County Fair

Progress picture of Kayden's Christmas stocking. Working on the last section. Yeah!!!
I received the other two witches that I ordered from the ILCS retreat.

Picked up my fair entries last Saturday. On the tin I received Reserved Grand Champion. What a surprise! Because it was a last thought entry. LOL!

Remarks from the Judges... all Excellent are checked and handwritten in Workmanship " one more stitch on "H" would help it be different than "N".

I don't know if you can see it good enough to tell in the picture or not but then is an extra stitch on the h's.

On the left-from the Judges...all Excellent are checked and handwritten at Choice of Color "wonderful color, lovely pattern" then in Workmanship "letters very good-consider french knot @ ends, work on stretching /blocking-top pulls to right-not frame great! even @ bottom"
Hen & Chickens-from the Judges...General Appearance Neat & Clean-needs improvement and handwritten "presentation is very important". Then Excellent in Choice of Color, Choice of materials & trim, Workmanship, Usefulness and Originality. Handwritten in workmanship "stitch work very nice, letters are good". In Proper Finish-needs improvement.

This is the one that I framed the night before and I had a really hard time getting the masking tape to stick to the backing paper and frame.

From the Judges...all Excellent are checked and handwritten in workmanship "stitches very even, nice work".

Then just for fun I entered two beaded ornaments. They both received all Excellent and "Very tiny, fine work!" was handwritten at the bottom.
From the Grill! Pineapple Shrimp Packets and Baked Apples.

Pineapple Shrimp Packets-6 canned pineapple slices, 1-1/2 pounds med shrimp, peeled and deveined, 1/3 C chopped sweet red pepper, 1/3 C packed brown sugar, 1 TBS seafood seasoning, 3 TBS butter-soften.

On heavy-duty foil (12" sq) place a pineapple slice, top with shrimp and red pepper. Combine brown sugar, seafood seasoning and butter. Dot on each packet. Fold foil and seal tightly. Grill, covered, over med heat for 10-15 min.

Baked Apples-4 med tart apples, cored, 1/3 C raisins, 1/3 C flaked coconut, 1/4 C packed brown sugar, 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon. Place each apple on heavy-duty foil (12" sq). Combine ingredients, spoon into center of apples. Fold foil over apples and seal tightly. Grill, covered, over med heat for 20-25 min.