I totally agree with Toni-in-Texas!! Who decided what a traditional quilt was anyway? LOL.. They were made from what was at hand to help keep warm in winter and covered lightly in summer. To help promote privacy and modesty when seperate sleeping quarters were often not possible.
I gurantee no one questioned the maker on what materials they used nor snickered behind their hands and shook their heads if it was tied rather than stitched.
If I am going to join the ranks of quilters, I want to be one of those practical homemaking persons who used the old clothing, the sheet with a hole in it and the leftovers from the kitchen curtains in my quilts. I'll let others be the traditional quilters who quilted for show and decided that there were rules and what those rules were.
I'm just a downhome country girl! Always was, always will be. Smiles, hugs and happy quilting!!!