Without knowing your location, it is hard to say but here quilts are judged on workmanship and overall appeal. There should be no more then a handwidth space between quilting, sashing should be straight, no triangles missing their corners, no threads or animal hair on the surface, good corners on the binding with the corners stitched down. Any of these things will not eliminate a quilt from getting a ribbon depending on what else is in the category. Go ahead and enter then to be judged, you may just walk away with a pretty ribbon to display.