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Old 03-23-2014, 05:20 PM
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TeresaA
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To give you another perspective: I was just lamenting the other day about how there are too many computer quilted quilts these days. Even Leah Day, the free motion quilting goddess is now selling her free motion designs -- as embroidery patterns. How ironic.

The imperfections in quilts make them interesting, make you want to stare at them all day, give you unexpected things to find, like the block that is accidentally upside down, the seams that are way off, the stitch in the ditch that missed, whatever. The perfection in the computerized quilts is just a tiny bit boring, all the way from the perfect stitch to the perfect circle or feather. They don't look human-made.

Figure it this way. You and I are preserving the lost art of the "hand-made" look.

One thing I noticed is that while Quilters' Newsletter and Quiltmaker are now loaded with "perfect" quilts, the art quilt magazines still feature the randomness of obviously hand-made textiles. The art world knows that imperfections make art better.

I'm not trying to put down those who make amazingly well-sewn quilts. I'm just saying that when beauty goes into a quilt, beauty will inevitably come out. And that is a function of the love and care, not the perfection of the seams, corners or quilting.
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