Second Place, They Can't All Be Firsts!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21746)
Canada
September 22, 2017 5:56am CST
Yesterday's discussion gave my results....today I'll share some photos of my winning entries.
This first photo will show four of the items that earned second place.
Overall I was in agreement with the decisions made by the judges, but I have noticed over the last couple of years that the judges don't seem to be fans of scrappy quilts.
The scrappy quilts seem to place lower in scoring, no matter how intricate or detailed the quilt is.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
22 Sep 17
I was quite proud of each of these entries. They have their criterion...and we can't always know what it is.
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@LadyDuck (459629)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 17
@Morleyhunt So the first place table runner did not deserve the price? Well, it happens all the time.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
22 Sep 17
Each of these items took second place in their cTegory. The table runner top right, should have been first...the first place table runner was uneven...one side an inch longer than the other...
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@MarshaMusselman (38675)
• Midland, Michigan
22 Sep 17
They're all lovely. I like the second and fourth ones. I can tell the second is like a table runner, what will the fourth be used for? It looks like a rug to me, but I've not heard of quilted rugs before.
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@MarshaMusselman (38675)
• Midland, Michigan
23 Sep 17
@Morleyhunt The last one doesn't look that large in that image, probably because it stands alone. It would be lovely to display on a bed.How long did it take you to make that anyway?
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
24 Sep 17
@MarshaMusselman I think I worked on the applique for about a month...I took it with me as a hand work project when on vacation. The quilting took me about six weeks.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
The hearts are a wall hanging...the table runner is self explanatory...the cross is a wall hanging and the last one is a bed quilt.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
Thank you...this is my passion...making and sewing quilts.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
22 Sep 17
The table runner was a favorite of mine. I thought it deserved a first. The runner that won first wasn't even straight.
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@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
22 Sep 17
It looks like you did a real good job on the 4 items in the pictures. I like the one made out of hearts.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
The heart wallhanging was a fun project. It was actually my second...I sold the first.
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I hope I can see all twenty of them! 
@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
24 Sep 17
@sishy7 give me time to load the photos....
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
24 Sep 17
There were many beautiful and well made quilts entered. I was honoured to win the overall top points for quilting. That's the prize I really wanted. It's a gift certificate for a fabric store.
@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
Thank you. There will be more photos coming showing the first place winners.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
22 Sep 17
I think that second place is a great honor. Furthermore, if you won everything in first place nobody would want you back next year. 
You do such beautiful work that people would stop submitting their crafts. Just joking with you on this one. I think they ae beautiful and sonicely done.
You do such beautiful work that people would stop submitting their crafts. Just joking with you on this one. I think they ae beautiful and sonicely done.1 person likes this
@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
Overall I felt the judging was fair. I might not have agreed with their decision, but they were fair.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
23 Sep 17
the quilts that are posted here in your discussion all look great. i wonder why they landed 2nd place.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
24 Sep 17
They can't all win first. There are a lot of entries to choose from.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
They all look beautiful especially the second and fourth!
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
Thank you. I loved the colours in the table runner and the quilt with the flowery appliqued border.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
23 Sep 17
but i find that all your handcraft work are so delicate and beautiful, unfair of those judges who didn't let you be the champion
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
There were a lot of beautiful entires. I won 20 first place ribbons, so the judges were kind to me as well.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
No, they don't look at the cost of materials. They have a set of guidelines, and then, like anything else, personal taste also enters the equation. Personally I find quilts that are too matchy-matchy to be a bit boring.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
22 Sep 17
Thank you. They were a fun project. My laundry room door looks empty with them gone...but they will be back on Saturday night.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
@Morleyhunt the table runner makes me think of birthdays and picnics, while the cross is perfect for a prayer room.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49167)
• United States
22 Sep 17
Congratulations, they are all lovely. They would beautify any home
@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
22 Sep 17
Thank you. I was happy with them. The judges liked them, but not quite enough to give them a first place ribbon.
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@Marilynda1225 (80023)
• United States
22 Sep 17
I would have given you first place for each of those. Absolutely beautiful
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
There were many beautiful entries. I got more than my share of red ribbons...so no complaints here.
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@JudyEv (326412)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Sep 17
As you say, you can't win them all. I like the top-left one. Is it a door hanging?
@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
28 Sep 17
@JudyEv I've seen the photos and I agree..her work is beautiful.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
27 Sep 17
Yes, the top left hangs on my laundry room door. A similar one went to another Mylotter.
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@JudyEv (326412)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Sep 17
@Morleyhunt It's lovely. Very nice. @JamesHxstatic's wife does some great quilting too. James sometimes puts up photographs of her work.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
Thank you...today we post some of our firsts.
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@chunchunwadaddy (284)
• Nairobi, Kenya
22 Sep 17
Do you make these yourself? by hand or you use a machine.They are very beautiful.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
I do the piecing by machine (several on my old treadle sewing machine). I've machine quilted two of these projects and hand quilted the quilt on the bottom right...as well as hand appliqued the border.
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