Yeah!! Our fair is over.
I am a superintendent at our county fair. My section includes everything from the needlework and sewing section from crocheted slippers to quilts. I missed fair last year because of illness. This year for some reason none of my volunteers showed up. But I was able to recruit two new volunteers and got an idea of where to find some more. It is so much work, I should just resignand let someone else deal with it all. Since I only had one helper the quilt hanging turned into a one person show. My best helper was my neighbor boy. He is a sixth grader and seemed happy that someone valued his help.
My mother was going to baby sit for me, but just before fair she was having chest pains and dizzy spells. So I got to have my 5yr old dgd and my 4 yr old dgs . I am sure that their fair experience was enhanced by being stuck in a hot, dusty exhibit hall with a bunch of old ladies and their doily?s. VBG When just outside the door were barns full of animals, a carnival, and a petting zoo. Not to mention an almost unlimited variation of ways to get in trouble.
We had great quilts this year. It amazes me that we have as many wonderful quilters around here as we do being such a small place. I had 3 quilts made by high school boys. Several made by elementary school children. No worries about the craft dying out. We had lots of knit projects. Out of
140 pieces entered in all classes we only had 7 that did not place. We had a lot of top quality work. Of course being a county fair, if any reasonable care was given you got a ribbon. And I can hand out as many superintendents? ribbons as I need to. So, I guess all in all it was fun and I will probably do it again next year. Once it is far enough in the past that I have forgotten how much work it all was.