Originally Posted by SmickChick
Originally Posted by k3n
PS - BTW it is the new, young, innovative art quilters who keep this craft alive by developing it and bringing it to a whole new audience. Sorry, soap box alert! :lol:
I love the dialogue!
I believe that quilters kept the fabric and sewing machine business alive. And I believe that art quilters, or those who have stretched the traditional, have kept quilting, not "alive" but at least growing, growing, growing.
:lol:
I'll defer to 'growing' - perhaps 'evolving'? I didn't mean to imply that trad quilting was dead or dying even, just that art quilting by it's nature appeals to a younger audience, sweeping generalisation, I know. :mrgreen:
PS In it's day, what we now view as 'traditional' would have been 'avant garde'. I think there are two discussions - one about quilts as art as opposed to being strictly utilitarian and one about trad style versus 'contemporary' - at the latter changes with time. :-D
I love dialogue too, can you tell? :lol: