International Organization of , Inc. & Doris Southard Lace Guild cordially invite you to attend

July 27 through August 2, 2015 at the Marriott Coralville Hotel & Conference Center, Coralville, Iowa. Note: the convention begins on MONDAY.

The International Organization of Lace, Inc. (I.O.L.I.) holds a convention each summer for people who are interested in making lace, collecting lace or just learning about lace. Many classes are offered throughout the week, including 12-hour, 24-hour and 30-hour classes, and there will be some 3-hour, 5-hour and 6-hour classes. Our teachers come from the United States, Germany, England, Scotland and Japan. Learn to make and , or how to make lace by knitting, crocheting, , and doing Hardanger . Classes range from beginning to advanced and from traditional to contemporary.

Our Vendor Room brings together businesses from around the country, who sell lace books and patterns, thread, tools and other lacemaking supplies, and even antique lace. The Exhibit filled with very special lace and lace-related items will be open daily to convention attendees. Thursday and Saturday will be Public Days when the general public is welcome to visit the Vendor Room and Exhibit.

Tuesday evening there will be an opportunity to get an oral appraisal for lace items. This activity will be free with a full registration and $5 for the public to attend. Appraisals will be done to benefit the convention, $5 for one item or $10 for three items. Other events include a fun “competition” called the Tat-Off, an optional evening meal including delicious Iowa sweet corn, the Teachers’ showcase, a dinner, a luncheon and a banquet, favors and a raffle. Two bus tours will be offered on Thursday. One tour will go to the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, both of which have lace content. The second bus tour goes to the Amana Colonies in the morning for sight-seeing, shopping and lunch, and nearby Kalona in the afternoon to visit a quilt museum.

Convention registration opens on February 1, 2015. For more information about the convention and how to register, go to http://www.internationalorganizationoflace.org . If you have further questions, contact Doris Southard Lace Guild via email at [email protected] or the convention registrar at [email protected].

http://www.internationalorganizationoflace.org http://www.nationalmcmuseum.org/ http://laceioli.ning.com/ http://www.mississippirivermuseum.com/ http://orgsites.com/ia/dslg http://amanacolonies.com/ http://www.eiairport.org/ http://www.kalonaiowa.org/KQTM.htm http://www.hoover.archives.gov/ http://ragbrai.com/ http://www.ncsml.org/ http://www.iowastatefair.org/ http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/cidic-coralville-marriott-hotel-and-conference-center/ List of Teachers and Classes

Jane Atkinson Lace from the Landscape – Contemporary Torchon Dagmar Beckel-Macykova Slovakian in color; Czech pictorial lace Karen Bovard Quilt Inspired Fun with Split Ring Tatting; Basics of Pearl Tatting; Teneriffe/Sol Lace Louise Colgan Milanese – All Levels Kim Davis Metallic Traditions in Bobbin Lace (thread core, usually silk, wrapped with metal tinsel); Bobbin Lace in Wire Bobbin (100% metal) Bobbi Donnelly Tønder Lace - All levels Debi Feyh “Hardanger Pie”; “Elegant Adornments”; “Prairie Flowers” Loretta Holzberger Alençon Wild Rose; Monarch Butterfly; Needle Lace inspired by museum piece Susie Johnson Withof, Stars, UFOs, Proficiencies and Much More – All Levels Galina Khmeleva Orenburg Lace Design; Intarsia Lace Design Strategies; Spinning the Orenburg Way Elizabeth Kurella Normandy Lace; What is Old Lace worth? Intrinsic & Market Value; Mending Old Lace; New Lives for Old Lace; Buying/Selling Lace on the Internet; Handmade or Machine? Jean Leader Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Bedfordshire; “Gone Fishin’” Allie Marguccio Beginning Bolster Pillow; Basic Skills in ; Idrija Lace including Jewelry Kumiko Nakazaki Binche; Lace Decorated Boxes Nancy Nehring Irish Crochet; Romanian Point Lace Necklace Sylvie Nguyen Beginning Bobbin Lace, Hinojosa, Russian Tape Lace Georgia Seitz Beginning Techniques – shuttle, needle, and with a needle used as a shuttle; 3-D Tatted Flowers; Tatting embellishment for quilt block or fabric postcard Karen Thompson Beginning & Continuing Torchon Bobbin Lace; Ipswich lace; Torchon Pattern Drafting Holly Van Sciver Bucks Point, Floral Bucks & Lester Lace; Fundamental Skills in Bobbin Lace Ulrike Voelcker Barjac Ombrée; Introduction to Blonde Susan Wenzel s' Gravenmoer; Invisibly Add & Remove a Color Working Pair in Torchon Diane Willett Beginning ; Knitted Lace Easter Eggs