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:

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.

This competition includes canned fruits and vegetables, dried foods, jams, jellies, soft spreads, pickles, relishes, sauces, and liqueurs.

This competition includes competition includes cakes, candy, cookies, gluten-free baking, special needs baking, breads, decorated cakes (not to be consumed) and edible structures.

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.

This competition includes crocheting, hand and machine knitting, lacemaking, embroidery, cross-stitch, sewing, weaving, felting and quilting.

This competition includes basketry & gourds, beading, ceramics, dolls & stuffed toys, holiday decorations, hand-painted china, tole & decorative painting, polymer clay and miscellaneous crafts.

Got questions? Here is more information on entering this exhibit.

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

Got questions? Here is more information about entering this exhibit.