Go ahead and enter the quilt!! You never know what will come of it and you might be pleasantly surprised. Sure, negative comments might sting but I'm sure that they would be helpful ones, not just trashing your work. I've entered in my county fair and two years in a row I won best of show. I was too late last year!! I had the wrong date on my calendar to turn the quilt in. The shock and thrill of winning was unbelievable. I didn't think I would win a thing but I was happy to enter and wanted to see my quilt hanging there.