Open Class Home & Family Arts
Download the 2026 Open Class Home and Family Arts booklet.
The 2026 Open Class Fashion Show information and registration form are available at the Purdue Extension Elkhart County office on the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds. For a digital copy, call 574-533-0554 or email fink24@purdue.edu
***The Home & Family Arts Department has moved! It is now located in the new addition to the ECCC Building (building with youth 4-H projects).***
Contact Us
Purdue Extension Elkhart County
Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds
17746 County Road 34 Ste E
Goshen, IN 46528
(574) 533-0554
fink24@purdue.edu
2025 Open Class Home & Family Arts Grand Champions
- Antiques/Vintage: Kathy Stoltzfus, Goshen
- Apron Contest: Elaine Mast, Nappanee
- Creative Arts: Cheryl Ringler, Syracuse
- Culinary Arts - Baking: Cathy Stump, Nappanee
- Culinary Arts - Cake Decorating: Christeena Dinehart, Goshen
- Culinary Arts - Food Preservation/Canning: Carl Lauster, Winona Lake
- Culinary Arts - Food Preservation/Misc.: Valerie Jacobs, Nappanee
- Handicrafts: Max Samuelson, Middlebury
- Holiday Handicrafts & Paper Art: Tommy Sarber, Goshen
- Needlework: Myrtis Justiniano, Goshen
- Photography: Terry Gagich, Goshen
- Individual Small Quilt - Pieced: Fern Bontrager, Goshen
- Group Quilt – Machine Pieced: Denise Sanders, Elkhart
- Individual – Hand Quilted: Kathy Leinbach, Goshen
- Sewing (Wearable): Barbara Brown, Elkhart
- Sewing (Non-wearable): JoEllen Frend, Osceola
- Overall Grand Champion Exhibit: Myrtis Justiniano, Goshen
2025 Fashion Show Winners
- Aprons: Sharol Cloud, Bristol
- Coats or Suits: Melody Moore, Elkhart
- Dresses: Karen Meade, Goshen
- My Choice: Elaine Mast, Nappanee
- Separates: Louanne Gressman-Dunn, Goshen
- Sewing for Others (infant to 5): Jean Burtsfield, Goshen
- Sewing for Others (ages 6 to 12): Karen Meade, Goshen
- Sewing for Others (ages 13 to 17): May Beane, Elkhart
- Sewing for Others (adult): Kathy Leinbach, Goshen
- Overall Grand Champion: Melody Moore, Elkhart
Special Contests Winners
- Metal Yard Art - Dennis Hahn, Goshen
- President Randi Yoder's Item - Lisa Giddens, Goshen
- Charcuterie Board - Erin Datzman, Goshen
- Dairy Delicious - Karen Meade, Goshen
- Fastest Fingers - Gwen Hernley, Goshen
- Year of the Pea - Kathy Stoltzfus, Goshen
- Longest Apple Peel - Patricia Hochstetler, Goshen - 244" Peel
- Annual Senior Citizen's Cookies - Lisa Giddens, Goshen (bar cookies); Carolynn Riddle, Goshen (drop cookies); and Karen Meade, Goshen (formed cookies)
- Cookie Stacking - Owen Phillips, Wesley Pinion, Kerensa Barber, Charity Wesco, James Pena, & Chad Renner in their prospective age groups
- Unique Birdhouse - Jenny Huffman, Goshen
- Bursting with Blueberries - Mark Zak, Goshen
- Best of Michiana Ribs - Name, City
- Byler Lienhart Cook Off
- Beef - Cut (1st Place) - Name, City
- Beef - Ground (1st Place) - Name, City
- Pork - Cut (1st Place) - Name, City
- Pork - Ground (1st Place) - Name, City
- Lamb - Cut (1st Place) - Name, City
- Lamb - Ground (1st Place) - Name, City
- Best Overall Pork - Name, City