"BOWLING PRIZES"

1997

I had been the Secretary of our Church Bowling League for over 10 years.

A few years ago, I began stitching some of the Prizes for the GAG prizes, in order to save the league $$

From then on the league members looked forward to the banquet, just to see what I had come up with! *Grin* And I never had any complaints!!

These coasters were made for "Most Pins Dropped in Average"

The towels were stitched for "Lowest Average"

These mugs were made for the "Last Place" team!

In lots of leagues, if a bowler rolls a "111", it's called an "outhouse"! We USED to give rolls of toilet paper to those bowlers who rolled a "111", for EACH one they rolled for the year! That could get expensive, so when I found the pattern for these, I jumped at the chance to stitch them! Each bowler who rolls a "111" is given one of these, with the # of "111's" rolled along with their name! They are made into refrigerator magnets! One year I had to stitch 12 outhouses for a total of 17 "111's"!!! I got the feeling that some bowlers were rolling the game, just so they could get this prize!! *Grin*

This outhouse was stitched in 1998. Notice I added a raffia bow and a miniature roll of toilet paper! LOL The small wooden outhouse was given to the bowler who finished the year with a 111 AVERAGE!

This outhouse was stitched in 1999. This was my first attempt at desigining my own pattern for an outhouse because I couldn't find anymore NEW patterns.

Also this year, one of the married couples on the league (each on a different team) bowled each other on the same night on the same pair of lanes. In the SAME game they BOTH bowled a 111!! So of course, I HAD to stitch a SPECIAL prize for them! LOL The whole league got a big kick outta this one!

This outhouse was stitched in 1999. This was my first attempt at desigining my own pattern for an outhouse because I couldn't find anymore NEW patterns.

This outhouse was stitched in 2002. If you remember, after 9/11, EVERYTHING was turning up Patriotic. At the banquet this year, all my decorations were Patriotic, so I designed this outhouse (using the 1998 pattern by changing the colors) to go along with it!

I painted the fronts of the hoops BLUE, and on the sides, painted RED & WHITE stripes.

This was a special award for one of our bowlers who had a "DUTCH 200" game. I took her ACTUAL line score and stitched it on this towel.

This was stitched for my husband who had a PERFECT game. This is another of MY designs!

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