Open Class Home & Family Arts
Download the 2026 Open Class Home and Family Arts booklet. (Coming Spring 2026)
Download the 2026 Open Class Fashion Show information and registration form. (Coming Spring 2026)
***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