Holice I love when you JUMP in..hehehe
thank you for your words of wisdom.
I am "learning" to be a quilt judge for our County fairs, but would love to carry that further.
it is very difficult to judge non-biased when the persons works are so easily recognizable or are published via the internet! Thus stricter rules are being hashed out for this years show entries.
I have great issues with a person who designs, and pieces a quilt, PAYS the quilter to quilt it and then has to give credit to the quilter!!!....If a person pays for the service to me that is a bought item like the thread, batting etc. Especially if the quilt is NOT being judged on the quilting, but on the design/piecing. SO I would say if a person PAID for the binding to be on, then it was like paying for the thread, and NO I would not consider that a "group" quilt!
If you go that far, then if the person used a jelly roll that was PRE-cut by someone else, and a store bought binding, would it then also be a Group quilt?
When does it stop?