One thing they look for in every quilt is the binding. This is in our neck of the woods, of course, but I have also read it was standard rule in the big quilt shows. The binding has to be filled and hand stitched to the back. That can be accomplished by using the french binding method and after sewing binding on, trim around the edges leaving a quarter inch of batting so when you fold it to the back to stitch, the binding is automatically filled,