I have always thought there should be distinct categories for different types of quilts. Several years ago(about 15 or so) I entered a quilt with pink panda bears for my young daughter. I was not given a ribbon (that's ok - I was still proud of it), but the reason was that I had too many "mixed" media. I have crows foot in the sashes between blocks, then hand quilting inside each block. I still have that quilt, and looked at it again, and am extreamly proud if it. No offence to traditional quilters, and no offence to the different types of patterns, materials, but I too think that many judges are too narrow minded.