This week was the Montour Delong Fair, close to where my parents live in central PA. Here is the Ferris Wheel. Sadly, my Ferris Wheel buddy was not in town for the event, so I did not ride it. But I got a pretty nice picture of it against the blue sky.
This is a small community fair, but it does have craft and baked goods contests. My mom enters things every year, and since I was home for it this year I also entered a few pies. I won a red ribbon on one of them!
The great thing about this fair is that they don't waste the baked goods. They take out a slice for judging (hence the tiny portion in the picture) and auction the rest of the pie at the pie and cake auction. They use a professional auctioneer. It is very amusing to see, but it's good that the fair is not as wasteful as a lot of others, which just allow the food to rot on display over the course of the week.
Other than the pies, I was also excited to see the quilts on display. There were several beauties.
I loved the blue and white one with the trapunto quilting design in the white blocks. The one on the far left appeared to be a vintage quilt or quilt top that someone had finished. The fabrics were quite old and it had an antique look about it.
I really enjoyed the floral fabrics of this quilt. I would like to make something like this in the coming year if I have time. This green quilt was rather dazzling as well:
My mom tried to get me to enter the mini flower arrangement contest again this year, but I knew the competition would be too stiff. I was right! There were four beautiful minis. I would have come in dead last again, so it's good I left it up to the professionals this year. The winning entry used a mini flour grinder as its flower pot. Adorable!
This flower arrangement in ice skates was so pretty. I'm glad it got a blue ribbon:
