Photos of mostly winners in the Kew Horticultural Society's 62nd Show .
First the rest of the crafty entries. By combining some of the classes, you'll see how difficult it was to judge. I think a lot of the soft toys got pushed to the knitting class, that's why you had toys with garments.
Class 78 - Hand-made garment
Class 84 - Item made of mainly soft material eg lampshade, hat, cushion, soft toys
This is the problem with reducing the categories, you have so many medias to select the prize winners from the you can't do justice to the different techniques
Class 82 -Patchwork or quilting
From previous experience, this is a really tough category. There's even enough quilting enthusiam to sustain a local quilting shop...and this year the intricacies did not disappoint. Whilst quilting is not always to everyone's taste, the time and effort that went into these items really demonstrated the skill involved
Class 80 -Hand or machine embroidery item, including cross-stitch
Class 81 -Tapestry or Canvas work
Class 86 - Hand-made Greeting Card
Fruits, veggies to follow. I didn't take any photos of the artwork or photography but the stuff submitted was fabulous.
Class 26 - Apples - 5 dessert
Class 27 - Apples - 5 cooking
Class 28 - Blackberries 18
Class 29 - 2 bunches grown outdoors
Class 30 - Pears - 5 ripe or unripe
Class 31 - Plums - 9
Class 32 - Raspberries - 18
Class 52 - Posy of flowers not exceeding 125 mm in diameter arranged in a bowl
Class 59 - Gift from my garden - display of flowers, fruit and vegetables grown in the open and arranged for all-round effect
Class 58 - Best outdoor grown flower in the garden
Class 43 - Dahlias - 6 in a vase pompoms, no more than 52mm
Class 41 - Dahlias - 3 in a vase, no more than 220mm (cactus or non semi-cactus
Class 40 - Dahlias - 3 in a vase, no more than 220mm
Class 46 - Mixed Flowers
Class 37 - Annuals of one kind other than asters
Class 36 - Perennials - hardy 3 or more different kinds
Class 10 - Marrow 1 - the heaviest
Class 5 - Cabbage 2 with at least 4 cm of stalk (washed>
Class 2 - Beans French - 12 other than green
Class 1 - Beans French - 12 green with stalks
Class 25 - A collection of vegetables of any 5 distinct kinds, one variety of each
Class 5 - tomatoes 5 medium with stalk
Class 75 - Tea Loaf
Class 74 - Onion Tart
Class 70 - Victoria Sponge - 3 eggs, 20 cm tin
Class 72 - Ginger Biscuits - 6 on a plate
What a treat! Thanks for the lovely pictures.
Posted by: ax174 at August 30, 2006 01:28 PMThat 1st place quilt is amazing.
And now I'm hungry after looking at all those fruit and veg and baked goods!
Posted by: Wendy at August 30, 2006 11:35 AMI'm getting the urge to have a bash at patchwork and quilting now, those are beautiful.
Posted by: Tracy at August 30, 2006 09:45 AMWell... at least the judges were consistant throughout... seems a little wacked to me, Polly. Your maddi and sweater are beautiful, thanks so much for sharing!
Posted by: stephanie at August 30, 2006 06:08 AMWell it's good to see that Show organisers haven't skimped on categories for the flower and food groups at least! I love the last photo, with the ginger cookie delicately nibbled.
Posted by: meg at August 30, 2006 02:08 AMisn't it incredible how tastes vary. i love the quirky embroidery of the family with the little car, but can't see the point at all of the seven dwarves. the crocheted tablecloth is, as you say, exquisite. enough to make me want to learn.
Posted by: anna at August 29, 2006 11:07 PMWow, gorgeous photos.
Some of that sewing was gorgeous and that CROCHETED cloth. Wow, amazing.
Thanks for taking me with you!
Posted by: Sarah HB at August 29, 2006 09:34 PM