Originally Posted by ND Quilter

Our State Fair just ended on Saturday. I entered 8 items: 4 quilts, 1 machine embroidered jacket, 2 needle felted items and a Hardanger picture. The items mentioned on the critiques concerned construction accuracy, color choice, binding corners square and stitched and quilting design choice and execution. There are 45 different quilting categories and you can only enter 1 item in each category. So entering in the correct category is important. Entering is rewarding and getting a ribbon makes it even better. But sometimes they may have only a few items in a category to compete with. Because I know the people in charge of the needlework section, I am frequently asked to go home and bring in more items so they have more to display. I did come home with 4 blues, 1 red and 1 white. My winnings almost covered what I spent at the fair!