My lovely and talented mother entered several quilts and other projects in the county fair, and today was the day the judging was revealed (for her things, anyway). Though she modestly decries any great accomplishment, my dad begs to differ ("She did great! I don't know what she's talking about saying she only did okay!"). Not being an expert ribbon decoder, I asked my dad for help. And here are the classifications I came up with from his sage explanations:
Dark purple with flower: first
Dark purple, no flower: second
Light purple with flower: third
Light purple, no flower: fourth
Sticker with blue ribbon and 1st on it: means you made the first cut for consideration for the above actual ribbons
Of course, I defer to anyone with superior knowledge of 4-H rules who might care to post a comment and enlighten the rest of us (hint, hint, Mom, Loni, James, Bethany, or Klaudia). So here are a selection of Mom's quilts and other projects for your viewing pleasure. If you count up all the ribbons of various colors, I'd say she did pretty frakking well, as they say!
Dark purple with flower: first
Dark purple, no flower: second
Light purple with flower: third
Light purple, no flower: fourth
Sticker with blue ribbon and 1st on it: means you made the first cut for consideration for the above actual ribbons
Of course, I defer to anyone with superior knowledge of 4-H rules who might care to post a comment and enlighten the rest of us (hint, hint, Mom, Loni, James, Bethany, or Klaudia). So here are a selection of Mom's quilts and other projects for your viewing pleasure. If you count up all the ribbons of various colors, I'd say she did pretty frakking well, as they say!
This one's a twofer. On the left, with light
purple ribbon, is the quilt Mom made for
our daybed (Chinese Coin pattern). On the
right, with purple flower ribbon, is the
quilt from Loni's bed.
This fishy quilt graces James's bed.
A mermaid baby quilt forour newest cousin, Gracie.
This purple quilt looksperfect in Klaudia's room.
No Halloween would be complete withoutthis pumpkin-themed centerpiece...
...or this seasonal wall hanging(Note flowered ribbons on both. Yay, mom!)
Another dark purple ribbon for this miniaturequilted....Hey, wait a minute! Is that Holly Hobbie?
I HATE Holly Hobbie! How did this get in here?!?
And finally, one of the big winners thisyear, this festive Christmas quilt.
One last note: It's a good thing they hold the fair in July, or we'd all be shivering in our beds this week! Thanks, Mom, for keeping us all cozy and warm the rest of the year.
4 comments:
your dad is a little messed up on the ribbon thing.how many years was he in 4h? the blue 1st sticker explaination is right. from there they decide a champion (dk purple)and reserve champion (lt purple)for each section.from this exclusive club they decide the grand champion (dk purple "flower")and reserve grand champion (lt purple "flower") for the entire category,for instance handicrafts,christmas,quilts,wearables,ect. i received 3 grand champions and need to go back and write down the rest-some i forgot to look at while we were there.total count tba. xxx000
p.s. that's sun bonnet sue,phillistine.
does this mother spell check?
Beautiful quilts!! Awesome job, Marlene!
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