I've entered my quilts in county fairs. At one fair last year I entered a quilt in the applique category and won 3rd and on the back of the paper was written "some button hole stitches were not even, good choice of colors, beautiful hand quilting." Two weeks later I entered the same quilt in another county fair but entered in handquilting and I won the blue ribbon. I really like the small county fairs as they tell me what I need to improve on.....so am now practicing my button hole stitch.