I saw quilts at a show this weekend that were so heavily quilted that you could no longer tell what fabric was used..nor that it had batting in it...it was horrid...not to mention that all the quilting compromises the fabrics longevity. Used to be that we all understood that if you use poly or rayon thread on cotton fabric it WILL cut through the cotton in time..the quilts I saw this weekend would never live through a washing machine cycle..not once...the original fabric would just shred! ANY friction on those quilts, folding, creasing, etc...will ruin them in a short period of time...so what is the point?
I just don't see why they feel the need to quilt to death....McTavish if you must but NOT on any of my quilts....
and you are right, not one of those quilts hung well, they were stiff, see thru, full of needle holes, just horrid I tell you!
OH, and these were the quilts from the OK longarmers assoc. competition!