XIII Trobada de Mundilleres Felanitx (Migjorn, Balearic Islands)
Organizers: Ajuntament de Felanitx
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2015
Time: 10:00 to 13:00
Place: Plaça de la Constitució, 1 07200 – Felanitx
(along the carrer Sol and carrer Mar)
Website: http://tinyurl.com/qhbq4dd http://tinyurl.com/ptjpbbm
Information: 971 580051 (Ajuntament de Felanitx)
This event is held on the last day of the Felanitx May Festival. It attracts about 100 participants from around the island.
III Encuentro Encaje de Bolillos Romangordo (Cáceres, Extremadura)
Organizers: Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Romangordo
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2014
Time: 10:00 to 14:00
Website: http://tinyurl.com/lm24dyf
Information and Registration: 927576581 / 927576512, info@romangordo.org
Registration fee is 3.00 EUR, including food and gift.
Agenda:
10:30 Reception for participants and welcome from authorities
11:00 Beginning of work
13:30 Exhibition and End of Work
14:00 Meal
This is part of the XI Ruta de los Ingleses in Romangordo, which runs from May 15-17, 2015.
X Encuentro de Bolillos, Villa de Alhaurín el Grande (Málaga, Andalusia)
Organizers: Ayuntamiento de Alhaurín
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2015
Time: Begins at 11:00
Place: Barriada de San Isidro
Website: http://tinyurl.com/pjd6of8
Information and Registration: Ana 954380288
mujer@alhaurinegrande.net or cim.alhaurin@gmail.com
Registration 6 EUR per person due by April 24, 2015 Registration
This is part of the annual Fiesta de La Cachorreña, in honor of San Isidro Labrador. The Fiesta celebrates local agriculture and crafts. About 350 lacemakers are expected to attend.
6. Scheunen Klöppeltag (Nienburg, Niedersachsen)
Organizers: Volkshockschule Nienburg and the Gemeinde Landesbergen
Date: Saturday May 16 and Sunday May 17, 2015
Place: Schünebusch Estorf
Neue Schulstraße 1, 31629 Estorf
Time: 14:00 to 17:00 (public invited 15:00 to 17:00)
Website: http://tinyurl.com/nksepvl http://tinyurl.com/k5xg6f4
Registration: Registration_form English registration_form
Information: Kerstin Schlüter, (0 50 25) 9 42 96, vhs-landesbergen@gmx.de
This event is closely connected with the Brokeloher Klöppeltage and I believe the activities are essentially the same. If the Brokeloher event is oversubscribed, then you can specify the Scheunen event.
VIII Encuentro de Encajes de Bolillos, Sevilla (Seville, Andalusia)
Organizers: lAyuntamiento de Sevilla, El Área de Participación Ciudadana y Coordinación de Distritos
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Time: 10:00 to 14:00
Place: Monasterio de San Jerónimo
Calle Rio Piedras
Website: http://tinyurl.com/m9q5fkd
Information and Registration: Ana, 954 380 288, mconchig@gmail.com
Registration opens on March 6the and runs until the 500 places are filled.
Agenda:
9:300 Reception and registration
10:00 Start of the Encuentro and presentation of work
10:00 Opening of the exhibition “Strolling through Seville”
11:30 Welcome by officials
This event attracts about 500 participants.
IV Encuentro de Bolillos y Vainicas, Santovenia de Pisuerga (Valladolid, Castile and León)
Organizers: Grupo de Bolillos y Vainicas de Santovenia de Pisuerga
Ayuntamento de Santovenia de Pisuerga
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Time: 10:30 to 14:00
Place: Polideportivo Municipal “Mayte Martínez
c/Camino viejo. Don’t park in the street.
Website: http://tinyurl.com/l22v2hn
Information and Registration: Carmen 983 400 736 / 649 372 634
Pilar 983 400 509 / 650 331 110 pilarbolillos@gmail.com
Agenda:
10:30 Reception for visitors.
11:00 Inaguration of the Encuentro by officials and organizations. Opening of the exhibition of local lace and embroideries.
12:30 Award to the youngest and oldest lacemaker.
13:00 Sweepstakes drawing. Recognition of the largest group and the one that came from farthest away.
14:00 Closing and farewell.
Suffolk Lacemakers’ Get-Together
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Place: Wickham Market Village Hall
Wickham Market IP13 0HE
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Fees: £3.00 members, £4.00 non-members, £2.00 Young Lacemakers
Cheques payable to Suffolk Lacemakers, send SAE to Contact
Contact: Pat Hansford, 9 Salehurst Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 8RT
Telephone: 01473 727953
Sheffield Lace Makers’ AGM
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Place: Ecclesall Parish Church Hall
Ringinglow Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S11 7PP
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Websites: http://tinyurl.com/la4w3mc http://tinyurl.com/mdu9sbn
Visitor’s charge, £1.00
Contact: Phyllis Brown 0114 236 7236 or rhandpmbrown@waitrose.com
Any lacemaker is invited to come.
Sheffield Lace Makers is a friendly craft group of amateur lacemakers who enjoy meeting together 5 times a year, 10am-4pm on a Saturday. There is a small charge for annual membership. The group also meets in Rotherham, please contact for details. 2013 was their 40th anniversary.
South Lakeland Lace Makers Lace Day
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Place: Barbon Village Hall
Barbon, Carnforth, Lancs LA6 2LL. Near Kirkby Lonsdale
Time: 10:00 AM until 4.00 PM
Website: http://www.southlakelandlacemakers.co.uk/
Speaker: Frances Bell, “The History of Lace and Costume”
Competition: Flowers (in any medium)
Suppliers will be available
Tickets: £5.00, under 16’s £2.50
Cheques payable to South Lakeland Lace Makers (include SAE)
Contacts: Kay Pritchard, Pinetops, Gatebeck Lane, Endmoor, Kendal LA8 0EQ
The South Lakeland Lace Makers are a group of lace makers and tatters who meet monthly in South Cumbria. There are over 50 members who have different levels of experience and make a variety of types of lace. Meetings occur the third Saturday of each month at Lane Farm near Kendal, Cumbria, from 10:00 to 15:30. The group has an extensive schedule of demonstrations, and an excellent newsletter.
Birmingham Millennium Lacemakers Lace Day
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015
Place: South Yardley Library
Yardley Road, Birmingham B25 8LT, UK
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Workshop: Lucet work
Tickets: £2.50 at the door
Information: Sue Kalra, suekaira@btinternet.com, 01902-843195
Again, apologies for the lat notice.
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