The Minnesota State Fair prides itself on being the home of 59 different foods on a stick. No kidding! Check out the video or the official “food finder” site. Not wanting to be left out of all the fun, the Creative Activities section of the fair decided to add a new category this year – “Quilt on a Stick”. To qualify, your quilt must be 8×9 inches, consist of a minimum of three layers that are hand or machine stitched together, and have a sleeve on the back, which holds a paint stir stick. At the last minute, our entire staff at work decided to enter our quilts-on-a-stick! The category has several ribbon and cash prizes associated with it. How can you resist entering, with the possibility of being able to say “I won a blue ribbon for Quilt on a Stick”?

My entry is above. It is titled “Wallflower”. (Although it is not present in the photo, it does indeed sport a stick.) I intended it to be a bit of a mystery and it has stumped some of its viewers, who haven’t picked up on what exactly they are looking at. Leave a comment by August 21 (Fair opening day) with what you see in my “quilt on a stick” and I will award a prize of Kitchy State Fair Goodness to a random winner.