Quilt judging
It seems to be a popular topic here lately. Today, our guild had a program with Linda J Hunter, an AQS appraiser and quilt judge. She's an original member of her guild from more than 40 years ago. She gave us so many hints on how to make your quilt show-worthy! I asked permission to share her hand out and she said that was OK... so the pdf is attached here. I was surprised at some things: binding with commercial binding is not necessarily a no-no as long as it is attached so it is full of quilt; using a non-cotton backing is not a deal-breaker, again, as long as it 'coordinates' with the front;and more that I can't remember right now. She is reluctant to keep a ribbon if she paid to have the quilting done and the quilting is the reason the quilt won. She really knows her stuff and is so happy to share her knowledge.