I'm glad you didn't pull it. I think your hand quilting designs are very creative, and besides, there usually aren't enough hand quilted items in the show for me to drool over.
In my experience, the judge's critique is usually kinder than my own. I try not to give guided tours of my errors anymore because no one else notices them.
There should be lots of eye candy. The last show had some amazing quilts with machine quilting from the local longarmers - they took my breath away!
Janet