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Old 08-19-2019, 06:47 PM
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Default Custom Quilt (Video) What Are The Best Competitions To Enter?

My mom made a beautiful custom quilt for my daughter. It took her 4 years to make it, patch by patch. As it often is with quilts, the tapestry is personal and filled with visual stories of our family, memories, people and traditions. I wanted to enter this into a competition - I'm not a quilter myself, so I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a few competitions that might be relevant for this unique hand sewn quilt.

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Old 08-19-2019, 06:54 PM
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Houston or Paducah! I don't know what competitions there are in Canada. I'm sure there are others of which I'm unaware.

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Check first in your home town to see it they have a quilt group. They could advise you. CQA, Canadian Quilter's Association is the biggest in Canada. They have a listing on their website showing every registered up coming quilt show by Province. This probably doesn't include local community or fall fairs. Putting it in a small show first may give you a realistic evaluation of it's quality. But know that Judges opinions and standards are all over the map.
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Also be aware that some of the bigger shows only allow the person who made the quilt to enter it.

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oh I'd love to see a picture. one more point - read the rules before entering as some shows require the quilt to have been finished in the last 2 years or something similar
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