For me I like the voters choice as I am a hobby quilter. If they have a challange quilt like use circles or log cabin square it makes you expand maybe out of a comfort zone. My sister,mom and myself will do the Horry County, SC again this year and make a weekend of ladies days. This year I did the wearable arts quilts part. Made a patch quilt then cut it up to a jacket, covered all the seams and binding all along the outer edge. Without the contest would I have tried something different, maybe but this put me on a time limit and made it fun.