Originally Posted by
sewbeadit
That is an intersting question. When I have gone to show so many are hand quilted, just a bit more as the years go by are machine quilted. I always thought machine quilting was a bug-a-boo in the quilting world. Now it sounds as though it may be overtaking hand quilting? Don't know but I don't hand quilt, never could enjoy it, so I machine quilt.
Hand quilting and machine quilting are two different kind of arts. I think they should exist side by side of the same value.
I am glad to see that some of the big quilt shows keep catergories for both!