If you plan on submitting pictures of your quilt for the exhibition, the deadlines are different. By the end of March, pictures of your quilt and an entry free are required. Quilters will be notified if their quilt is accepted the end of APRIL. So, you'd want to hold on to that quilt at least til then if you submitted pictures for the exhibition. If your quilt is chosen for the exhibit, the company will send the quilt to the owner of the quilt the end of 2018. If your quilt was not accepted, though not stated in the guidelines that are found under the group page (see the link toward the top of this web page), I would assume your quilt could be sent to your partner at the beginning of May after you hear from the company.