Sewbiz that is sad your fair entries dropped that drastically. Our state fair is so darn large and crowded we haven't been to it in at least 5 years but love going to the small county ones. There we can at least get close to the quilt exhibits and actually take the time to enjoy their beauty
Tommorrow we head to Iowa to tour the Amana colonies then over to Des Moines for Dd's big race. We will be staying at a Air B&B with dd# 2 and two of the grandkids. We have an entire house and it will be our first Air expierence.
have been working with granddaughter Abby on a simple panel of the US. for a gift to Kelly from Abby on accomplishing her 10 year goal in 8 years. Used fusible backing on white fabric and cut out 51 3/4" squares that Abby numbered 1-51. Following oldest dd's list of races Abby carefully placed the numbers EXACTLY where she wanted them on each state, we ironed them down and Abby wrote a motivational quote from Jimmy Johnson on panel. My job was to layer the panel sew around all the states and 51 squares. Sounds easy but very time consuming. Finished last night and checked with dd on the year of her first race so Abby can write it on label. Kelly sent me the list of races with all the year dates and I noticed the list didn't match her first list. At 11 last night I was ripping out the stitching on 10 of the little squares and can resew them this morning. Frustrating. The back and binding has tennis shoe fabric and Abby is thrilled with her gift to Kelly.