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Entering in our county fair...

LoriMI — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:03:18 GMT

i'm entering cookies, jelly, jam and some of my ceramic artwork. Now to decide which pieces.

Can't enter any of my quilts, just not done yet.

Any of you enter things?

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deepwaterdotter — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:08:53 GMT

Back in the 1950's, my mother's lemon meringue pie won a blue ribbon at her county's fair. I'm not a big fan of meringue, but it was a very good pie.

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VaBelle35 — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:32:31 GMT

This is the first year I am not entering. Our Fair has gone downhill and the Home Arts category is a shell of it's former self.

I enjoyed it when it was a more robust program. My favorite part was entry day and talking to the other people bringing in their stuff. I miss that part.

Good luck.

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Susan Louise — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:54:21 GMT

I used to enter in the Durham fair in CT for years,,,needlepoint, counted cross stitch, crocheting, knitting, cookies, and bread. I got lots of 1st place, a couple of 2nd place, and 2 'best in show'. This afghan was one of the ones that got that ribbon

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Drythe — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:51:47 GMT

@LoriMI wrote:
i'm entering cookies, jelly, jam and some of my ceramic artwork. Now to decide which pieces.

Can't enter any of my quilts, just not done yet.

Any of you enter things?

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Wishing you the Best of LUCK!

Nope, I have no talents in those directions.

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shoekitty — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 05:39:29 GMT

Good luck, it sounds like fun! I know it is a lot of work, and nerve wracking preparing, but once you are in and everything is displayed it is fun like VaBelles said. It is hard to choose one item out of several. Perhaps your friends and family can help you choose as well.?

I never hear about our County Fair anymore and it used to be huge.

The last time I entered the County Fair, it was 1972, and I entered my daughters! true story. They were identical twins and we entered the Twin Contest. They won first prize.

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hckynutjohn — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:43:04 GMT

@FLoriMI wrote:

i'm entering cookies, jelly, jam and some of my ceramic artwork. Now to decide which pieces.

Can't enter any of my quilts, just not done yet.

Any of you enter things?

Good luck to you.

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docsgirl — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:02:58 GMT

Susan Louise,

I don't have words to express how stunning that afghan is. Oh, if I only had a fraction of your talent. Thank you for sharing it with us. docsgirl

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Puzzle Piece — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 20:47:03 GMT

Sorry but I am not that talented.

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cowboy sam — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:25:53 GMT

A friend enters green and red peppers and other veggies and has won a few ribbons.

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Citrine1 — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:39:10 GMT

We don't have county fairs where I live. It sounds like a lot of fun. Wishing you the best of luck with your entries!

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mewsmomtoo — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:56:36 GMT

Best of luck to you! I don't have any particular talents, but my mom does it all. I have tried to get her to enter, but no luck. Wishing you much success & fun too!

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sfnative — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 22:18:07 GMT

@Susan Louise wrote:
I used to enter in the Durham fair in CT for years,,,needlepoint, counted cross stitch, crocheting, knitting, cookies, and bread. I got lots of 1st place, a couple of 2nd place, and 2 'best in show'. This afghan was one of the ones that got that ribbon

Susan Louise,

Mega Kudos to your outstanding work of art! It surely qualifies for a spread in one of "Interweave's" publications. They do have annual competitions. Please keep your eyes open for one in which this beauty could be submitted.

Congratulations on all of your awards. Your work is truly excellent.

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sfnative — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 22:49:36 GMT

I've had one of those careers, plus a competitive avocation which didn't allow much time for developing high ranking "goods" to be entered into a fair. However, we were on vacation for a week in Maui and the deadline for entries into the "non-yeast coffee cake" category was fast approaching. Thing was, this was San Francisco and each year they had a committee select the food categories to be entered and adjudicated. This particular year there were 12 categories only. Since I already had a hands-downs non-yeast coffee cake winner (in my booke), I figured "Why not."

352 coffee cakes were submitted. The judging panel included some of the highest profile chefs and pastry chefs in th U.S. at the time. Uh-Oh, I thought. Look - There's Alice Waters! Holy Cow. Those judges had to eat a small piece of each of those 352 coffee cakes and it took hours. Since I took the afternoon off from work, I was able to watch the entire event unfold and found it very interesting. There was one lady who came over and stood by me the entire time. She confided in me that she just knew her coffee cake would place well, as she had had the forethought to sprinkle instant coffee on top of her coffee cake (this being the "coffee" cake contest).

After about 4 hours, people and cakes started moving around. Cakes were placed here and there on different tables. Mine was the first to go and be placed on a table. "oh, dear," I told the lady beside me, "there goes my coffee cake. oh well." "No, no," she says, "You're in the money." I really didn't know what she was talking about. The table my cake as on ended up having 10 cakes on it. These were the top 10 coffee cakes. 3/4 of each cake remained, so one by one each cake was brought to the round judging table. The judges picked up the cake from the carboard round, looked at the bottom, took a piece of it between their fingers and squeezed it a bit, then kind of rolled it. Next they each took a more substantial bite than they did the first time around. I nearly fainted when told that my "German Quark Coffee Cake with Streusel and Mixed Berry Swirl" had won.

My hat's off to all who spend hundreds of hours in th needle arts (I'm still striving to make that perfect project) and/or spend countless hours in the kitchen creating wonderful comestables. You honor all women through the ages doing what you do. Let's make sure we pass this along to our children and our children's childrens. (My 38 y.o. daughter took up quilting 3 years ago. Yay!)

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missy1 — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 23:08:52 GMT

I wish I could sew and knit. Beautiful blanket.