Autumn War Iron Needle Competition

 


Materials are scarce! We need your imagination and co-operative spirit to win your war point!

 

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The Iron Needle competition has become an Autumn War tradition. There will be two teams, sorted by for whom each participant declares their war point, and each team will be given an identical assortment of fabrics from which to create one article of clothing or outfit per team, depending upon the number of participants.

 

The Rules are simple:
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You may bring a single item of trim or embellishment of some type, if you wish, and each team may use up to 3 of these items.

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Each team must also use at least some of each type of fabric provided.

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All items will be cut, sewn, and embellished during the three hours of the competition.

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All sewing will all be done by hand.
 

Judging to follow. and the war point to be announced in court.


Both teams need to provide the following:
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Team Captain

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Scissors

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Needles

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Thread for sewing

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Measuring tapes or rulers

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Pins

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Marking items or patterns

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Seam Ripper

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Chairs

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Imagination

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**Anything else without which you couldn't imagine sewing**



We will provide:
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Tables and Fabric


The items we create will be donated for Gold Key or Largesse.

 

 

 

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