Quilt Show thoughts.

Hello again, yesterday I went to a quilt show in Edinburgh, its an anual event by Grosvenor Exhibitions.First of all this comppany charges vendors a high price for the booth and this has resulted in fewer and fewer vendors.One vendor I know well told me yesteday that this will be her last time in Scotland as the overheads are just too much so yet again we in Scotland loose out. Two vendors I wanted to buy from were missing and I only bought two books (like I NEEDED another two books) two little pieces of fabric, well they were cheap and some buttons, all in all a cheap day out. Now for the quilt, as usual Grosvenor had a number of quilt exhibitions within the overall exhibition, I'm not sure if this is too fill space because of a poor entry exhibit and at £10 +per entry I can see why the entry section may be small, that said there were one or two quite nice quilts however the overall standard in the judged section was questionable, e.g. one quilt was Highly Commended, this quilt was poorly bordered, did not lay flat and the corners were dreadful. My first thought was that this was a first ever quilt but when I read the artist statement I discovered it was a quilter I know and she teaches, so I had to wonder what the judges were thinking when they made this award.I did pick up a couple of entry forms and hope to enter one show in England and the next Scottish one after all if I am going to be critical I should put my quilt where my mouth is. This was probably my last time visiting this show as Campbeltown is just too far away. I still need to finnish my pair's quilt and do more packing in my studio so its back to the grind stone.
Take Care
Janette