I entered 9 things in the fair this year. I basically just looked around the house to find things that I had made since last year.
This tatted sleigh was entered in "Christmas Decoration" and got 1st place
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Cookie Monster was entered under "Recycled Garment" and got 1st place.
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I brought some of the things I'd made for Easter.
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My skirt was entered under "Adult Garment" and got 2nd place. 1st place was a purse (you can see a little bit of it in the bottom right corner). A purse is a garment???
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Andy's shirt was entered under "Baby Garment" and got 1st place. I was a little surprised since 2nd place was a cute 3 piece dress set. But it didn't have finished seams and the lining wasn't attached.
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Sarah's skirt and blouse were entered under "Child Garment" and got 2nd. 1st was the Civil War dress hanging next to it. Having made a harder Civil War dress than that before, I can say there were more steps to making Sarah's outfit!
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I made a pair of mittens to go with my R2D2 hat since the category was "Hat or Scarf with Mittens". It got 1st place.
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Wool knit shorts for Andrew were entered under "Any other knit article" and got 1st place.
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My crocheted baby shoes were entered under "Any other crocheted item" and got 2nd. 1st was a pair of crocheted bears.
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I was thinking that my puppet would do the best and it did the worst! I only got "Participation" for it! I had to enter her under "Any other craft not listed" as under sewing, the "other" category says "Any other garment" and a puppet isn't a garment. But after seeing a purse entered as a garment, maybe I should have!
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I can't figure out how they thought my homemade puppet that I sewed with my own pattern was less worthy than the things who placed.....
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1st place, a painted box with lace added along with a simple pillow and bag.
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2nd place, a poster describing a model hot air balloon. I could see if the actual balloon was there, but a
poster?
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3rd place, a woven belt
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4th place, a simple model airplane.
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I realize I'm a little biased, but I was disappointed that all the work I put in wasn't appreciated!
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We happened to go on "Children's Day" and got a bunch of cool free things and the girls played on the bouncy dragon.
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And of course there were animals!
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Andrew hugging a calf
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sheep
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I had never seen a two colored sheep before!
Must make an interesting fleece!
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I
have seen similiarly colored goats, though!
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Sarah was petting the animals more than
last year and Emily was petting them less! (although Emily wasn't feeling well that morning)
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William was also more interested in the animals this year.
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Andy was trying to get the goat closer so he could kiss it!
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llamas and alpacas
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horses