I understand that you want to include this beautiful little quilt, and I applaud you for giving the maker options. However I don't think you should feel bad if you can't include every quilt in your show. Most shows have some kind of size limitations (although usually it's the largest quilts that they can't accept rather than the smallest ones). Some shows don't accept tied quilts, some cater to machine quilting or art quilts, one well known (and very successful) show featured only red and white quilts. I'm sure there are other shows in which that little quilt will shine.