I'm the chairman for the quilt department at our fair. This is my first year as chairman. Fortunately a whole lot of the work has already been done in previous years. They changed the categories and classes some last year. They have a system to hang the quilts from the ceiling so they're visible and safe at the same time. The judging is done the day the quilts are entered and they're hung the next day. This is done before any booths are set up in the building so it's 3 to 4 days before the fair opens and then the quilts aren't taken down until the day after the fair closes and all the booths are taken down.
We have a pretty good size guild here so there's lots of help on entry and hanging day. Some years there are a whole lot of quilts and some years there aren't as many.