Lst night I met the Quilt Police!
08-07-2012, 06:22 PM
#31
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Originally Posted by quilter1943
Contests and any kind of judging have rules about sizes, labels, etc.
I've always put my labels on the lower right hand corner. Maybe because I'm left handed--everything is backwards for me.
08-07-2012, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ube quilting
I usually lable my quilts on the binding. When I actually use a lable I always put it on the lower right corner of the back, just like signing a letter. Just seems logical to me. Who came up with the lower left corner rule, I wonder!
08-08-2012, 02:21 AM
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Yes, the local equivalent of the quilt police appear this time of year. As long as your quilt meets the published criteria for entry, I wouldn't sweat the label info --they can attach the entry stuff to the lower left corner and as they go through the process it will be there. In the fair i entered a few years ago they asked you to temporarily cover personal info on the quilt label so that judging was on the merits of the project rather than the reputation of the quilter. That was why I had to really keep track of the entry stub for retrieval of my projects. Have fun and enjoy the critiques and comments from the judges.
Originally Posted by quilter1943
Contests and any kind of judging have rules about sizes, labels, etc.
08-08-2012, 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by cmw0829
So, is it the lower left when looking at the quilt from the front or the back? I have never shown anything but on the two I've finished, I've put it on the lower left when looking at the back of the quilt.
Good luck - hope you win something.
Good luck - hope you win something.
08-08-2012, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by grammatjr
Last night I (for the first time) turned in quilts to the local county fair.
The woman checking in the quilts gave me this big lecture about the location of my labels. She said it had to be in the lower left corner, so the judges would know which way was up when they hung the quilt.
The label that was on a diagonal really threw her for a loop! I laughed and told her I like to mix things up!
She again explained how if the lable isn't in the lower left corner, they may not know how to hang it up. Now, I was thinking, if they could read the label it should give them a clue (only the 1out of 3 was on a diagonal, the rest were strictly horizontal).
Finally, I just said "well, they are all portraits, so if the kids are standing on their heads, you have it upside down!"
It was pretty funny! This lady is from my guild (I am sure she didn't recognize me), and seemed to be sort of overwhelmed by it all. It took about 25-30 minutes to check in 3 quilts.
The woman checking in the quilts gave me this big lecture about the location of my labels. She said it had to be in the lower left corner, so the judges would know which way was up when they hung the quilt.
The label that was on a diagonal really threw her for a loop! I laughed and told her I like to mix things up!
She again explained how if the lable isn't in the lower left corner, they may not know how to hang it up. Now, I was thinking, if they could read the label it should give them a clue (only the 1out of 3 was on a diagonal, the rest were strictly horizontal).
Finally, I just said "well, they are all portraits, so if the kids are standing on their heads, you have it upside down!"
It was pretty funny! This lady is from my guild (I am sure she didn't recognize me), and seemed to be sort of overwhelmed by it all. It took about 25-30 minutes to check in 3 quilts.
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