60TH annual needlework show

 Information for Entrants

RETURN OF ENTRIES

All needlework pieces can be picked up by individuals or shops, guilds, and groups during the following dates and times:

  • Friday, April 7 from 10:00 pm - 3:00 pm

  • Saturday, April 8 from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

  • Sunday, April 9 from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

If you are picking up for a shop or group, please make sure to schedule a slot for one of those days AT LEAST ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE by contacting Deb Kempton at kemptonda@icloud.com or at 703-989-1222.

Woodlawn will not hold submitted entries past these dates without financial penalty unless approved in advance by no later than March 31st, 2023. Holding fee is $5 per day after April 10th. All mail-in entries will be returned by no later than April 30th, 2023, if the required label was included. If label is not included, returns may take longer and a holding fee will be added after April 10th.

Judging

Each entry will be classified and judged by Division first, Category second, then by Technique. Entrants must include their classification on their submission form. Woodlawn and its judges reserve the right to reclassify entries, if appropriate.

CLASSIFICATIONS

Divisions

  • Adult:
    For stitchers 18 years and over

  • Senior:
    For stitchers 70 years and over

  • Junior:
    Three divisions: up to 9 years; 10 to 13 years; and 14 to 17 years

Categories

Original Design:
A unique design and composition, which is the product of the stitcher’s originality, and which may be produced using a computerized needlework design application. A short, typed statement MUST accompany the piece for it to be included in the judging as an original design.

  • Adaptation Design:
    A design whose source is a medium different from that of the entry, e.g. painting, photograph, etc. An image of the source—scanned through a CAD program or as a photograph—MUST accompany the piece and included in the online form for it to be included in the judging as an adaptation design.

  • Commercial Design:
    A work that uses a designer’s pattern for needlework, including a chart, painted canvas, printed graph, kit, class project, and alterations.

TECHNIQUES

  • Beadwork

  • Canvaswork: Traditional or Multi-Stitch (4+)

  • Counted Thread, including but not limited to these styles: Blackwork, Cross-Stitch, Drawn Thread, Hardanger and Sampler (traditional or multi-stitch (4+)

  • Embroidery, including, but not limited to Crewel, Goldwork, Japanese, Silk Ribbon, Stumpwork, Surface, White Work

  • Fine Hand Sewing

  • Needle Lace

  • Quilting, size is limited to 144 inches in perimeter

  • Smocking

  • Miniature, 32-count or higher, stitched over one thread

  • Punch Needlework