Opinions are like belly buttons, Everyone has one. Judges are like the rest of us. They have biases, they have ideas as to what they want to see. Remember, no matter what any judge says, there are NO rules in quilting. If you can gain something from their opinion, then fine try to do better, if not don't lay awake nights wondering how you made such a failure. Someone will absolutely love your quilt and think of you when they snuggle up in it so it's really perfect after all! Some judges have taken classes to be judges and some are just people who are quilters (?)) like the rest of us and really have no credentials at all.