We also offer a package with all three of the resources. See the Resources for Judges page on our website. Perhaps you have a different perspective about quilt shows and judging. Your thoughts and experiences are always welcome. Her weekly e-zine offers tips, techniques and inspiration to help you craft business success from your creative arts passion. Your email address will not be published.
Proudly powered by WordPress. Skip to main content. I am off to Houston on Tuesday and thought I would share alittle bit about judging quilts. I shop lifted this article, with their blessing, from — You have just finished your latest quilt, are proud of your accomplishment and want to show it off. This is easier to gauge when the quilt is hung. Design and Composition All the individual design elements of the quilt — top, quilting, choice of fabric, sashes, borders, embellishments, finishing — are unified.
The design is in proportion and balanced. Borders or other edge treatments enhance the quilt appearance. Workmanship Piecing is precise, corners match and points are sharp. Seams, including those of sashing and borders, are secure, straight and flat.
I wondered who I had lost the machine quilting award to. When the magazine came out, I saw that Sharon Schamber had won it! Well, OK then! So the moral of the story is this: pay attention to details and do the best work that you can. And your efforts will shine for all to see! Molly designed the applique and chose the colors. I quilted it and did the edge treatment and binding. This quilt really has everything I mentioned above strong visual impact, excellent workmanship, a beautiful design, excellent quilting, and a great edge treatment and binding.
I guess that's why it won three "Best of Show" awards at major quilt shows and was included in the IQA calendar! Cindy Seitz-Krug has been quilting for more than twenty years. Her heirloom machine quilting on a home sewing machine has earned her hundreds of awards at national and international quilt shows.
Cindy loves sharing her knowledge with beginning as well as experienced machine quilters from all over the country. She teaches at local guilds as well as national quilt shows.
Her classes range from beginning machine quilting all the way up to advanced heirloom machine quilting. Cindy has two on-line classes with iquilt. Tips and Tricks for Better Machine Quilting Cindy Seitz-Krug shares her knowledge gained from over two and a half decades of machine quilting award-winning quilts on a home sewing domestic machine.
Subscribe to blog. Unsubscribe from blog. Cindy Seitz-Krug. Thursday, July 06, How do you feel about this post? Happy Quilt Judging Part 2 a Post Script. You can also get the list from the chair of the judging committee.
A list of current judges can be obtained from Lisbet Borggreen. The Guild has prepared a useful guide on how quilt judges do their job. Quilt Judging. Who are the quilt judges? How are quilt judges trained? For more information about the course go to Quilt Judging Courses During the course the judges become familiar with all styles and methods of patchwork and quilting; they study design and technique; they practice judging from real quilts and from images, and of course they are all quilters themselves.
Can I book judges for my exhibition? Yes, there is a helpful booking form. A list of current judges can be obtained from Lisbet Borggreen Like to know how quilts are judged?
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