Maryland Fa
TIMONIUM, Md The
Maryland State Fair Home Arts
Department is in search of cre
ative individuals to. enter a vari
ety of challenging contests Cash
prizes will be awarded in all con
tests and the winning entries
will be on display in the Home
Arts Department beginning on
Opening Day, Saturday, August
29 For a complete list of con
tests, rules and registration
information, contact the
Maryland State Fair office at
110-252-0200, ext. 231 and
request a Home Arts Premium
Book Among the competitions
are
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•Fleischmann’s Yeast “Best-
Ever Holiday Yeast Bread”
Competition —Maryland resi
dents, ages 18 and older, are
invited to enter their bread
using Fleischmann’s Yeast.
Bread may be made using bread
machines or traditional baking
methods. Creative shapes are
encouraged.
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Maryland residents are invited
to enter their best tasting, most
creative cookie with the most
unique presentation using at
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Contest— Maryland adult-child
teams (consisting of one child
ages 6-18 years and one adult
over 18 years of age) are invited
to enter their special after
school sweet treat using at least
1/2 cup of Land 0 Lakes
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•National “Best SPAM
Recipe” Competition—
Maryland residents, ages 18 and
older, are united to enter their
most scrumptious SPAM cre
ation. Must use at least one 12
ounce can of SPAM, any variety
First place will automatically be
entered in the national competi
tion. Pre-registration deadline is
Wednesday, August 19.
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Maryland residents are invited
to create and enter their
favorite two-crust fruit pie using
one package Pillsbury
Refrigerated Pie Crusts (two
crusts)
Handiwork/Crafts Contests
•Family Outfits Contest
(clothing division) —Maryland
residents are invited to use their
creative techniques to construct
two coordinating outfits for family
members, such as mother-daugh
ter, father son, siblings, etc
•Youth Two-Piece Outfits
Contest (clothing division) —
non 4-H youth up to age 16 are
invited to use their own creative
techniques to construct two coordi
nating items to make an outfit.
•Crafts Challenge (crafts
and decorative arts divi
sion) —Maryland youth and
adults are invited to construct and
enter their own, up to 12"xl8",
ready-to-hang wall hanging which
must contain: exactly one wine
bottle cork, exactly one metal fish
ing weight, at least a two inch
piece of drinking straw; exactly
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one shoelace (not to be used for
hanging); at least four pompoms;
exactly one rectangle yellow mate
rial (minimum size 2"x4' may
not be in the background) Any
other materials may be used
•Hat Contest (knitting
and crocheting division)—
Maryland residents of all ages are
invited to turn their knitting, cro
cheting, tatting, or any other com
bination of these skills, into a hat
Hats can be plain or embellished
with buttons, beads, ribbons, etc
•Decorated Sweatshirt
Contest (crafts and decorated
arts division)— Maryland resi
dents of all ages are invited to cre
ate and enter their decorated
sweatshirt using any medium.
•Traditional Class and
Plastic Canvas Needlepoint
Contests. Theme:
Embellished Flower with
Animal/Bird Friend (needle
point division)— Maryland
stitchers of all ages are invited to
enter any item embellished with a
flower and animal/bird (example,
a flower and a bee) executed on
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with a variety of stitches
•Christmas Ornament
Contest (counted thread,
counted cross stitch, embroi
dery division) —Maryland resi
dents are invited to create a
Christmas ornament that includes
some form of embroidery stitcherv.
counted thread, cross stitch
crewel, etc
•Miniature Quilt Contest
(quilts and embroidery divi
sion). Theme Birdhouses—
Maryland residents, over 14 years
old arc invited to enter their hand
quilted miniature quilt Size must
be at least 12'x12" and may not
exceed 18”xl8 v One entry per per
son
•Fleece to Shawl
Competition (weaving and
spinning division)— Maryland
and adjacent states’ spinners and
weavers of all ages are invited to
enter in teams of three spinners
and one weaver Must provide nec
essary equipment and a complete
shawl with a minimum sleyed
width of 24’ in 3 1/2 hours Must
preregister before August 17,
1998
SINCE 19791
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Layouts
To Your
Specifications
•Handspun Sock
Contest (weaving
and spinning divi
sion) —Maryland resi
dents, of all ages, are
invited to use any tech
nique/fiber to make and
enter only matched
pairs made from 100 r f
handspun yarn Both
yam and socks must be
created by entrant
•Fine Arts “Spring
Flowers” Miniature
Contest (fine arts
division) —Maryland
residents are invited to
enter their favorite arts
miniature of spring
flowers, maximum size
to include 8"xl0" frame
(any medium, any sub
ject; The “1/6 rule” of
miniature painting
applies
•“School Days”
Snapshot Contest
(photography divi
sion) —Maryland resi
dents of all ages are
invited to enter their
favorite 3 1/2'xs or
4"x6" “school days”
snapshots Photos must
be entered in a baggie
for display. Only one
entry per family
Snapshots must have
been taken since last
Fair
The 117th Maryland
State Fair, which will
offer a variety of live
stock and horse shows,
midway rides, thor
oughbred horse racing,
4-H and home arts
exhibits, runs from
Saturday, August 29
through Monday,
September 7, 1998, at
Timomum Fairgrounds
in Baltimore County
Early nsers are wel
come to attend livestock
and horse shows at 9:00
a.m. Exhibit halls are
open from 10:00 a.m,-
10:00 p.m. The Midway
opens at 10:00 a.m. on
weekends and 12 noon
weekdays.
“ on
Admission is only $4.00
for adults and children
under twelve are admit
ted free. Rides are indi
vidually priced.
Admittance to the race
track is included m the
admission'price of the
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