I received another phone call today from "Miss J" from the Home Arts department at the Utah State Fair. She has thoroughly reviewed the rules posted on the website, compared them with the rules the Judges used (which should be the same) and realized there really is no mention on the website about washing quilts. She brought up the topic with the head of the Home Arts department, explained the situation (I am not the only one to be asking about this, apparently, just the first) and the head of the department agrees that that rule should be removed from future competitions. Miss J let me know that each year she prints out the rules provided to exhibitors and gives them to the judges to review, and it is apparent to all that none of the judges read them, just assumed they were the same. She will make sure next year that all the judges are aware of the changes, and make sure they're up to date on the current rules. She feels very badly that my entry was disqualified and offered to refund my entry fee. It was $1. I told her not to worry about it, that my biggest concern was just getting to the bottom of the misunderstanding. While I'm disappointed my quilt was never in the running because of a typo, I'm content with the resolution.

In celebration of said resolution, I went to the post office and shipped the Wild Island Boy quilt off to it's new owner, in care of his mother, since baby Titus isn't due for another month.

Of course, after I shipped it I realized I'd forgotten to put the label on. Oh well. lol