Originally Posted by gwanma
i see...i always thought "quilting" meant putting all these little pieces together to form a blanket. But you have taught me that "quilting" can just be the process of creating a design with stitches. The quilting world just gets broader and broader for me. so fascinating! Your quilting is truly artwork.
You hit the nail on the head! The word "quilting" is often meant like "making quilts" and it summarizes all the techniques used for it like piecing, appliqué, machine or hand quilting etc. For me the word "quilting" means doing all the little stitches through the layers of a quilt and creating structure and design.
It's a craft of it's own and can be used as an independend technique.
I know many quilters around here who consider the quilting as a necessity of sewing the layers of a quilt together. But it can be so much more! A quilter can put so much creativity in it.