Congress On-site TOUR, Day 2
DAY 2 of the 5 day tour: Tuesday, 8 August, 2023 www.oidfa.com The second day we will start with a visit of the Friulian Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions in Udine, which presents a rich and varied collection of…
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On-Site Excursion
Cividale del Friuli, Italy Friday, 4 August, 2023 15.00 – 19.00 After crossing the Slovenian-Italian border, we take a short drive through the Friuli Plain to reach the town of Cividale del Friuli. Located under the Alps on the banks of…
Virtual Lecture – Old Flemish Laces
Presented by Martina Wolter-Kampmann of Germany on Sunday, 20 August, 2023 16:30 CET. Visit www.oidfa.com to register. Old Flemish Laces – the cradle of all important lace from Flanders Old Flemish lace already contains the basics for later development up…
Virtual Course – Invisible Starts & Finishes
Martina Wolter-Kampmann of Germany teaches Invisible Starts and Finishes. Visit www.oidfa.com to register. A new theme is introduced in every piece made, whether for joining or freely finishing bobbin lace. Learn to use magic threads, knots and extra stitches to…
On-site Course: Slovenian Lace with Italian Touch
Tutor: Matejka Jakob Oven, Lace teacher, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenian lace was influenced by Italy due to geographical proximity and historical reasons. In this course participants will learn techniques such as narrow cloth stitch, half-blind cloth stich, and the Slovenian version…
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Explore Slovenia and Italy from 31 July – 11 August, 2023 Reconnect with your fellow lacers!
2023 Congress Competition
There will be a competition with the theme ‘Red Thread’. See Bulletin No.2, 2022 for details. Closing date for entries: 30 June 2023. Full details can be found here.
2023 Congress
THE first OIDFA Congress was held in 1982 at Le Puy-en-Velay (France), and subsequent congresses have been organized by a different nation every two years until the recent interruption because of the Covid pandemic. The next Congress will be: 4th —…