I too am a hand quilter , NOT because I think that is the only right way to do it, just because that is the way I like to do it! It is only a matter of preference.
To say that all other quits are not real , is just not so! I have seen beautiful machine quilts on this board, and I have been filled with envy for them I have tried to quilt on my machine, and haven't been able to learn how yet, so I know it is hard to learn!
I also have watched longarm quilters do their craft, and I do mean craft! It is a hard thing to learn to do , and the freearm quilting is just beautiful. It takes these quilters a long time to learn the art of longarm quilting.
Any quilt that is made with love, is special! no mater how it is quilted. And machine quilts can and are soft also!
I am not a "QUILTING SNOB" and definitely not the Quilt Police, they scare me. :wink:
There is room in this quilting world of ours for all quilters and for that I am truly grateful
Now, about art quilts! Those are in a whole class of their own! People who make them are so talented and creative, that sometimes it blows my mind. The hours they spend designing and sewing these. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be when something doesn't work for them and they have to start all over. Again I have been envious of some of them.
So now I will get down off of my soap box!
I am just an old fashioned quilter that loves all kinds of quilts!
Ninnie in NC