Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
I have heard from several sources that for some reason judges always look at binding. They look at the stitching, how even the width is, how the miters are done, if the miters are stitched and if the batting fills the entire binding with no voids. I was told that often the piecing, quilting and appliqué on a quilt are all outstanding, but the binding is what separates the winners from the others. I would take the info as constructive criticism and go from there. If you do a search on this board about quilt judging, they all mention binding as being very important.
this is exactly what I was going to write...I have a friend that just won big at a show...and several of her judges comments were about how PERFECT her binding was...things like, even width, nice narrow binding, perfect corners, etc....it was good to learn from!
Take the comments and go forward...even if it means removing those bindings and doing them over so you can enter those quilts again!
This friends quilts were entered in different shows around the state..it is amazing how a quilt can get an honorable mention at one show and a blue ribbon at another....