How small does it have to be before you stop calling it a "Quilt"?
10-19-2011, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by KyKat
I mean, small wall hangings? table runners? pot holders? place mats? small couch throws that aren't really big enough to cover a person? Just because they are quilted handcrafts, are they "quilts" or do we call them something else? Just wondering.
I think if it has two or more layers that are fastened together and is intended to look like a quilt, I don't have a problem calling it a quilt.
10-19-2011, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
If it's got three layers sewn together it's a "quilt" - no matter what size. Now you can call it a mini, a runner, a wall hanging, or whatever, but it's still a quilt. IF however, you look only at the usefulness of the object, then ONLY those that are used for covering should be called quilt which includes knee throws and doll quilts but no wall hangings. Isn't it fun to make up your own rules?
10-19-2011, 10:11 AM
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I have never seen a summer quilt but thought about making one like that --- since it's not quilted is it a quilt? :-) not that I really care I still will make one and call it a 'throw'
What about summer quilts, which are pieced tops sewn to a backing without any middle layer? Is the third layer absolutely necessary?
Originally Posted by MsEithne
Originally Posted by MadQuilter
If it's got three layers sewn together it's a "quilt" - no matter what size. Now you can call it a mini, a runner, a wall hanging, or whatever, but it's still a quilt. IF however, you look only at the usefulness of the object, then ONLY those that are used for covering should be called quilt which includes knee throws and doll quilts but no wall hangings. Isn't it fun to make up your own rules?
10-19-2011, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by yolanda
I have never seen a summer quilt but thought about making one like that --- since it's not quilted is it a quilt? :-) not that I really care I still will make one and call it a 'throw'
To me, they looked like quilts...
10-19-2011, 11:16 AM
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Size doesn't matter...but I'm probably biased. My art quilts are as small as 6x6 mounted on an 8x8 canvas. Many other quilt artists also work small scale these days and they are all considered quilts as long as they follow the '3 layers held together by stitch' guideline.
10-19-2011, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by KyKat
I mean, small wall hangings? table runners? pot holders? place mats? small couch throws that aren't really big enough to cover a person? Just because they are quilted handcrafts, are they "quilts" or do we call them something else? Just wondering.
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