"Calling all Scarf Makers

Register for The 2006 Melbourne Scarf Festival by Friday 31 March

Pod: The 2006 Melbourne Scarf Festival
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 June

Craft Victoria's annual Melbourne Scarf Festival is just around the
corner, and it's time to start preparing your entries for the Scarf
Lane Market. The Market is a forest-like display of hand-crafted
scarves submitted by professional and amateur makers that fills
Craft Victoria's Flinders Lane gallery for three days.

After exploring the religious, cultural and tribal meaning of
scarves, the fourth annual festival moves to technology: Pod. Pod
focuses on ways that scarves can house accessories such as iPods,
mobile phones or precious objects. Pod is also a group or a
collective and scarves that can be worn by more than one person, or
that are made by more than one person are encouraged. The opening
night launch will be a major event at the BMW Edge, Federation
Square with fashion parade and awards ceremony. Due to popular
demand the Scarf Festival will continue to feature events, workshops
and forums.

PARTICIPATION
To keep up with the high demand for participation and increased
interest in The 2006 Melbourne Scarf Festival we have introduced a
small fee for scarf entries. Once again there will be a limit of 3
entries per person and the following fee
structure will apply:

Craft victoria members and children under 16 - free
Non-Members - $15 per entry
Group entries - $15 per entry (NB: if a Craft Victoria Member is
participating in a group the entry fee is waived)

RETAIL KITS
Details about the submission of scarves, scarf awards and
guidelines, consignment information and further updates will be
provided in The 2006 Melbourne Scarf Festival Retail Kit. To receive
a Retail Kit, please register your interest by filling in your
details below and returning the information to Craft Victoria or by
emailing your complete contact details to scarf2006@...
no later than 31 March. Retail Kits will be sent out from Friday 7
April.

MORE INFORMATION
Regular information updates will be posted to The 2006 Melbourne
Scarf Festival website www.craftvic.asn.au/scarf2006 so keep an eye
out for more news and information about this year's theme. Send
enquiries to scarf2006@... or call Craft Victoria on
(03) 9650 7775."