ghostrider

This is a major divisive and disruptive question here and elsewhere. And what possible difference does it make unless you are entering a competition...in which case they will tell you exactly what they consider to be a 'quilt'.

DebraK

yep, we've had this go around a few times ;-)

lfw045

Yes we have had this go around a few times.......and I personally think whoever deemed a tied quilt a non-quilt is full of it.....LOL!

Tartan

Hmmmmmm? It used to mean three layers fastened together to make a quilt but some crazy quilts of yesterday are still quilts without any batt. We now have tops with fleece or minky backs that are quilted with no batt and they are quilts. I guess if you think it's a quilt, than no one should be able to say differently. There are just too many new and different techniques to put a limit on how a quilt can be defined.

irishrose

Exactly! But I guess I call quilts whose intent is not to keep a person warm by a different name as in quilted wallhanging or quilted table runner. I do not tie my own quilts, but the ones we tie for church are still quilts.

It's a pieced quilt top until it has batting and backing, then it's a quilt, IMO.

deemail

well, my family always called a quilted sandwich a quilt and a tied sandwich was a comforter. it was a matter of definition, a clarification of which thing you were talking about, not a denegration of either product... often the comforters had quilts inside of them as it was a way to reuse what was worn out but still warm...new back, new front and tie them, as you certainly couldn't quilt thru all those layers... that's why some of those old comforters on our grandmothers' beds weighed a ton and were super warm.... it's not an argument, just a discussion...

#1piecemaker

Its the love the maker puts inside that makes it a quilt! At least that is my opinion.