4H Clothing and Quilting Project Judging

The Le Sueur County 4-H Program had its annual Fashion Revue Project Night on Tuesday, July 19^th, 2011 at the 4-H Family Center in Le Center, MN.

            The idea of the Fashion Revue Project is to give 4-H members the opportunity to share with others their talent and knowledge about textiles. The Fashion Revue Show is put on every year by the Fashion Revue members for the public to present their exhibits.

            In total, there were 24, 4-H participants in the fashion show, ranging from grades kindergarten to freshman in college in categories consisting of Fashion Revue Purchased, which are clothes that you buy to form an outfit. Quilt Revue which is designing a quilt from your choice of fabric and pattern. As well as Fashion Revue Constructed, in which you sew a garment from fabric from a pattern. The Categories are then split into Divisions. The Senior Division is members in grades 9 and above, Intermediate is grades 6 thru 8, Beginner is grades 3 thru 5 and Cloverbuds are Kindergarten thru 3^rd grade.

 Overall, our Champion in Purchased Clothing was Marta Springer, daughter of John and Holly from Cleveland. Marta modeled a white flowered skirt with texture, along with a blue/green tank top with a black sweater over the tank top. Marta competed in the Purchased Intermediate Age Division and also won the Fashion Revue Purchased Intermediate Division Champion. The Fashion Revue Purchased Senior Division Champion went to Jenna Randolph, daughter or Tricia Denn from New Prague. Jenna modeled a red dressy, sleeveless blouse and black slacks. Kendra Kajer, daughter or Paul and Tammy Kajer received Fashion Revue Purchased Senior Reserve Division Champion, where she modeled a short black and brown skirt with a cream colored belt and a loose pinkish-red shirt tucked in with a black tank top underneath. In the Intermediate Division, Marta Springer received Champion. Intermediate Purchased Fashion Revue Reserve Division Champion went to Sara Jewison, daughter or Jeff and Pam from New Prague. She modeled white linen beach pants, with a turquoise thin strap tank top, along with a fuchsia burnout tank top. Honorable Mentions for the Intermediate Division went to Jenna Randolph and Marissa Milless. For Beginner Purchased, Vicorita Bisek, daughter of Tony and Sandy from Webster won Fashion Revue Beginner Purchased Division Champion, modeling a pink lacy tank top, along with a fuchsia pink white tank top and Denim Ber Muda Shorts with a sparkly belt. The Fashion Revue Purchased Beginner Reserve Division Champion went to Katelynn Erickson, daughter of Steve and Laurie from Madison Lake, where she modeled a tie-dye looking top with faint purple and black hearts with sparkling purple scarf and DK Denim Capri’s with black sparkly flats.

The Overall Champion in Constructed Clothing was Natalia Giraldo, exchange student from Columbia with Dan and Arlene Roberts from Montgomery. This was Natalia’s first time in the Clothing Project where she modeled and sewed a knee-length purple pleated skirt with a black waist band that has a side invisible zipper and one side pocket. Natalia competed in the Constructed Senior Division and also won the Fashion Revue Constructed Senior Division Champion. The Fashion Revue Constructed Senior Reserve Division Champion went to Christine Schwartz from the Sharon Progressives 4-H Club where she constructed a flare, knee-length flowered aqua colored skirt with a slit in the front. In the Beginner Constructed Division, Madison Gilbertson, daughter of Curt and Denise Gilbertson from Montgomery won Beginner Constructed Division Champion with her sundress bodice with handkerchief hem that she made. Her sister Cassidy Gilbertson received Beginner Constructed Division Reserve Champion with her lime green and white spaghetti strap, gathered bodice with a tapered hem line and fuzzy lime green booties. Finally, for Constructed we had one Cloverbud entry from Allison Rients, daughter of Kevin and Brenda from Elysian who received a Participation Award with her polka dot print sleeveless top with shoulder straps tied with a bow.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year's fashion revue and supporting the Le Sueur County 4-H’ers on all their hard work, effort and spectacular talent  Thanks to all the judges, volunteers, and parents who have helped make the event a success. As well as, the Clothing Committee, the Le Center Floral for all the beautiful flowers and Rademachaers for making the delicious cupcakes. We hope to see everyone at the Fashion Revue Public Showing in the future.