Originally Posted by dgmoby
Originally Posted by luvstoquilt301
I spoke with a judge recently about this and she said that in 100 years people will know exactly when these quilts were done-----the heavily quilted ones even if they have no label.
Fads come and go in quilting just like other things. I found that fascinating.
Some quilts made back centuries ago are very heavily quilted. These tended to be the wholecloths and welsh style quilts, to my knowledge. Knowing what little I do about quilt history, these must have come from the wealthier families who could afford to spend much time and thread on quilts (to showcase skill?). And these quilts had to have little or no usage in order to survive to this day.
Just another perspective on the topic.
Debbie in Austin
Actually they were quilted very closely to keep the batting from shifting around. Before all the modern scrim and needle punched batting came along, batting was just carded cotton laid on the backing.