I don't think that's it. I think we know they're all made with love. I just think that different types of work need different categories for judging. I, too have noticed a trend towards LA'ing and art quilts. There's nothing wrong with them, but I think, for example, there should be different categories for hand-quilted, machine-quilted, LA'd and LA'd with the computer assist (sorry I don't know it's technical name). They're just different skill sets, and should be judged accordingly, IMHO. Same thing with traditionally pieced quilts vs. applique vs. art quilts vs. thread painting.
Originally Posted by gaigai
Originally Posted by jljack
....I am starting to wonder if eventually the traditional pieced quilts won't make it into any of the quilt shows. Really, there are so many art quilts and fewer and fewer traditional. Lately all the big prizes, Best of Show, Best Quilting, etc. seem to go to art quilts.
I don't think I am very happy about this trend. And this is just MY opinion!
Well, having just gone to the biggest quilt show in the world, I have to respectfully disagree. There were lots of art quilts, sure, but there were also lots of traditional quilts too. And as I remember it, there were more traditional big winners as "art" quilts. There were a lot of embellished traditional quilts, but they were still pieced.
And there is another thread about prize-winning hand quilted winners at the show.
But some of you sound like my mother who told me that "Quilts that are made by machine aren't made with love like ones made by hand". My response to that was "Well, clothes that are washed in a machine aren't washed with love like clothes that are hand washed and beat on rocks in the river, and you'll NEVER get another quilt from me".