Best of luck with the show (and the judges). Remember that your quilt will give much enjoyment and people will be happy to have seen it. You will inspire others with what you have done.

i love going to quilt shows--i like compliments as much as anyone else--but i feel i should make an effort to send in a quilt to show--i quilt for myself not interested in making the effort needed to win a ribbon --if i here a none quilter say 'i could do that' then thats a new sister/brother to the joy of quilting--thats how i started many years ago and i love it

I like to see the judges comments. Usually it's something I already knew. I can disagree with the judge. And I can learn from them.

I also like to give other people the opportunity to see what I think is good. And I get to see what other people are doing. I like approval, but certainly don't get too upset if people "don't get it".

So let us see what you did. Learn from the comments of judges and viewers.

Please keep your quilt in, I think you'll be sorry if you don't. Everyone will love looking at it, and if you are worried about comments, don't read them. Or have a friend read them and destroy it if there is anything negative. Quiltmaking is an art and your quilt will be appreciated by those looking at it.

It is so hard to have one's work judged. I'm also waffling on putting quilts in our show - some of these ladies are so very good and it really intimidates me. I did hear of one beginner who had all of her quilts judged - she wanted to know what areas she needed to work on. Put your quilt in the show and be proud of what you accomplished!

Decide right here and now that some fool is not going to upset you. You know the value of your work. Just remind yourself.

Go ahead and enter the quilt!! You never know what will come of it and you might be pleasantly surprised. Sure, negative comments might sting but I'm sure that they would be helpful ones, not just trashing your work. I've entered in my county fair and two years in a row I won best of show. I was too late last year!! I had the wrong date on my calendar to turn the quilt in. The shock and thrill of winning was unbelievable. I didn't think I would win a thing but I was happy to enter and wanted to see my quilt hanging there.

If a teacher points out a problem your child is having in school you wouldn't love your child any less would you? One anonymous person's opinion is nothing to be concerned with. You love it and your friend thinks it is show worthy. I would trust a valued friends opinion more than a judge who looks at hundreds of quilts and may have been hungry or tired and cross eyed by the time she gets to your quilt.
Do you have a picture of your quilt? I would love to see it.

You should enter your quilt and not worry about it. I'm sure you've been to the museum and seen great works of art that you did not like and thousands of others have. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.........

About a year ago, I put 4 of the first 5 of my quilts in a local quild / judged show. I wanted to know where I needed to improve and what I was doing 'right' and I really wanted to see what kinds of things this judge looked at. One quilt won the Guild Award - I did not win any of the judge's awards even tho I did appreciate her comments and opinions. On two quilts in particular: one an OBW, had wavy borders but she mentioned not all the hundreds of points matching :) and nothing about the wavy. On another quilt, I had some rather unique quilting that put a LOT of motion into the top - and it was as perfectly square as one could get ( worked a long time on it and kept measuring, before quilting, after quilting, after binding, etc.) and the judge noted it had wavy borders. It was, IMHO, an optical illusion with the quilting on it. My point - it's only one person's opinion. They spend just a couple of minutes looking at any given quilt. I will enter some other quilts into 3, maybe 4, shows in this area this year. Not for the comments - but so I can share them with others. Yes, I'll probably read comments again and view them as constructive criticism, and I may or may not take them to heed!