My cousin has won a few awards for her quilts. When she works on a quilt for competition she's very meticulous and goes over them with a fine toothed comb. She had a couple threads sticking out from a binding that she missed. It cost her a first place ribbon. After they gave her 3rd she was getting her photo taken and her friend's little girl walked up and plucked the thread. It wasn't even connected. Stray threads had laid right next to the binding at an angle from a corner. The judges had already placed the ribbons/awards. She now always keeps a lint brush in her purse.