Originally Posted by lswan

Please, preference for amount of quilting is fine. When you say you don't like something, it leaves the quilter judged. Saying quilted to death is a put down. Over quilted is a put down. If your preference is for less, more open quilting, fine. That we are making, creating quilts is the important thing. Taste and preference are inevitable and help shape our work. If something is not your taste, that is ok. My personal passion is heavy quilting on my vintage Singers. I think it gives my quilts a sculptural quality that I love. I let the quilt fabric and design speak to me and quilt it accordingly. I am not obscuring the pattern or hiding the fabric, I am making sculpture that gives its owners a hug. I do not expect all to give it their thumbs up. I have been criticized at shows for distorting the fabric. That was my intention, it is fabric, not paint. Every one has different tastes in type and kind of fabric, that is good. There is no right fabric, except for what you are working on. Please celebrate the quilts as the time and passion put into them is incredible; it doesn't diminish what you do, but adds to the creative tide of quilts. May our tribe increase!