International Federation of Leather

Guilds Annual Show

October 13th through the 15th Hosted by

Lone Star Leather Crafters

Of Texas

The 2017 International Federation of Leather Guilds Show will be held at

The Double Tree DFW Airport North 4441 W. John Carpenter Freeway

Irving, Texas 75063

Room Rate $110.00 per night Phone (972) 929-8181

Where is Irving? Irving is centrally located about half way between Dallas,

Fort Worth and Arlington.

The Double Tree is about a mile east of the DFW Airport northern entrance. In Irving you’ll find Las Colinas, the home to the Mustangs at Las Colinas,

which is the largest equine sculpture in the world. There are also many Fortune 500 companies, such as ExxonMobil, Kimberly-Clark, Fluor Corporation.

What is close to the Double Tree? Grapevine Mills Outlet Mall with Neiman Marcus Last Call and Saks Fifth

Avenue Bass Pro Shop

About 25 miles west is the Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR track Close to the Speedway is Cabelas

About 30 miles to the west is Fort Worth where Justin Boots, Wrangler

jeans and Resistol or Stetson hats are a way of life, not a fashion statement. Famous for the historic Old North Side and Stockyards where you can see

longhorn cattle drives right down the middle of the street, twice daily. Dallas, a different world of chrome and glass skyscrapers where coats and

ties are the norm, is about 30 Miles to the East. There are many historic sites including the infamous Texas School Book Depository that houses the Kennedy Museum, a piece of American History you’ll never forget.

In Arlington, you’ll find the majestic AT & T Stadium where the Dallas

Cowboys play. Next stadium to the right is the home of Texas Rangers baseball team, and next to them is the original 6 Flags Over Texas.

We already have several instructors that are wanting to teach. Here are a few …

Bob Park Jim Linnell

George Hurst Kathy Flanagan

Chan Geer Chris “Slickbald” Andre Roz Kaohn

Paul Zalesck Randall “Randy” Gustafson

And more to come!

Classes and dates are not set in stone yet. They could start as early as October 11th or 12th. We will advise everyone as soon as possible.

We also have several great Vendors asking about space. We have a great room for our vendors with a roll up door allowing them to unload from outside directly into the space.

We plan to fill it “plum up”.

More information to come

Lone Star has always been noted for having unique and different activities

and entertainment. 2017 will be no exception. We have a team working on some special things and we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Use you imagination. What would you expect in Texas, where everything is bigger?

It’s not all about entertainment. How would you like to set down at a table with Al Stohlman Award

winners and see them working on one of their specialties? How would you

like them to answer your questions? George Hurst will be doing the Mystery Carving Contest. We are planning a tour in conjunction with Tandy to see their World

Headquarters and Flagship Store. It will include a tour of their museum

where you’ll see work by Al and Ann Stohlman, Dick Giehl, Christine Stanley, Jim Linnell, Charlie Davenport, Ben moody, Gene Noland, Ken

Griffin and George Hurst. We are working with Jim Linnell on a tour of his Elk Tracks Studio where

you can see not only his work, but pieces by many other Leather Masters.

Jim currently has work by 29 of the 36 Al Stohlman Award winners, displayed in his studio.

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Elk Tracks Studio

Tandy Flagship Store Fort Worth

Our newest

Pattern Pack!

# 3 Feature leather artists include, Jim

Linnell, Chan Geer, George Hurst and Ute Jaekel. Each Pack contains

a tracing pattern and photocarve. Pattern Packs—$10.00 each

Plus postage

To order, send an email to the address below and specify Pattern

Pack # 3 djstx@flash.net

Payment by PayPal only

We also have stock on

Pattern Packs #1 and #2.

All proceeds go toward the 2017 IFOLG Show

Featuring patterns by Jim Linnell, George Hurst, Bill Gomer, Kathy Flanagan, Don McCown, and Gene Kirkendall

Featuring patterns by Chan Geer, Jim Linnell, George Hurst, Bill Gomer Kurt Gerhold and Akiko Okada.

ANNOUNCING!