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Home & Hobby
The information below is from the 2019 Fair, and it will give you an idea of what to expect in 2020. Please check back soon!
What’s Home & Hobby?
Ever since county fairs began, a blue ribbon for the best cake or the prettiest quilt was a shining achievement. Home & Hobby is the competitive exhibit where cooks and crafters can shine! This huge department includes:
Results are in!
To see who won the ribbons this year, choose the Home & Hobby section you’d like to see.
Preserved Foods & Liqueur
Divisions in this competition include canned fruits and vegetables, dried foods, jams, jellies, soft spreads, pickles, relishes, sauces, and liqueurs.
Baked & Decorated Foods
This is the place for delicious cakes, candy, cookies, gluten-free baking, special needs baking, breads, decorated cakes (not to be consumed) and edible structures.
Textile and Needle Arts
Crafts you make with a needle and thread or fabric, such as crocheting, hand and machine knitting, lacemaking, embroidery, cross-stitch, sewing, weaving, felting and quilting.
Decorative Arts
Includes basketry & gourds, beading, ceramics, dolls & stuffed toys, holiday decorations, hand-painted china, tole & decorative painting, polymer clay and miscellaneous crafts.
Collections
This competition features one-of-a-kind collections, from sports and historical memorabilia to fun and kooky. It also includes miniatures, models, and table setting.
One-Day Contests
During the Fair, enter a Home & Hobby cooking or crafts contest. You bring your entry to the Fair the day of the contest (and get free admission). Info is available in the Contests section.
Food & Liqueurs
Delicious Creations
Bakers, cake decorators, candy makers and liqueur makers: Enter your work to win cash awards and ribbons in the San Diego County Fair Home & Hobby competitive exhibit, Baked/Decorated Foods, Preserved Foods, and Liqueur divisions.
Preserved Foods & Liqueurs
This competition includes canned fruits and vegetables, dried foods, jams, jellies, soft spreads, pickles, relishes, sauces, and liqueurs.
Baked & Decorated Foods
This competition includes competition includes cakes, candy, cookies, gluten-free baking, special needs baking, breads, decorated cakes (not to be consumed) and edible structures.
2019 Results
Entry Information
Entry deadline: Entries are closed for this competition.
Exhibit dates: May 31-July 4, 2019.
Results posted: On June 14, 2019.
Awards ceremony: Sunday, June 30, 2019.
Pickup of entries: Sunday, July 7, 2019.
Missed The Deadline?
Enter one of the Home & Hobby one-day cooking contests! You can win recognition, ribbons and everyone who enters gets free Fair admission the day of the contest.
Crafts, Textiles & Needle Arts
Crafts, textiles and needle arts projects
Show off your latest sewing, crocheting, hand and machine knitting, lace making, embroidery, cross-stitch, weaving, felting and quilting designs. Enter your work to win cash awards and ribbons in the San Diego County Fair Home & Hobby competitive exhibit, Needle Arts and Decorative Crafts divisions.
Needle Arts
This competition includes crocheting, hand and machine knitting, lacemaking, embroidery, cross-stitch, sewing, weaving, felting and quilting.
Decorative Arts
This competition includes basketry & gourds, beading, ceramics, dolls & stuffed toys, holiday decorations, hand-painted china, tole & decorative painting, polymer clay and miscellaneous crafts.
2019 Results
Entry Information
Entry deadline: Entries have been closed for this competition.
Exhibit dates: May 31-July 4, 2019.
Results posted: On June 14, 2019.
Awards ceremony: Sunday, June 30, 2019.
Pickup of entries: Sunday, July 7, 2019.
Missed The Deadline?
Enter one of our Home & Hobby one-day craft contests! You can win recognition, ribbons and everyone who enters gets free Fair admission the day of the contest.
Collections
Collections, Models, Miniatures & Table Decor
Enter your prized collection, your carefully constructed models and miniatures, or your creative table setting to win cash awards and ribbons in the San Diego County Fair Home & Hobby competitive exhibit, Collections divisions.
This part of the Home & Hobby competition includes:
- Collections such as dolls, stamps, coins, memorabilia (and just about anything you can think of)
- Miniatures
- Models
- Table setting
2019 Results
Entry Information
Entry deadline: Entries have closed for this competition.
Exhibit dates: May 31-July 4, 2019.
Results posted by: On June 14, 2019.
Awards ceremony: Sunday, June 30, 2019.
Pickup of entries: Sunday, July 7, 2019.
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