Originally Posted by franie

This is going to be the first year I don't put a quilt in the fair in the six years I have lived here. The judges know where the quilts come from (who) and often they are there when they take them in. This is a small town area. There is a political aspect to it I do believe. The part that gripes me the most is competing against a quilt that has been computer quilted--and every space on that quilt is filled and they ohhhhhhhhh and ahhhhhhhhh blue ribbons over the quilting rather than the quilt itself. They take the fun out of quilting; many quilters in the area will not put anything in because of this. Then they wonder why the entry number of quilts keeps falling.