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11-09-2014, 07:24 AM

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DogHouseMom

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I look at it a little differently

Quilting began with whole cloth work, which is purely quilting to formulate the design. Look at some of the old whole cloth quilts, especially the ones that employ "broderie de Marseille". Yes, those quilts were done by hand, not machine, but to me machine quilters are really just BEGINNING to develop their skills to the level of some the finest hand quilting that has ever been done.

In other words, while patchwork and appliqué have already become more complicated with expectations of perfection due to advancements in piecing (i.e. paper piecing using pre-printed paper with perfectly angled diagrams), quilting by machine is just beginning to rise to the level of some of the most complicated and fabulous whole cloth quilts from the 1800's.

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