Variety Bag Competition 2006

Claim your free Texere Yarns Variety Bag and enter your work in our second textiles competition, proudly hosted in collaboration with Stitch with the Embroiderers' Guild.

The Competition Texere Yarns will send you a free Variety Bag. Variety Bags contain an assortment of mainly fancy yarns including ribbon, glitter, chenille, mohair, loop, slub and boucle. Each bag contains 3m each of 15 different yarns all of the same colourway. There are 19 colourways to choose from. Using the contents of your variety bag as your main source of yarn, your challenge is to use your creative talents to produce a stunning piece of textiles work using any technique you choose. Entries should not exceed A4 in size. Previous winning entries have used embroidery, couching, weaving, embellishing, crochet, lace, tassel and braid making, knitting and applique in all possible combinations. You are free to add other media, such as buttons, beads, bondaweb, wire or raffia to your work.

To claim your free variety bag Send a self-addressed envelope, minimum size A5, with a first class stamp to: Stitch Variety Bag Offer Texere Yarns Ltd College Mill Barkerend Road Bradford BD1 4AU Please write the colour of the variety bag you would like on your SAE. If you are applying from abroad, please sent an envelope and international reply coupons to cover the cost of postage. Variety Bags weigh approximately 60g.

To submit your entry Completed entries should be sent to Stitch with the Embroiderers' Guild and NOT Texere Yarns. Attach your contact details clearly and securely to your work. Be sure to include your name, address and phone number. Send your entry, along with appropriate packaging and return postage to: Texere Variety Bag Competition Stitch with the Embroiderers' Guild PO Box 42B East Molesey Surrey KT8 9BB Entries must be received by 30 November 2006

Rules

Your name and address must be clearly attached to your work.

Employees of the Embroiderers' Guild and Texere Yarns are not eligible to enter.

All entries must be received by the Embroiderers' Guild, PO Box 42B, East Molesey, Surry, KT8 9BB by 30 November 2006. Late entries will not be accepted.

The Judges' decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.

There are 33 prizes of £100 worth of products from Texere Yarns.

The prizes must be accepted as offered. There are no cash alternatives.

All winners will be notified by post.

While every care will be taken of entries, neither Stitch with the Embroiderers' Guild nor Texere Yarns can accept any responsibility for the loss or damage of an entry.

Entries will not be returned unless appropriate packaging and return postage is included. If you choose to send your entry by registered or recorded post and wish it to be returned by the same method, a cheque to cover the full cost (payable to E G Enterprises Ltd) must be encolsed. Do not send cash.

Entries may be photographed and featured in Stitch with the Embroiderers' Guild and on the Texere Yarns website.

Prize-winning entries will be retained for up to 18 months may be exhibited at Embroiderers' Guild events and other venues.

Definitive Terms, conditions and rules are available from Stitch with the Embroiderers' Guild. This summary is for guidance only.

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