quiltgal

I was reluctant to let my quilts be judged in the beginning. The judges usually say what is wrong, but not too much on what is right or great. But, the comments after I calmed down and put some time between the first reading and the later reading were helpful to improved what I could improve. I often tend to be a little too non-traditional and so some judges do not have a frame of reference to put my work into a neat category. But, I still have them judged and try to use the comments for constructive improvement. At our last show in Sept 2010, I got a over all show ribbon for my quilting on a small quilt! I could see for use of color, for design (original design) for most anything, but quilting! I have not considered my quilting to be the thing that I do best, but I have been working on it. So, the bottom line is to take what the judges say (if it is helpful toward improvement) ignore comments that do not assist is in improvement and remember that the judges are human and have bias of their own that they bring to do the judging. Also, I have heard that judges are sometimes unsure of what is required by the form that they are asked to fill out with their comments. What seems obvious to the guild when they designed the form may not be so obvious to the judge and they seem compelled to put something in each space.