Originally Posted by quilter1
The leader of the trip said that my quilts were not really quilts because they were not hand quilted. That was it, no more guild meetings for me. In 2 years, not 1 call to see where I was. I don't need them, their loss.
I simply do not understand this mentality. I am a hand quilter and a machine quilter. I am at the stage where my handquilting looks much better than my machine quilting but if I could machine quilt like Diane Gaudinski or long arm like green fairy wow would I be proud of my quilts and would probably not hand quilt near as much as I do if I had that talent. Even the attitude that tied quilts are not "real" quilts, I just don't get it. Granted I have a special appreciation for hand quilting, not only because I do it but because I know the enormous amount of time and dedication involved but to only consider hand quilting "real" quilts :roll: