This weekend was the Appleseed Quilters guild's bi-annual quilt show, and it marks the first time I have ever entered a quilt show! I had two quilts judged...
The small quilt I made in Gwen Marston's class last year was well received and got some nice remarks.
But my scraps in neutrals was ripped to shreds!! The judge actually commented that I needed to pay more attention to intersection points matching. WHAT? Didn't the fact that EVERY SINGLE intersection was off...way off, show that I meant for them to be different? I got a lot of great feedback from some fellow guild members though, and I love the quilt, so I'm fine with a traditional judge not understanding my work. Better yet...I got nice remarks from our featured quilter, Jacquie Gering!
Jacquie's class and trunk show were awesome...as you can imagine. She is so inspiring.
No more time tonight to unpack Jacquie's class, but Ill tell you about it in the next post, and I have a book giveaway....
until then.
That is the pitfalls of a nontraditional by the 'rules' quilt show and your make it your way quilt. I was commented that straight lines should be straight in my organically quilted quilt.
ReplyDeleteI love both of your quilts Jenny, your second quilts looks fabulous with the improv corners. xo
ReplyDeleteLove both of your quilts, Jenny! And I am sure they were shining in the quilt show, next to all the perfect seams. Funny how many different ways there is to view a quilt... We all need to broaden our horizons once in a while, and that judge is clearly next in line.
ReplyDeleteI am sure both you and Jaquie had lots of fun, look forward to hear about it!
These are two of my favorites Jenny!
ReplyDeleteI love both quilts! I'm afraid of that kind of feedback - I don't want to be seen as "just a beginner" when I show a quilt that is intentionally off, but I guess it's part of the process to get more people seeing modern quilts.
ReplyDeleteWhat? That's craziness. That quilt is one of my favorites. I guess traditional judging just has a whole different set of standards, which I get, but I wish they could appreciate design that's purposely wonky.
ReplyDeleteI love that quilt, too. What's funny is that they would enjoy the first, but completely misunderstand the second. The concepts aren't that different. Glad you had fun anyway!
ReplyDeleteHahaha -- definitely a traditional judge. I agree with you -- the fact that all your intersections weren't matched should have been a tip. When most are matched and a few aren't you tend to think the quilter meant to match them all and missed the mark. We're having parent issues and I totally forgot about the quilt show. Doh!
ReplyDeleteYour quilts looked gorgeous in the show Jenny, glad we got to spend time together this weekend :)
ReplyDeleteboth those quilts are marvelous - be proud of them! some quilters just don't understand that not everyone chooses to match points etc. I'm envious of the class with Gwen.
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