This website is an informal place to get information and forms for entering Open Class Home Arts exhibits into the fair. Please refer to the Thurston County Fair Website for the official Exhibitor Guide and calendars!
2024 Thurston County Fair
Get Ready for the 2024 Thurston County Fair!
2024 Fair Dates are Wednesday, July 31 through Sunday, August 4, 2024
- Division F Needle Arts
- Division G Quilting Arts
- Division H Sewing Arts
- Division I Fiber Arts
- Quilt Block Contest
- Apron Contest (open to all textile divisions)
- Division J Baking Arts
- Division K Food Preservation (including honey)
- Division L Beverages
- Division X Kitchen Arts >>NEW<<
Pick-up Day is Monday, August 5, 1pm-7pm.
Home Arts Textile Contest for 2024 is Aprons, and the contest is open to every textile technique, from Needlework to Quilting to Sewing & Embroidery to Fiber Arts. We hope to display contest entries in the Heritage Hall "Dining Room" and include People's Choice voting for daily favorites. See Apron Contest Page for additional details.
Quilt Block Contest kits are available from Lost & Found Crafts in Olympia. See the 2024 quilt block contest page for additional details.
Download this poster (pdf) to show to your group
Download this Home Arts Newsletter (Word document) to include in your group's newsletter
Or this PDF newsletter version for your reading pleasure.
Download this Home Arts Newsletter (Word document) to include in your group's newsletter
Or this PDF newsletter version for your reading pleasure.
Some changes for 2024 include:
- New youth-only classes and lots throughout the Home Arts divisions.
- Master Maker Award: The award formerly known as the Homemakers Award is renamed to the Home Arts Master Maker Award. Criteria are the same as in previous years: Submit entries in 5 of the 8 Home Arts Divisions, achieving at least one Blue Ribbon in each Division entered.
- Quilts in most Division G classes are entered based on the size of the quilt rather than technique. Size is determined by measuring across the top and down one size, recorded in inches. The Exhibitor Guide will have a table showing measurements corresponding to quilt sizes "Large," "Medium," and "Small." See the "What's New" tab for more details.
- Beverages (Div. L): Beers are identified by lot (major category), with specific types to be identified in the entry title.
- 🌟NEW class under Beverages (Div. L, Class 5) is established for nonalcoholic soda beverages. Youth are encouraged to enter! Must be made from exhibitor-made syrups (no commercial syrups allowed).
- 🌟NEW division, called 👉Kitchen Arts👈 (Div. X - yes, this is really the next Division "letter" for Thurston County!). Every class includes a youth-only lot, and the class for Kitchen Concoctions is a youth-only class. This division includes the following classes:
- Decorative food arts (e.g., cake, cookie, and gingerbread house decoration),
- Dry food mixes, such as baking mix, soup mixes, cookie or cake mixes
- Fancy Appetizers, Garnishes, & Snacks (appetizer plates such as charcuterie, vegetable platters, dry-fruit platters, fancy garnishes like radish roses & snacks like "Ants-on-a-Log")
- Homemade soaps and other bath and body products,
- 👉👉Youth-only 👈👈🌟Kitchen Concoctions🌟 such as homemade salt- & glue-based play doughs & slimes, home grown crystals, lava bottles and snow globes.
- Note that entries in this class made wholly from kits are NOT allowed.
Our Timeline for 2024 Fair Home Arts information is:
Posted - Updated Exhibitor Guide.Available - Quilt Block Contest kits available at Lost and Found Crafts
Posted - Apron Contest details.
Posted - Updated Exhibitor and entry forms posted.
Posted - Judging forms posted (no changes to criteria)
June 1 - Volunteer information
Check back here for important details.
Post Fair Recap
Thanks for volunteering with us and/or entering exhibits into the 2023 Thurston County Fair!
We had a very successful fair with a wide variety of exhibits, a new layout, and more demonstrations than ever!
Click photo for Scenes from the 2023 Fair
Congratulations to Home Arts Award Recipients!
Homemaker of the Year - Katie Rogers
2023 Roundup
Here are some statistics from the 2023 Open Class Home Arts Department (compared with 2022):
Check back here starting May 1 for more details about registration, fair entry days, and other important dates.
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