It sure is a pretty quilt....it is hard to be a judge and if they can only give out so many ribbons in one catagory that may be why yours didn't place....I am able to go to the judging of our quilts and I get to here the comments and why so and so didn't get a ribbon.....you can always ask the judges they usually right comments on why they had to pass the ribbon on to another quilt....some of our quilts was for strings or pet hair.....yep that is right...crazy...but that is what happens....
also keep in mind it is only one or two peoples oppions...:-)