Originally Posted by glassnquilts
I entered three of my art quilts in a local small town show. There were 200 quilts and I did not expect to win, but the judge's comments were very critical of my binding. Very little was even said about the quilts themselves. I know it is a small town and maybe more traditional but it has really hurt my self confidence in my quilting. Anyone else had this experience.
Bear in mind that quite possibly the judge was a buddy of the quilt show chair and not in the least qualified. One year at a local 4-H fair the Home Ec clubs hired a "friend" to judge. She gave a cheater cloth quilted pillow a purple ribbon and something less to a carefully pieced and quilted pillow that was not quite as "pretty at first glance"