{"id":2473,"date":"2011-07-21T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2011-07-21T08:00:57","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T14:00:57","slug":"hats-quilts-and-yarn-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2011\/07\/21\/hats-quilts-and-yarn-oh-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Hats, quilts and yarn \u2013 oh my!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve had an exciting couple of days here at the Village on Broadway, folks. \u201cTake-in\u201d is that special time of year when we receive hundreds of quilts, handmade dolls, handmade pots and more for our annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacountyfair.com\/2011\/entertainment\/Tapestry.asp\">Tapestry competitions.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0174.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2474\" title=\"Take In\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0174-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis year, there are <strong>over 2000 <\/strong>entries this year, in categories like Gourd Art, Decorative Painting, Christmas Tree decorating and Photography.\u00a0 Can you believe it?!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0184.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2475\" title=\"Entries\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0184-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOnce received, these items are arranged and organized by type and classification by people like Edda Broderick, a tapestry Associate.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0187.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2477\" title=\"IMG_0187\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0187-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFor the past seven years, she has coordinated judging efforts, spearheaded organization of the Tapestry contests and taken charge of the Knitting Lounge, which teaches Fair guests how to knit and crochet.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s my passion,\u201d Edda said with a smile as she folded and labeled blankets entered in the Textile division. \u201cI knit, I crochet \u2013 I like all manual arts, but those are my favorites.\u201d<br \/>\nEdda makes sure that her passion for creating all things fuzzy and cozy doesn\u2019t go to waste. Not only does she teach others how to partake in the craft, but she participates in Warm Up America, an organization that makes blankets for homeless shelters in Los Angeles. Knitters can donate their creations at the Tapestry building during the Fair.<br \/>\nNon-knitting contestants are even invited to share their talents with those in need in the form of handmade stuffed toys for Help a Child Smile.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0192.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2476\" title=\"Help a Child Smile\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_0192-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThese cuddly little ones are going to the Pomona Valley  Hospital Medical  Center\u2019s pediatric surgery unit to snuggle with kids going through a difficult time.<br \/>\nWho knew that blankets, dolls and needlework could make such a difference?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve had an exciting couple of days here at the Village on Broadway, folks. \u201cTake-in\u201d is that special time of year when we receive hundreds of quilts, handmade dolls, handmade pots and more for our annual Tapestry competitions. This year, there are over 2000 entries this year, in categories like Gourd Art, Decorative Painting, Christmas&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests-and-competitions","category-funatthefair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}