Originally Posted by Candace
Although I can appreciate hand quilting, I don't care for the "look" of it and really prefer the artistry of good machine quilting. I decorated modern and don't care for antiques, country decor etc. I think it's important that if you hand quilters want to keep your art going, that you don't put down machine quilters and make comments like "it makes me sick" etc. It's definitely a put-off IMHO when people make disparaging comments about other people's art forms and preferences. Like I mentioned, I don't care for hand quilting, but I'd never make snarky comments about it.
My sentiments exactly. There is a lot of quilt snobbery out there, and I don't mean just about hand vs. machine sewing. It is obvious in some of the letters to the editors of quilt magazines. I love quilts--all quilts--and I really don't care whether they're done by machine or by hand. What matters is the care and artistry, not the method. I work with a long arm quilter whose work is superb, original, and beautiful. I would stack her quilts up against any hand quilter, any day. Machine quilting can be done artistically. Hand quilting is not necessarily art. It's all in the eye of the beholder.