| Personalized items include garments that have been modified by the exhibitor to reflect his/her personal tastes. Techniques include fabric painting, applique, cross stitch, needlework, tye dye, and other methods of personalizing an item. Exhibitors may personalize garments they have sewn or purchased. |
| Buymanship is a program that teaches consumer skills and decisionmaking in the area of clothing purchases. Exhibits include purchased garment(s) AND a poster (14"x22") or notebook with information on cost, reasons for choosing item(s), etc. |
| Educational exhibits are posters (14"x22"), reports, notebooks, or displays with information about something the exhibitor learned through his/her sewing, personalization, buymanship, knitting or crocheting project. Examples include: Three types of seam finishes for a sewn garment; Technique used for the personalization of a garment; Cost comparisons of similar garment for the buymanship project; or Basic knitting or crochet stitches. |
