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Third day of quilt receiving for APNQ

Lisa — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:17:13 +0000

… the pile of boxes of unchecked quilts is shrinking. Most quilts are inspected, still, some of the well-known quilters names haven’t been opened, yet. So, there will be more Oohhh, and Aahhh’s… Besides, 25 entries are supposed to be delivered today.
If we’d be judges, there would be NO winners, – too many different opinions. Very funny. I’m really glad the true judges are “professionals”.

All the wooden slats have been cut as we went, and we’re about to double check the measurements and numbers.

Even the fact that this volunteer job took a lot of my “spare” time, again, it was worth to drive 170 miles in 3 days just to get there and back (out of my own pocket). Quilt receiving is one of the coolest jobs. I’ll be back in two years to do it again.

Second day Quilt Receiving for APNQ

Lisa — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:10:26 +0000

…more georgous quilts coming in by the hour. Excellent quilts with very few exemptions, lots of talent and creativity! We keep telling each other - ”… [You] might be looking at the BIG winner here…”. Of course, there is always some maybe 3%-5% of entries where we look at each other and think: how on earth did this one make it thru the jurying process? But the jurors can only rely on two photographs, if that was good, the entry has the best change to be in the show. On the other hand, and this is meant to be a call to all quilt makers, be aware, these two photographs must show the quilt in it’s best. No feet, hands, cut off heads, wrinkles on the quilt, ‘background garage doors’, etc. If you watch out for these NO-NO’s, you’re half way there. Take care of the lighting situation and your set resolution on your digital camera.

And as in all competitions, there are categories with an incredible amount of entries, that will slim down your chances. Other categories have very little entries. Pick your battle, sometimes it pays off not to be “mainstream”. Classic traditional quilts seem to come out of fashion. Think about it.

First full day Quilt Receiving for APNQ

Lisa — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:09:40 +0000

…boxes and boxes of quilt entries lined up to be opened and inspected, paperwork double-checked, labeled, and a wooden slat assigned/cut.

Beautiful quilts. Fantastic pieces of artwork. Skillful, colorful and loaded with creativity.

Still, for the first time, I don’t feel the urge to run home as fast as I can and work, work work.
It will come back, some day. Creativity needs room to breed, in my head and physically.