[MR] A&S competition

[Becky McEllistrem]

--- Sandi Rust <feo2mouse at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've been reading everyone's suggestions and past
> experiences so decided to add my 2 pfenning...
>    
>   I submit my items to A&S infrequently, mainly
> because I am am "art without a frame" type person
> and I absolutely abhor term papers. When giving
> documentation, I will give the barest information:
> where I got the inspiration, what I did, why I did
> it. I get discouraged when I don't "win" and don't
> get constructive feedback. I'm sorry, the tokens are
> nice, as well as the "good job! keep trying!"
> remarks; but they tell me not where I fell short or
> suggestions on how to improve. I do remember one
> time when I entered in a sewing project that I was
> SO proud of accomplishing even showed the
> documentation and my inspiration for the piece. Only
> ONE of the judges gave me a constructive
> suggestion.. about the raw seams; now I make certain
> to double over my seams. But I don't think I will
> ever enter in another costuming entry because of a
> couple of remarks about my choices of edging (this
> btw was a novice entry, sewing is not my strong
> suit), "This isn't handmade edging!" is the one
>  comment that sticks in my mind, 

That's a ridiculous comment and I'm sorry that
happened.  My immediate reaction would have been
something like "you don't say!".  The obvious reply
from a lot of people is "note that in your
documentation and what your plans for edging might be
in the future."  This sort of response assumes that
judges are actually reading your documentation which
doesn't always happen.  That's exactly the sort of
comment that I would ignore but I would ask for
contact information from the one person that did help
you.

Rebecca