sinceresissy

I make too many boo boo's to ever enter my quilts to be judged. I just like to use my hands to sew and see what results happen. I am making a replica of my mother's tulip wedding quilt and I can see my stitches are not as good as the old one but oh well. I am enjoying making except I am ready to be finished with it. A couple more months. I am going to add another piece to the bottom to make it longer so it can fit on a twin bed. I will use a "quilt as you go" to do that.

eyes

Well, I looked at my small quilt (wall hanging) this morning and I really do like it and am following through with entering it. It is not perfect even though I aim for perfection but I love hand piecing and quilting and am a big fan of Kathy Tracy. I do not expect a ribbon but am looking for the judges' comments to help me improve.
I enjoy looking at others' quilts but haven't really learned much when they are done by machine and heavily quilted but I do love colors and patterns and have never felt I wasted my money by going.
The comment just made me stop in my tracks for a second but I am doing this.

sewmuch

I think its rude to belittle others work at the show, you never know who's standing next to you. Example: years ago
I entered a ceramic piece in the county fair, it got a blue ribbon, while there with my kids and hubby, standing next to us, two women were critiqueing it, my kids heard them and were so mad...of course they thought it was perfect.

ube quilting

Eyes, Stand and be proud of your work and never, never, never let anyone influence you to not move forward. people who belittle and run down other peoples work aren't worth your time.

Go ahead and enter your quilts, what is the worst that can happen. Even if they are rejected, it is not the end of the world and the judges comments can be a real help in furthering your style.

I have taken quilts to my favorite quilt shop and asked them to judge them so I can learn up and not give up.
Enjoy the doing.
peace

Pagzz

I love seeing all types of quilts at a show and during guild show and tell. I think most often if your quilt is rejected getting into a show it would be that they already reached the maximum entries possible or the quilt didn't fit the category correctly. On the other hand for local guild shows there is sometimes a scramble to get enough quilts and they will be asking for more entries.

eyes

This is a local quilt show and they contacted me so........

labtechkty

I love quilt shows but personally I think many of them have really turned in to "art exhibits". For instance I attended a international show recently and was really hard pressed to find traditional quilts. The majority of the displays were quite stunning, but far from a what I would consider a "Quilt"..

To "eyes" go ahead and enter your quilts, I bet they are beautiful! Let us see a picture of the ribbon when you win!

Ellen 1

I had a quilt juried into a local quilt show. When I went to the show, my quilt was not hanging. I was told they ran out of space and because my quilt was so big, they did not hang it. Very disappointing at the beginning of my entering quilt shows, but also a learning lesson.

eyes

I am a traditional quilter standing out like a eye sore among the quilts that look like a Monet in an art gallery.
That's why I have a hard time really studying and learning something new but I'm willing to give it a go.
I am a really big fan of Kathy Tracy. :-)

toverly

I would imagine hundreds are rejected at the major shows. It's quite an honor to show in Paducah or Houston. I think of those shows as the cream of the crop. Or sometimes, something not seen before. Good for you for applying and showing. That's really neat. I'm not that caliber of quilter, yet. Maybe one day.