Thread: Very interesting but true

Originally Posted by #1piecemaker

Piecing a quilt is the most important part in the makings of a good quilt. If she does that well, she can consider herself a quilter. I once worked in a sewing factory that made gloves. We each sewed different pieces onto the gloves as an assembley line. But, the finished product was a glove. We were considered glove makers even though we only were responsible for one section of the glove. Am I making sense?

Yes, you sure are making sense! Glove maker you are. A quilter I am. I don't like putting the layers together, I do it, but don't relish that part of making a quilt. Stitich in the Ditch is my nemesis (sp?). I hate every minute of it. I have the special foot, too. When one gets down to the nitty gritty of it all, I'm a piecer by heart, a quilter by default! LOL.

Originally Posted by #1piecemaker

Piecing a quilt is the most important part in the makings of a good quilt. If she does that well, she can consider herself a quilter. I once worked in a sewing factory that made gloves. We each sewed different pieces onto the gloves as an assembley line. But, the finished product was a glove. We were considered glove makers even though we only were responsible for one section of the glove. Am I making sense?

But then, there are whole cloth quilters, no piecing involved, only quilting?????

I like to do the creating part of a quilt; I have lots of blocks laying around here and there that may never find their way to a quilt. I even buy orphan blocks at estate sales and garage sales. Does that make me a blocker or blockmaker?

Okay, so I suppose that makes me a
1- designer
2- buyer
3- cutter
4- piecer
5- seamstress
6- seam ripper
7- re-seamstress
8- presser
9- sandwich assembler
10- glue-baster
11- quilter
12- washer
13- presenter

Kinda silly, isn't it?

Why must we attach a label to ourselves? Aren't we all here to enjoy and share the experience of creating something unique?