I enter my quilts in a Quilt show every year. Some are hand pieced and some are machine pieced,some have been appliqued and a few have had embroidery. I always send them out to be quilted. You have to acknowledge the quilter. They are judged on pattern, color, piecing, binding, the quilting, and if they are even squared up. If you enter as a beginner, and win, the next year you have to enter as intermediant and so on. I always give credit to the one who quilted them. I have won 6 times, and do not consider myself a cheater.