and this little piggie decided he needed some "space" away from the crowd!
Here's the other litter... aren't these the cutest things? I really wish I could have picked one up to play with.
Okay, enough pigs -- I know you're here to see some quilts!This is one of Libby's -- the stitching is beautiful up close! You'll notice that it has a "2nd place" sticker on the tag... the judges at this fair seem to be strongly biased towards traditional quilts with hand-quilting.
I'm a big fan of samplers and I thought this one was beautifully done -- it was made by a group at a local hospital. Someone did a lot of work to figure out how to make all these blocks fit together; the little filler blocks were a nice touch!
This quilt was made from 1,840 little tiny bow-tie blocks -- I think they were about 1.5" x 2.5" each.
There was a sunflower-themed display at the entrance to the fiber arts (and canned foods) hall -- this quilt is called "State Fair" and it's in "101 Fabulous Rotary Cut Quilts" by Judy Hopkins and Nancy Martin -- a wonderful classic!
here's Kristi modeling proper roasted-corn-eating posture! I don't think she knew she was gonna get the 10 seconds of fame here on the blog when she posed for this.
and I leave you with this... it is a giant papier-mache jelly donut... just proving that you can find pretty much every possible type of arts & crafts at a county fair!
6 friends commented...:
looks like there was lots to see and do at the fair :-) Thanks for letting us tag along
Jelly donut? What is the Kennedy line? Thanks for the photos and the mention of my quilt. I wouldn't have known had you not shown it-I won't be going until next week. Loved the piggies too. That pig mom looked exhausted!
Have a good one.
I loved looking at the quilts (that first one you showed is a real stunner), but the piggies are my favorite! We have a little farm here in town for kids to come see farm animals each summer, and the piglets are the hit of the show!
Love the piglets! This looks like a good fair. I haven't been to ours for ages, but since the weather is nice for it this week, maybe I will. Fair judges are always partial to traditional, I think.
Thanks so much for the pictures from the fair...I miss going to the fair!
I heart the fair! We start "fair season" in about a month in CT - I could go to a different one every weekend! Thanks for taking us along!
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