntament d’Alquàs
Date: Sunday, April 17, 2016
Time: 10:00 to 14:00
Place: Colegio Público Las Cigüeñas
c/Noruega s/n
Website: http://tinyurl.com/gwjyjeo
Information: Guadalupe Pinazo González, 609210349, adriapaural@gmail.com
Agenda:
10:00 Registration
10:30 Breakfast
11:00 Visit to the Castell d’Alquà and to the exhibition of lace
14:00 Dinner
The exhibition shows the work of the “Artesanas de Alaquàs”, including tatting, patchwork, embroidered net and beaded bracelets.
South Wales Lace Makers and Needlework Fair
Organizer: Claire’s Lace
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Place: Holiday Inn
Newport, Gwent, Wales NP18 2YG
Time: 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Web Site: http://www.lacefair.co.uk
Information: Claire Cleverly 01425 483450, Claire@claireslace.co.uk
85 North Poulner Rd, Ringwood BH24 3LA, United Kingdom
Tickets: £3.00, under 16’s free. Refreshments and lunch available, free parking, easy access.
Suppliers
Acorn Bobbins, Reg Beasant, Boxes and Busts, Church Meadowcraft, Claire’s Lace, Harlequin, Jenny Hester, Jenny Hudson, Stuart Johnson, Chris Parsons, The Lace Guild, Lacewing Designs, Christine Springett, Ring of Tatters, SMP, Tambour and Clutch, Tatting Supplies, Turnstyle, Winslow Bobbins, Margaret Wall, John Woodcock, Woodcolours
A day out for lace and craft makers.
6ème festival de Dentelle et Métiers d’Art, Hondschoot (Dunkirk, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie)
Theme: “Art textile – Parures & Accessoires”
This year’s special guest is the Musée de la dentelle de Caudry
Sponsor: le club des Gilliodts Dentellières
Date: Saturday, April 16 & Sunday April 17, 2016
Place: Salle Alain Colas rue Lamartine, La Salle école de Musique, La Mairie d’Hondschoote has made 3 rooms available, La Chapelle St. Augustin
59122 Hondschoote
Time: Saturday 10:00 to 18:30, Sunday 10:00 to 18:00
Websites: http://tinyurl.com/gl72zp4 www.gilliodts-dentelle.com
Information: 05 46 87 5936
This festival features demonstrations, exchanges and exhibitions for lovers of lace and embroidery from France, Belgium, Germany, and Holland. Hondschoot is close to the Belgian border, and ties with Belgian lace have always been very close in this area.
Alban Lacemakers Evening Meeting
Date: Friday, April 15, 2016
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 or Madge on 01582 769235
Presentation: Items of Lace from the Lace Guild Collection
Supplier: Elizabeth van Trierum, Painted Bobbins & Turned items.
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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