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Focusing on Today’s Rural Environment
Volume 3, Edition 3
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(Right) This quilt by Sandra Borgschatz features butterflies and a farm in the distance. The quilt judging certification process that Borgschatz is going through requires submitted paperwork and presenting before a panel of judges. PHOTO BY AMY KYLLO
(Below) Sandra Borgschatz inspects the edge of a quilt as she judges at the Dodge County Free Fair July 16 at the Dodge County Fairgrounds in Kasson. Borgschatz is going through a fiveyear certification program to become a quilt judge.
Quilting through the fair Borgschatz works toward judging certification
BY HAIL HAILEY HOKANSON | STAFF WRITER
PHOTO BY AMY KYLLO
Sandra Borgschatz runs her hands over a quilt while judging at the Dodge County Free Fair July 16 at the Dodge County Fairgrounds in Kasson. Borgschatz is in charge of all the quilt organizing at the Goodhue County Fair.
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PINE ISLAND — Throughout the PIN sum summer, umm county and state fairs are alive with food food, odd games, crafts and animals for all fairgoe go goers to admire and enjoy. But, behind the scenes, there is much more that needs to be done to ensure a smooth week of activity. Among the backstage crew are judges, used for their expertise and specificity to enable craftsmen to stay on their toes when it comes to creations. Sandra Borgschatz is a quilter turned program organizer who is on her way to becoming a part of the judging aspect of the fair.
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Currently, Borgschatz is the quilt superintendent at the Goodhue County Fair, where she oversees the process of quilts coming in, getting judged and being presented, a job she has handled for the last eight years. “I find the judge to judge our quilts at the fair, arrange for helpers to scribe, make sure all of the entries and categories are there, then hang the quilts with a team of superb helpers after the judge goes through everything,” Borgschatz said. “I like the process of it and organizing and helping to get it ready for everybody to see.”
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