NEEDLE ARTS - DEPARTMENT 22

All Rules and Regulations apply with the following ***NOTE: When entering, the exhibitor should additions /exceptions: indicate if the article is an adaptation, a commercial 1. All Pictures should be ready to hang and must have piece, or an original. picture wire from edge to edge. *** NO CENTER HANGING DEVICES *** Class A: BEADING 2. No submission more than a total of 24” wide. Lot Numbers and Descriptions 3. An exhibitor shall enter only 1 item in any lot. A01 Counted bead work 4. Items must have been made within the year. A02 Loomed beaded article 5. Soiled pieces will not be accepted. A03 Off loom beading 6. Premium checks must be cashed within 60 days of A04 Beaded embroidery receipt. No exceptions. A05 Kumihimo 7. MUST be 19 years of age or older. NO EXCEPTIONS! Class B: COUNTED CROSS STITCH JUDGING CRITERIA: Lot Numbers and Descriptions 1. Condition of article 4. Originality & technique B01 Article - on aida cloth 2. Design 5. Finishing B02 Article - stitched on linen 3. Choice of colors B03 Perforated Paper B04 Children’s theme SILVER BOWL AWARDS FOR NEEDLE ARTS: B05 Class project . Barnstable County Fair Needlecrafts Award - In B06 Kit memory of Maise V. Weeks 1875-1946 - Best B07 Holiday - under 5” Exhibit in Needlework B08 Holiday - over 5” . Betty Jones Bowl - The Needlework Center, B09 Sampler - traditional Hyannis - For Excellence in Christmas Needlework B10 Stamped cross stitch . Elsie M. Couite Bowl - The Needlework Center, B11 Adaptation Hyannis - For Excellence in Counted Cross Stitch . Louise Black Sperry Bowl - The Needlework Class C: NEEDLEPOINT Center, Hyannis - Best Needlepoint Design - using Lot Numbers and Descriptions a variety of stitches C01 Original - see definition . Robert L. Jordan Bowl - The Needlework Center, C02 Adaptation - see definition Hyannis - Original or adaptation demonstrating C03 Article - using tent stitch only creative use of color and design in any type of C04 Charted design with stitch guide needlework. C05 Class project ***NOTE: Silver Bowls can only be won two years in a row. C06 Holiday under 5” AWARDS: C07 Holiday over 5” . Town-Ho Needleworks - $50.00 Gift Certificate for C08 Kit use of texture in needlepoint C09 Non traditional sampler

C10 Traditional sampler DEFINITIONS: C11 Painted canvas - with stitch guide ORIGINAL: A design conceived, composed and executed C12 Painted canvas - without stitch guide entirely by the exhibitor. It may be inspired by nature or a C13 Plastic canvas work of art but may not be in any way from any source. C14 Bargello ADAPTATION: A design which is taken from another C15 Canvas Embellishment medium (picture, fabric, china, etc.) and is adapted through a choice of materials, colors and techniques by exhibitor. A Class D: OTHER TECHNIQUES picture of the source must accompany the entry. Lot Numbers and Descriptions COMMERCIAL: A charted design, a kit, a class project, a D01 Huck embroidery correspondence course. D02 Mixed media MIXED MEDIA: A piece showing 2 or more techniques. D03 Special Class - person with disability PROFESSIONAL: Anyone who engages in needlework as D04 Russian Punched Needle a teacher, artist, designer, lecturer, judge, author, or stitcher D05 Surface Stitching for commercial work and who receives financial remuneration for such work.