Wow, how funny that in 2013, some quilters STILL have those "attitudes" toward machine quilting. Time to LOOSEN UP, ladies !!
Have they been to many quilt shows recently ?? Do they read current quilt magazines and books ?? Doesn't sound like it ...
I remember hearing the uproar and critiques when machine quilting was first admitted to the big quilt shows. Separate categories, "doesn't belong here, shame on them" etc ...ad nauseum
Well, machine quilting has progressed by leaps and bounds in the last 20 yrs and it HAS eclipsed hand quilting. I guess they still can't handle that ! You see far more machine quilted quilts today than by hand. I don't want to see the art of hand quilting lost either, but quilters today do what they enjoy, and what they have time for ! Both are beautiful, neither is "right or wrong".
Last edited by TexasGurl; 04-22-2013 at 07:52 AM.