luv-e I think it was very helpful of you to let folks know it is not a traditional quilt show. Even though some look familar there are also the very different ones.
And QuiltE yes your quilt would have been fine there--you also could have printed the picture out on cloth and embellished and quilted it and it would have fit in too.
They don't allow pictures to be taken so I don't have those to post but I did find a link with the ones given awards, they did look better in person. Two comments I have, Dandylions the white puffs were acheived with white tulle and stitches. the Greek one is all black background and then colored batting between two black cloth layers were connected and one edge was glued (I think) onto the background in a way that was ruffled and such to form the words and the edge faceing the viewer were were cut in a sculpted or scallop way to expose the colored batting, shaping written words. I don't think one could tell that from the picture.
http://www.dairybarn.org/quilt/index...n=226&page=365