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wraez 03-02-2011 07:17 PM
I hang full size quilts on the wall, they are quilts, not wall hangings.

but why are we even bickering over this?

Let the creator call it what they want and hold our tongues. It is not for us to say or judge, lest it be done to us.

Quilt police for sure. not fun.

LivelyLady 03-02-2011 07:25 PM
Originally Posted by Fabaddict
am thinking those that say it is not quilting or a quilt are self appointed quilt police. To them I spread raspberries all over. PFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTT
I absolutely agree!

laalaaquilter 03-02-2011 07:40 PM
Originally Posted by Lori S
I subscribe to the techincal definition, because it just makes it easier. Quilting is the actual threadwork that combines/joins the layers together. Piecing or piecework is the combining of fabrics or other materials to create an image or design.
So to this ....its not a quilt until layers have been joined/combined with thread.
Its final function is of no consequence.
Ditto. But having said that...in the vernacular once one has pieced a top one is a 'quilter' whether one quilts it or not ;-)

madamekelly 03-02-2011 08:13 PM
Originally Posted by Melinda in Tulsa
What would call a top and backing with no batting that is quilted together?
I would call it your art!

sew wishful 03-03-2011 03:13 AM
I don't think we are bickering...just voicing our opinions. At least I certainly meant no offense with my comments. And I guess I'm pretty dense, because I cannot make a small wall hanging into a quilt and make it look as though it was meant to be a large quilt. Sorry.

k9dancer 03-03-2011 05:25 AM
Originally Posted by Melinda in Tulsa
What would call a top and backing with no batting that is quilted together?
In the old days such bed coverings were called 'summer quilts.'

k9dancer 03-03-2011 05:30 AM
Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by Melinda in Tulsa
What would call a top and backing with no batting that is quilted together?
I would call it a coverlet. It has to have 3 layers to be technically a quilt. This has been the standard for all quilt shows that I know of...it has to have 3 layers and joined by stitching or tying. Period.
Historically, crazy quilts do not contain batting.

k9dancer 03-03-2011 05:49 AM
Originally Posted by carslo
The first time I went to a guild meeting I took a "show and tell" I had mostly tied my quilts and took one that was tied. I was told that it was a comforter not a quilt. I was slightly hurt. It had been machine pieced, machine sewn, backing, batting and top, and then I tied it - I always thought that it was a quilt :)
Janet
It is a tied quilt; it is still a quilt.

GiGi 03-03-2011 07:38 AM
Really, what difference does it make? If someone makes something and wants to call it a quilt, so be it. If the fabric has been painted and thread painted why isn't it a quilt? It has fabric, thread, batting, backing, and binding.

Just because someone does something other than "traditional," quilting, it does not take it out of the definition of a quilt. That is why art is so wonderful; everyone sees it differently through their own eyes.

Thank you. GiGi

GiGi 03-03-2011 07:40 AM
Only because historically, traditional batting wasn't available. Paper, sacks, old clothes, etc. were used as "batting."

Thank you.

GiGi


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