It's hard to take criticism. I'm sure they said what they did so you could improve. If they didn't say anything and you didn't win anything you might wonder why and you wouldn't be able to work on improving. With their comments you can work to improve upon what was commented on if you are trying to attain "perfection" in your quilting. If you were just wanting others to see your work I'm sure lots admired your work and might have even wondered why yours didn't win. I've thought that before of some I thought were prettier than the one that won when looking at all the quilts at the fair. Have a good cry if it will make you feel better then tomorrow look at the comments and ask yourself what you can do to improve for next time if you want to enter again. If all they found fault with was the binding that's really pretty good. Are there books you haven't read or videos you haven't watched? Is there a class to take? What do all these and the comments have in common and how can you attain it? Try not to take it too personally. Remember you at least had the guts to enter one and I doubt if very many if any ever win their first time entering.