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
I cannot afford to send my quilts out either but I do prefer to quilt them. I have done a couple on a set of quilting frames that a friend of mine gave me (she is in her 80's and her father had made them for her - she had three sons and none of their wives or grandchildren wanted them) and I have done quite a few using large oval hoop frames. The only reason I quilt them is because I am concerned about the batting bunching when they are washed and dried. I really don't think they really take that much more time (for me) because I don't do a lot of really fancy stitching.
Thank you
Sandyb