Very interesting but true
10-28-2014, 05:52 AM
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I think she's entitled to call herself whatever she wants, but I WOULD consider her a quilter. Why? It's right here in the initial post:
What is she piecing? A quilt top. IMO, that makes her a quilter, even if she never "quilts" it herself. If she was piecing a patchwork skirt then sending it off to someone else to add elastic or something, I'd call her a garment maker and not a quilter. But if it's a quilt top, she's a quilter as far as I am concerned.
It does make sense to me to delineate jobs when labeling a group work quilt ("pieced by Jane Doe, quilted by Sandy Doe") but for the purposes of describing my hobby, if all I did was quilt tops, I'd still call myself a quilter.
It does make sense to me to delineate jobs when labeling a group work quilt ("pieced by Jane Doe, quilted by Sandy Doe") but for the purposes of describing my hobby, if all I did was quilt tops, I'd still call myself a quilter.
10-28-2014, 05:54 AM
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10-28-2014, 05:57 AM
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Piecing a quilt is the most important part in the makings of a good quilt. If she does that well, she can consider herself a quilter. I once worked in a sewing factory that made gloves. We each sewed different pieces onto the gloves as an assembley line. But, the finished product was a glove. We were considered glove makers even though we only were responsible for one section of the glove. Am I making sense?
10-28-2014, 06:28 AM
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There are always a new members that joins my guild that say things that irk me but I'm sure the poster does what I do, just smile and say welcome but in her mind thinks she's nuts.
10-28-2014, 06:35 AM
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Piecing a quilt is the most important part in the makings of a good quilt. If she does that well, she can consider herself a quilter. I once worked in a sewing factory that made gloves. We each sewed different pieces onto the gloves as an assembley line. But, the finished product was a glove. We were considered glove makers even though we only were responsible for one section of the glove. Am I making sense?
10-28-2014, 07:01 AM
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I consider myself a quiltmaker--people can understand that as they choose to. 
10-28-2014, 07:13 AM
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Of course you are all correct. Don't be too hard on the lady though! I actually started calling myself a piecer awhile back for the same reason! I really was saying it tongue in cheek. But I do wonder why some would actually take offense at that? It never occurred to me that someone would be offended by my light hearted admission that although I had been piecing for 30 years, I had not actually ever finished a quilt! Lol. Soon to change though since I just bought a new long arm. 
Don't be too hard on the lady though! I actually started calling myself a piecer awhile back for the same reason! I really was saying it tongue in cheek. But I do wonder why some would actually take offense at that? It never occurred to me that someone would be offended by my light hearted admission that although I had been piecing for 30 years, I had not actually ever finished a quilt! Lol. Soon to change though since I just bought a new long arm.
10-28-2014, 07:27 AM
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Thread Title: "Very Interesting But True".
what i find to be beyond interesting is that anyone would take any sort of offense - let alone get huffy - because somebody else sees herself one way or another.
it's at least fascinating.
...but not conducive to a lighthearted consideration of the differing perspectives among those of us who work on quilts.
time to close.
what i find to be beyond interesting is that anyone would take any sort of offense - let alone get huffy - because somebody else sees herself one way or another.
it's at least fascinating.
...but not conducive to a lighthearted consideration of the differing perspectives among those of us who work on quilts.
time to close.
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