I just entered a quilt in our county fair last week and when I went in to get it entered, the questions they asked were to make sure that it was put in the right group. They wanted to know if it was hand or machine pieced, hand quilted or machine quilted, did I do all of the work or did someone else help, and so on, and so on. I was surprised but when I asked questions, I was pleased. All of these things are taken into consideration when judged. The quilts are separated into groups and the pieced are not judged with other methods, hand quilting is not judged with machine, and it seems to be the only fair way to do it. Since I am a hand quilter, I do worry about the way they are judged.
Pam
p.s. I won 2nd place.