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.
I think that's a bit harsh.
Most people who don't do this don't even know that there are two separate processes- making the quilt tops and then quilting them. They think of it as all lumped into one. I've posted pictures of quilt tops that I've done on Facebook, and later I've talked to someone and they ask about it- when I tell them I'm quilting it they say "Oh, I thought you were done!"
So even if someone NEVER actually does the quilting on a quilt top they've completed, I think it's perfectly okay for them to call themselves quilters.