Originally Posted by
tropit
I want a hand-crafted look. Otherwise, I'd just go to Macy's and buy a quilt made in China. I actually like that my seams aren't perfect and that my blocks have a slightly, wonky look to them...not TOO wonky,
Hmmm, have you actually taken a good look at those made in China quilts from Macy's (or any department store)?
They are definitely quite wonky and ill made. The hand quilting stitches are large and irregular and the quality of the fabric and workmanship in these quilts will start to disintegrate after only a few washings. Before I started quilting I bought two of these on sale and they started to fall apart quite quickly. Once I started quilting I could see the workmanship was shoddy as were the materials used. I do understand they are sweatshop conditions and I paid a pittance for them. A handmade Amish quilt sells for the thousands and I wouldn't make a quilt for sale for any less. I paid a very far cry from that. Way less than $100 for two.
Anyway, these quilts are far from precision made.
But I digress... I agree with you I want my quilts to look handcrafted and have that "artisan" touch to them. The fact that all my quilted motifs vary because my LA is hand guided by me and not a computer is part of that. And I have yet to make a quilt where every single seam intersection matches exactly and there isn't a point cut off or floating somewhere in that quilt. I still strive for that precision but when I am pressing my blocks and see an intersection 1/16" off or a point just barely chopped off I have to admit I mutter close enough a lot more than I take the block back to my machine and rip and resew. I save that for the ones that are really off.