Originally Posted by Blockhead
Hmmm - if you don't quilt your tops, how can you call yourself a quilter? A piecer, a patchworker yes, but a quilter no.
That is the cheating part - those who call themselves quilters, who never actually quilt.
That's not really fair and I have to take exception to your statements. I don't like disagreeing with people, but in this case I have to speak up. Many of us, because of time constraints, or health issues (or both) simply cannot do the quilting. Not that I personally wouldn't like to, but it's near impossible. If that's cheating, then how can one say "I've done the laundry" when the clothes are put into a machine and said machine does all the work? Is that cheating? How can we say we've done the dishes, when in fact, a machine washed them? It goes on and on. I admire and respect those who do their own quilting whether on a machine or by hand. I think those of us who do not/ cannot ought not be judged!