Often those who make such comments have submitted nothing because it wouldn't have made the first qualification to be in a show. Yours was in a show. Where was theirs, possibly becoming a UFO and never to become a WIP? They are usually the first to make harsh critiquing.
Originally Posted by
DOTTYMO
I do enjoy hand stitching but once when walking around a show with one of my quilts in I heard this comment about my quilt.
" no wonder she didn't win anything leaving all those tacking stitches in. "
Tacking is basting in US.
I was very upset and have not put a quilt into a big show since. I didn't win because the judges disliked my colour combinations .