> I'd be interested in starting (restarting?!) a thread on people's > experiences entering projects in shows/competitions. A good place to start reading about competitions is Kathy Dyer's FAQ! http://www.wco.com/~kdyer/documents/nf_sell_compete.html#enter_comp There are great tips on what the judges watch for in the stitcheries. I've not entered needlework in a competition myself (yet), but I have done a correspondance course through EGA where the teacher goes over your piece carefully and critiques it. I didn't find it frightening at all. In fact, I really appreciated the time and effort the teacher took to tell me about my work. It helped me to see how I can improve on my work, and also showed me what I'm doing RIGHT. It was a great learning experience. Isn't that like life, though? You can go through life worrying about how others are judging you and only seeking your imperfections. OR you can go through life knowing you are being judged, and then discovering for yourself what judgements make a difference to you (so you can change) or what judgements don't make a difference to you, because in the larger scheme of things, they just aren't important? And in the process, you get to learn a LOT of skills and improve on yourself. Whoops! Guess I got in "minister" mode there for a minute! LOL Yours in Stitches, Cameo @-->-->--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <A HREF="http://www.nidlink.com/~ddavaz/margaret/studio/studio.html"> http://www.nidlink.com/~ddavaz/margaret/studio/studio.html</A> _______________________________________________________________ Sponsored by Beakers Graphic Designs http://www.probe.net/~beakers/ecsp.htm The Xstitch Home page at http://www.probe.net/~beakers/xshome.htm Mary Joseph - XStitch List Moderator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monica Sudds - XStitch List Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] =============================================================== To unsubscribe TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message: unsubscribe XStitch
