Originally Posted by atvrider
Somehow quilting became a disease. An addiction. We all know that if we don't buy it now it will be gone forever. After buying every tool to make quilts faster and faster so we can spend more money to make more quilts. We buy or subscribe to multiple quilting magazines. Now we have a stash so overwhelming we have to build another room to house it all. Then one day we wake up. Home many quilts have we actually made? Prices now are sky high and becoming unaffordable. So yes, we have been exploited.
My sentiments exactly! You are right. Quilting is wonderful and our grandmothers & mothers were wise. Family came first always, quilting/needlwork came last when & if time permitted. Using what fabric could be found laying around or repurposing items to make a quilt. No magazines, I did find 3 crochet mags and a couple of patterns in my mom's sewing cabinet. I've got a lot of their wonderful & talented handiwork, they had a treadle, and their hands, needles and thread to work their arts. I've got all kinds of wonderful tools, and I'm nowhere near their talents!
Let's all wake up and get back to the basics.
Blessings,
MaryAnna