Ethical question about quilt shows

must? I asked my guild show chairs. while we HOPE people will enter
their kit quilts into the KIT category, it is a show to display the work
we've done during the last year, so they do not and probably do not have
a way of enforcing it if someone does not 'confess' to it being a kit
quilt... might be different for juried shows, our ribbons are based on
votes from visitors (ergo winners are not always what a judge would
chose, but what the public finds endearing or extraordinary... not
always what I would have chosen!)

Sandy wrote:
In article .com,
Sunny wrote:

I was admiring the gorgeous quilt that won the top prizes at this
year's local guild quilt show a few weeks back today. It was made by
one of the owners of the LQS here. I opined that picking the fabrics
must have been really a hoot when she said that she hadn't picked any,
it was a kit.

OK, I understand somebody entering a kitted quilt if they are just
getting started, but ...... this struck me as just a bit unethical.
The show is viewer's choice and the quilt is stunning. It's paper
pieced and the design just seems to glow. But she didn't really make
those fabric choices.

What do you folks think? Am I just being rude and snitty, as my DH
suggests?

Sunny


Sunny, while our show does allow kit quilts to be entered for
competition, we must enter them into the category specifically for kit
quilts. I see no problem with doing that, since we all need to give
credit where credit is due, whether it's for fabric and/or pattern
selection or for the person who did our quilting for us.


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