yes this has happened to me, i entered 3 quilts , one got first place and another the judge had told me my binding was to big for the size of the quilt and on the other i was told that my FMQ thread should of matched the color of my backing fabric , the back was white and my thread was red, but i thought it was cool looking! that was 4 years ago i was mad at first but then i realized it was for own good to learn from my mistakes because the following year i worked on those things and walked away with a first place and a second place in our state fair