Dolores judges prestigious needlework show

Now it can be told.

Hugh writes:
Dolores has just returned from Akron, Ohio, having completed a prestigious needlework judging assignment at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens.

Stan Hywet was the country estate of F A. Seiberling, the founder of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, built by Seibeling and his wife between 1912 and 1915. Today, Stan Hywet is an active museum and National Historical Landmark.

One of the premier events at Stan Hywet is the annual Ohio Mart, and an important activity of this event is the Stitchery Showcase sponsored by the Stan Hywet Needlework Guild. In the stitchery world, the Showcase is one of three or four top needlework exhibits, and it draws the best work from all over the United States. Even though Dolores is certified by as a Master Judge by the National Academy of Needle Arts, she was honored to be asked to judge this important show. She and two other judges looked at and decided on awards for more than 300 pieces of stitchery.

The reason that this can be told only now that the judging has been completed is that Stan Hywet is careful that none of the exhibitors know who the judges will be. Dolores’s contract specifies that she could not reveal her role until the show opened Sept. 30.