I'm not sure how I feel about entering a quilt show. I did enter one last year after being talked into it and had mixed feelings being a newbie and my quilts are so different from the norm. ( I like small doll quilts and civil war reproduction fabrics). Of course I didn't win any ribbon but I was just happy it wasn't to wonky and hanging straight. I was encouraged by the lovely ladies and the judges were kind.
But there were 2 middle age ladies there that were having a good time looking, looking at each other and laughing, saying nasty things about each quilt in rather loud voices and then walking away quickly because they couldn't bear to look at it any longer. I think I would have left in tears if I ran into them near mine hearing what they had to say because I was lacking in confidence as is.
I am going to enter this year, willing to give it another try, but I can feel the lack of confidence creeping in already.