Originally Posted by Crickett Sweet

First of all. let me say the your work is absolutely beautiful. However, I must throw in my point of view. I disagree that hand quilters are not appreciated. I was at a show over the weekend and even though there were only a few had quilted pieces, they were certainly well noticed and appreciated. For many of us, if a quilt had to be finished by hand, it would not get done. We have busy lives, arthritis, whatever. This is 2010 and we do have machines to quilt with. Please do not try to make us feel guilty for using them or make us feel that our work is not worthy, Hand quilting is a beautiful art but Machine quilted Quilts are also quite beautiful. We should not be made to feel like second class artists because we use differen tools.