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Old 07-26-2010, 06:52 AM
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rahaube
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Originally Posted by trif
Okay, so I entered a quilt in this year's local fair. I did not enter a spectacular quilt, just a cute fun quilt with no plans to come home with a ribbon. I only wanted to be able to say "look, I made that, and it's displayed at the fair!". I was completely aware that not all quilts would be hung on a wall, as previous years , some were presented over racks, chairs etc.. This year however as you will see in my first picture, several were folded and placed into cubbies, yes that's right, folded up!!! You couldn't even see the quilts! The one next to mine in a cubby even won a ribbon and was folded with just the name on the outside, uuuuhhhgggg. I was so sad! :( My family and friends went with me to see my quilt. Well I have attatched photo's to share with you what my quilt looks like, since the fair goers will never see it. Oh, and my sweet hubby, waited til I was not home and contacted the person in charge of the quilts and made surwe they realized how sad it is for us to see out quilts folded up when we entered them to be viewed. (he does not like it when someone makes me sad, Im a very happy person). Well, I feel better sharing my experience with my quilt friends, I new you would listen and understand.
You are not alone. The same thing happened to my sister several years ago. She had a beautiful blue and white lone star. Not only did it not win any ribbons but people couldn't even see what it looked like. It was displayed at a local quit show later and won the people's choice award. Quilts entered in any kind of show should be displayed so as much as possible of the design will show. Quilters want to share their art not have it folded in a cubby.
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