I have found that alot of small town quilt shows want to be big time. The judging is all the opinion of who is judging. I got upset once about a remark made about my quilt and I was informed it was a "learning" experience.. I learned one thing. The judge thought her quilting was suprerior to everyone else's. I do agree that you do learn something every time you have a quilt judged, but I think it should be done in a nice way. The small town that I was referring to is having a hard time getting enough quilts in the show because the judgeing was so critical. Some small town judges think they are judging in Paducah or Houston... LOL IMO