Originally Posted by
Lilrain
We had about 250 quilts in our annual show, have over 500 members in our guild, and no catagory for hand quilting anymore. Not sure if we had a handquilted quilt in the show this year or not
It really makes me sad to read this - but I recently made a similar experience. I was invited by a group of quilters to demonstrate hand quilting at their biannual quilt show and I always love to do that. There were around 200 quilts on display and I think only 10 or 15 were hand quilted.
I am a passionated hand quilter and I do wholecloth quilts, no piecing at all ( I only have to sew together lengths of fabric for the top and the backing and I also do this by hand). Hopefully the big quilt shows keep their categories for hand quilting in the future!