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Sedgwick Co. Fair Results August 11, 2022 | B1

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Nativity image inspires prize-winning wool design

4-H member shows wool can be cool By Travis Mounts TSnews news@tsnews.com

You may not want to put on wool clothing when it is 100 degrees outside, but one 4-Her is doing what she can to make sure wool is cool. Amy Crow, 17, is a member of the Achievers 4-H Club in Wichita. Fiber arts is one of the 4-H projects she has been active in during her five years in 4-H. She has helped judge fiber arts at the Kansas State Fair, and saw that there were not very many entries in wool. So she decided to enter in 2022, and that decision paid off. Her wool nativity scene earned a purple ribbon – the top ribbon in 4-H – and she received the Best Wool Award. “It was my first time working with wool,” Crow said. “It is not a very common media to work with. Wool is very expensive.” She embroidered it using hand applique, doing a lot of the work while traveling quite a bit this summer. The travel meant she did not enter as many items as normal, but it did help her finish her wool nativity scene. She was inspired to create a nativity scene by her mother’s collection of nativity items. In addition to the expense, wool is harder to work with than cotton, which is the media Crow has worked with most often in fiber arts. She found her pattern on a visit to Silver Dollar City. “I was joking that Mom needed another nativity, and she was like, ‘Yeah!’” Crow said. “There’s lots of memories stitched in that project,” said Julie Crow, Amy’s mother. Amy earned eight purple ribbons at this year’s Sedgwick County Fair,

with four in fiber arts, two in clothing construction and two in photography.

Project creates quilts for kids The mother-daughter team are active in quilts, too. Julie is the county project leader, and Amy serves as the junior leader. They helped lead an effort that will provide a dozenand-a-half quilts to children in Sedgwick County, all made by youth from 4-H clubs in Sedgwick County. The Crows lead quilting workshops every month. They got help in two important ways. First was a $250 grant from Thrivent, the non-for-profit formerly known as the Aid Association for Lutherans. Second, they were given access to the GoCreate creative workshops created by Koch Industries and the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation, located on the Wichita State University Innovation Campus. The help from these two groups helped make

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Amy Crow, left, a member of the Achievers 4-H club, works with River City Kids member Eliana Huschka on a quilt at GoCreate. Crow won the Best Wool Award at this year’s Sedgwick County Fair. She and her mother also help lead the countywide fiber arts project.

materials and equipment affordable and accessible for 17 4-Hers. The quilts, some of which were on display at the Fair, will go to children’s homes and hospitals. While this was the first year for the donation project, the Crows expect it will become an annual effort. “I think it’s the first time I’ve seen something (at the Fair) done to give away,” Julie Crow said. They also get help from the locally-owned Faithful Remnants, which provides discounts to 4-Hers to help make their projects affordable. The number of fiber arts projects entered at this year’s Fair was up, and the project is growing. Last year, one 4-Her spent $80 to make a quilt that was no bigger than a baby blanket. The help the youth are receiving is making a difference. “Now it’s feasible for them to learn how to make a quilt,” Julie said. Amy Crow did well with her quilt entry, earning grand champion.

Sedgwick County 4-H members created 18 quilts that will be donated to children in need. They were on display during the Fair. Travis Mounts/TSnews

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Amy Crow created this nativity scene using wool. it won a purple ribbon at the Sedgwick County 4-H Fair.

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