It appears that several have answered your question, especially the poster who had taken the NQA Judging class.
We don't know what the competition was in the show where you entered the quilt and the photograph is certainly not the best way to see what the comment referred tol. But the answer was in several of the posts. It is difficult judging to start with and sometime just a small thing like "straight lines" is the difference from one quilt getting the ribbon over another - or even mitred corners. But one final comment. After reading all the comments I tend to resent it when a judge is referred to as an "eliete snob".