The Homemakers 2008 Style Show was held Thursday, July 24 in the Arts & Crafts Building, sponsored by Clark County Homemakers & Community Education. All clothing in the show was hand-made.

There were 12 categories: Clothes for Kids, Kids Elementary, Special Sewing Techniques, Daytime Dress, Suit or Ensemble, Vest, Lounge & Sleepwear, Sportswear, Semi Formal Wear, Formal Wear, Period Costume and Children Halloween.

Carol Judge took Best of Show, the People's Choice Award and First Place for Period Costume with her Civil War-era dress. "I wanted a dress for a re-enactment and I was tired of the stock costumes," said Judge. "I found an old tintype of this dress and loved it, so I designed it from that old tintype." It took her a month to design it and about three months to sew it. The dress was completely hand-sewn - no sewing machine. She uses the dress for historical reenactments with the 4th Ohio Voluntary Infantry Co. B

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Brooke models Grandma Joyce's 2nd Place winning entry for Clothes For Kids.	Ellen Stome (seamstress) with Mary Ellen Moore (model)
Madison Carver models Donna Cason's 2nd Place Winning entry for Kids Elementary.	Joyce won First Place for Kids Elementary with this dress modeled by her granddaughter, MacKenzie.
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Brooke is back with Grandma Joyce's First Place winning entry for Special Sewing Techniques	1-year-old Lily (who is just learning how to walk) is assisted by her grandma, Joyce. This was the 2nd Place Winner for Special Sewing Techniques.
Rochelle Ramga models her First Place winning entry for Daytime Dress.	Carol Gross won First Place in Suit or Ensemble.
Cathie Fernung made this reversible vest modeled by Heidi Fernung. She won First Place for Vests and Honorable Mention for the show.	Ariel Propst models the First Place winner for Lounge & Sleepwear, entered by Barbara Stevenson.
Joyce won 2nd Place in Lounge & Sleepwear with this outfit, modeled by MacKenzie.	Rochelle Ramga models her 2nd Place winning entry for Sportswear.
Cathie Fernung models her first-place winning entry for Sportswear.	Carol Judge won First Place for formal wear with this dress modeled by Katie Smith.
Heidi Fernung mondels Cathie Fernung's First Place winning entry for Semi-Formal Wear	Aubree Moore strikes a Flamingo pose in Ellen Strome's 3rd Place winning entry for Children's Halloween.
Ellen Strome won First Place in Children's Halloween with this Dinosaur costume modeled by "Coltersaurus" Moore.	2nd Place winner in Children's Halloween — entered by Ellen Strome and modeled by Elise Kemp.

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