I'm getting my entries together to deliver to the fairgrounds this week. It's Ohio's Oldest Agricultural County Fair: The Great Geauga County Fair! Since 1823, people having been coming together at the Fair to show what they have accomplished that year, what they've grown, raised, crafted and assembled.
The first time I entered anything, I received a Red Ribbon for a cross stitch piece. It was entered in the category, "Unframed." Actually, it was unfinished because I did not have time to add all the beadwork and frame it, so I was really proud with getting a second-place for what I considered 'un-done.' And it gave me a push to do more the following year.
This year, I'm entering a patchwork pillow, a bed quilt, a lap quilt and a 3-panel wall hanging art quilt, some baked goods, jelly, plants and flowers from my garden. I intended to enter some veg, but the rain and cooler weather played havoc with them and nothing was ripe this week.
Having entries in the Fair makes me a part of it, and I really enjoy that: I am part of its very long tradition. There's so much history, so many people involved each year for 192 years... it connects me to them. And I like that connection.
The first time I entered anything, I received a Red Ribbon for a cross stitch piece. It was entered in the category, "Unframed." Actually, it was unfinished because I did not have time to add all the beadwork and frame it, so I was really proud with getting a second-place for what I considered 'un-done.' And it gave me a push to do more the following year.
This year, I'm entering a patchwork pillow, a bed quilt, a lap quilt and a 3-panel wall hanging art quilt, some baked goods, jelly, plants and flowers from my garden. I intended to enter some veg, but the rain and cooler weather played havoc with them and nothing was ripe this week.
Having entries in the Fair makes me a part of it, and I really enjoy that: I am part of its very long tradition. There's so much history, so many people involved each year for 192 years... it connects me to them. And I like that connection.