Those "Last-Minute Lucy" Types ....

Joleen wrote "It was a Great show because we had so many quilts, but because they couldn't all be displayed in full the voting was affected and people's feelings were understandably hurt."

It appears that the organizers of their show were too kind to the "Last-Minute Lucy" types, the procrastinators, the "oh, please, please, please, let me enter my quilt I just finished ....." girls and so made the grown-ups, the women who had their quilts done on time suffer as a result.

I hate to read about that happening and I hope the show organizers learned a lesson that they will pass along to the next show's committee. Deadlines are deadlines. End of discussion. Save your quilt for the next show. (Maybe putting the deadline too far in front of the show was a mistake but that's something that can be hashed out by the next committee.) Just one woman's opinion, of course.

There are some people who think they are special and who think that deadlines don't apply to them but when you get a flock of those "special darlings" it can really ruin what should be a memorable event and turn it into a bitter occasion.

Quilt Show Thread

This might be a duplicate post because the first time I did this it didn't show up... Our guild will be having a show next spring - we also do one every other year and this will be our third. Since I will be co-chairing I am enjoying this thread on shows and I am copying all of the comments from all of you. Our show is not really "judged," but there are prizes given which are determined by popular vote. We had a bit of a free for all with entries last time. A deadline had been set for info on the quilts that would be entered and that was a month or so ahead of the show. The night before the show was hung, the person who was making labels finally quit answering her phone because people were still calling with additions or changes...so we had way more than we had planned for or had room to display properly. It was a Great show because we had so many quilts, but because they couldn't all be displayed in full the voting was affected and people's feelings were understandably hurt. We have some ideas on how to deal with that this year but, again, I am really appreciating all the comments being made. Any other tips, dos or don'ts, suggestions, etc. would be welcomed. Joleen in MN

Quilt Show Thread

Our guild will be having a show next spring - we also do one every other year and this will be our third. Since I will be co-chairing I am enjoying this thread on shows and I am copying all of the comments from all of you. Our show is not really "judged," but there are prizes given which are determined by popular vote. We had a bit of a free for all with entries last time. A deadline had been set for info on the quilts that would be entered and that was a month or so ahead of the show. The night before the show was hung, the person who was making labels finally quit answering her phone because people were still calling with additions or changes...so we had way more than we had planned for or had room to display properly. It was a Great show because we had so many quilts, but because they couldn't all be displayed in full the voting was affected and people's feelings were understandably hurt. We have some ideas on how to deal with that this year but, again, I am really appreciating all the comments being made. Any other tips, dos or don'ts, suggestions, etc. would be welcomed. Joleen in MN

Quilt shows

Our guild is quite large, but we only do a show every other year. You must be a member to enter a quilt in the show, but otherwise, there is no fee for entering a quilt. Everyone pays the entry fee (around $8) except the volunteers who are helping show the quilts and run the show.

We don't do a shop for our gently used items; on the off years from the show we have an auction and sell those donated items. We did have a meeting where people could "buy" a table for a certain fee, sell their items, and keep the profits.

Laura in Alabama

quilt shows

I have some questions for all of you who belong to guilds that host quilt shows. Do you have to pay to enter your own quilts in your own guild's show??
Do you have to pay to go to your own show?
If you have a "boutique" area of gently used books, patterns, fabrics etc--are the items "donated" so that all the proceeds go back to the guild OR do you sell items whereby the seller gets the money and only a percentage goes to the guild??

These are questions that cause quite a disturbance at our guild meetings.

I hope this gets lots of discussion going and some comments that I can use!!
TIA
judy in AR

Judging at Paducah in 2009

Why is it that in this day and age only the quilts of people with obsessive work habits seem to walk off with the biggie prizes? The quilt that won best of show at Paducah this April also won the Founder's Prize in Houston last October. A write-up about this prize winner from Australia revealed that the woman who made it spent 17,000 hours over four years to create her masterpiece.

Do you suppose the woman has servants to do her mundane things like grocery shopping and laundry?? :-)


Here's a list of the AQS show winners.

http://www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/paducah/2009/contests/quilt_winners.php

Judging quilts in one day

I remember the post by Judy where she stated that quilt judges can only judge 20 quilts in a day. I just came home from judging a pre-hung show, written comments only to the top place winners, and I judged over 400 quilts in an 11 hour timespan. Only had an hour off for lunch and another one for dinner. I was totally exhausted at the end, but I managed to do it.