I have seen the entrance guidelines for the shows, because so many of my friends entered, and one won a prize. I'm actually friends with the organizers of one of the shows, so I know what I'm talking about. We've discussed it many times. Even at a show that size, I think it's appropriate to split categories whenever possible.
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by Mattee
Because at the few shows I have been to (three separate shows), there were no separate categories. There was only ONE first prize, second, etc. Everyone was judged as one group. There were probably (I'm estimating) 50 or more quilts at each, all judged together. At the last one I went to, there were only a half dozen hand-quilted quilts, but I felt that they should have been given their own category. There were certainly enough to at least give out a first and second place ribbon.
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I don't understand why everybody seems to think all quilts are judged in the same category?
Or maybe they were judged separately in their own catagory and then the top quilts from each category were judged together for the top prizes. Unless you saw the entrance guidlines and saw the judging you can't say how they were entered or judged, only how the prizes were awarded.
A 50 quilt show is a fairly small quilt show. Even the one put on by the guild where I used to live in a town of less than 30,000 had almost four hundred quilts in their show.
The county fair here had 90 quilts entered.