thanks for starting this thread, Eyes. I am entering a quilt into the KC REgional Quilt Fest--not juried, but based on the first one held in 2015, will certainly draw excellent quilts. And this year we were warned that there had been many requests for info from big time quilters from outside the Midwest, especially since IMQS disbanded and there is not an MQS anymore. That being said, I'm really nervous about the whole thing, although I don't anticipate a ribbon (based on what I saw in 2015) I do hold we get written judges critique (which is what I'm really looking for) and that I don't embarrass myself! But I truly believe that we learn something about either ourselves, or quilting, which each quilt we make--that is what I LOVE about quilting!