Something else that bothers me... In an AQS show you are required to get "permission" from the designer to exhibit or enter your quilt if you used a purchased pattern!!!
AQS is perpetuating the lie that the designer basically "owns" anything you make with their pattern and that they have a say in what YOU do with it.
You can pay an additional amount and have your quilt appraised in shows. Hmmm... if designers say that you can't sell them, then aren't they worth ZERO in absolute monetary terms other than the cost of materials?