Is it a quilt??
10-07-2011, 08:48 AM
#41
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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
Who defines what words mean? And does it really matter? The meanings of words is in constant flux. The word "coverlet" is nearly moribund - at least in the United States. :)
If you quilt a top to a piece of fleece that is both batt and backing and bind the edges, are you going to let someone else decide whether or not it's a quilt?
You know, it wasn't too long ago that the "experts" determined that it wasn't a "real" quilt if it wasn't hand quilted. Pfffftttt.... who cares? ;)
If you quilt a top to a piece of fleece that is both batt and backing and bind the edges, are you going to let someone else decide whether or not it's a quilt?
You know, it wasn't too long ago that the "experts" determined that it wasn't a "real" quilt if it wasn't hand quilted. Pfffftttt.... who cares? ;)
There is baby quilt, lap quilt, coverlet, double, queen, king. That is in my vocabulary of quilting. Edie
10-07-2011, 09:12 AM
#43
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Originally Posted by Edie
Originally Posted by KerryK
IMHO ... If it looks like a quilt, and warms like a quilt, then it's a quilt!
Edie (Edith)
So from one Edie to another... hi there!
10-07-2011, 11:11 AM
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I had to laugh about your comment about the word "coverlet". I use that term all the time because I like to make thin quilts to use as coverlets for my beds for summer use. I think it's a very descriptive word but then maybe I'm a bit old fashioned. But several of my coverlets are very modern in design.
:lol:
Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
Who defines what words mean? And does it really matter? The meanings of words is in constant flux. The word "coverlet" is nearly moribund - at least in the United States. :)
If you quilt a top to a piece of fleece that is both batt and backing and bind the edges, are you going to let someone else decide whether or not it's a quilt?
You know, it wasn't too long ago that the "experts" determined that it wasn't a "real" quilt if it wasn't hand quilted. Pfffftttt.... who cares? ;)
If you quilt a top to a piece of fleece that is both batt and backing and bind the edges, are you going to let someone else decide whether or not it's a quilt?
You know, it wasn't too long ago that the "experts" determined that it wasn't a "real" quilt if it wasn't hand quilted. Pfffftttt.... who cares? ;)
10-07-2011, 12:04 PM
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Personally I live to annoy the quilt police. Who made them such anyway. If all the deceased quilters could come out of there graves and annoy these so called quilt police I'll bet they would change there tune pretty quick.
