Open Class Home & Family Arts

 

Download the 2025 Open Class Home and Family Arts booklet here. 

Download the 2025 Open Class Fashion Show information and registration form here. 

***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 - Photo, 1st Place Recipes
  • Culinary Arts - Cake Decorating: Christeena Dinehart, Goshen - Photo
  • 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
  • View Grand Champions Photo

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
  • View Fashion Show Winners Photo

Special Contests Winners

  • Metal Yard Art - Dennis Hahn, Goshen - Photo
  • President Randi Yoder's Item - Lisa Giddens, Goshen - Photo, Recipe
  • Charcuterie Board - Erin Datzman, Goshen - Photo
  • Dairy Delicious - Karen Meade, Goshen - Photos, Recipes
  • Fastest Fingers - Gwen Hernley, Goshen - Photo
  • Year of the Pea - Kathy Stoltzfus, Goshen - Photo, Recipe
  • Longest Apple Peel - Patricia Hochstetler, Goshen - 244" Peel - Photo
  • Annual Senior Citizen's Cookies - Lisa Giddens, Goshen (bar cookies); Carolynn Riddle, Goshen (drop cookies); and Karen Meade, Goshen (formed cookies) - Recipes, Photo
  • Cookie Stacking - Owen Phillips, Wesley Pinion, Kerensa Barber, Charity Wesco, James Pena, & Chad Renner in their prospective age groups
  • Unique Birdhouse - Jenny Huffman, Goshen - Photo
  • Bursting with Blueberries - Mark Zak, Goshen - Photo, Recipe
  • Best of Michiana Ribs - Name, City - Recipe
  • Byler Lienhart Cook Off - Recipes
    • 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