Originally Posted by redrummy
Originally Posted by Maryann
Klue
I am one of those older ladies. I beg to differ with you. Stereotyping the older generation as resisting change is a little insulting. Sure there are some who are set in their ways, as are the prejudices of the younger against them, but at my local fair, the judge was NOT old.
Those who won a prize were some of this and some of that. Sheesh I know some of the older generation who love New York Beauty quilts and have made a few of them, using the newer batiks. I know some who are eager to try something new and bored with traditional quilts. Those who prefer traditional quilts, do so because that is their taste. So what? They are not an enemy and the wisdom and experience they bring to quilting is priceless if you take the time to listen. Don't forget also, the elderly , many of whom are women who quilt, are on a fixed income. It may be the very least, since women of their age did not go out and get a job, but stayed at home to raise the children because that was the custom of the day in which they lived. That means they may not have hundreds of dollars to spend on having every quilt they make quilted by a person who will do it for them. They may not have the bucks to spend on ten dollar a yard fabric to make a quilt, then add the hundred or more to have it quilted by machine. They prefer the camaradie and the social contacts of hand quilting with others. Old age can get very lonely, especially if one loses their spouse along the way and ones children are far far away.
So, your comment is especially insulting, as far as I am concerned.
I too, am of the older generation. I like hand quilting for looks and the idea of what it represents. and being of limited money, I agree we do not all have the ability to get the fancy done.
We are not all stogy old people, I enjoy seeing quilts here, modern and traditional. We all have our likes, and I am sorry if someone made you feel unworthy by their criticisms, as they shouldn't have.
yet again, the comments i've made are to be read in this specific context and are not to be applied to every "older" quilter.
the OP has not said one word about how much money she spent to have a quilt done by someone else i don't know why you are suggesting that she did.....am i missing that post that said she spent X dollars having it professionally quilted?
in my quilting community i've never been made to "feel unworthy" and their is no reason for you to say "sorry" for something you assume another individual said to me - be concerned with your own comments and not imaginary situation you've played out in your head.
i don't know your exact age but i wouldn't be surprised if we are of the same generation - i'm a baby boommer.