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Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Del Mar, CA 92014
858-755-1161

Contests & Competitive Exhibits  

Home and Hobby

Home & HobbyWho has the best pie or quilt? Home and Hobby competition is the very origin of the county fair. The San Diego County Fair has hundreds of divisions and classes that award ribbons, cash and prizes for the best homemade food, clothing and decorative items.

In the foods divisions, competition includes cakes, candy, breads, canned fruits and vegetables, jams and jellies, pickles and more.

In the needle arts and sewing categories, divisions include crocheting, knitting, lacemaking, needlepoint, quilting, sewing, smocking, weaving and spinning.

Decorative arts competitions include basketry and gourds, beading, ceramics, dolls and toys, holiday decorations, Fair theme, polymer clay, tole painting and more.

Hobby competitions include collectibles, antiques, coins, stamps and more.

2010 Results

2010 Results, Alphabetically by Exhibitor
2010 Results, by Class
2010 Results, by Zip Code
These are all PDF documents, you must have the free Adobe Reader program to view them.

Our Thanks To
San Diego Brush Whackers
American Sewing Guild
Bead Society of SD County
El Cajon Sew 'N Vac
Machine Knitters Guild
Palomar Heritage Painters
N Coast Knitters Guild
American Needlepoint Guild
San Diego Cake Club
SD Creative Weavers Guild
SD Polymer Clay Guilds
Silvergate Lacers
SD Porcelain Portrait Painters

Contests

2010 Home & Hobby One-Day Contests [PDF format]
Contest dates: Individual dates throughout the Fair, June 11-July 5, 2010
Registration deadline: No pre-registration. Bring contest form and entry to Fair.

Join Our Mailing List

If you would like to receive reminders on deadlines and other entry information, please sign up for the Fairgrounds mailing list. Choose the category "San Diego County Fair - Entry Info" (plus any other categories that appeal to you).

Entry Materials

2010 Competition Information [PDF document]
Local Rules [PDF format]
State Rules [PDF format]
Registration deadline: The deadline was May 5.
We have left the entry information online, so it is available for those who attended the Fair in 2010 and are inspired to enter in 2011 (entry rules subject to change).

Questions?

If you have questions, please contact the Entry Office at 858-792-4207 or send email to entry@sdfair.com.


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