Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by betbet
at one time most people tacked quilts abd now it seems that everyone thinks a quilt has to be quilted. when making an everyday quilt tqcking is completely acceptable. i can not take the time or money it takes to send each quilt to the quilters. please give me your thoughts on this subject. betbet
Only after poly batting became available. Batting was originally handfuls of cotton, hand carded and laid on the backing. It shifted horribly if it wasn't very closely quilted. Really old quilts are quilted an eighth to a quarter of an inch apart to keep the batting from shifting.
If you don't want to quilt your quilts then don't. Do whatever makes you happy.
Really old quilts (that have been used a lot) also tended to get lumpy.