teddysmom

At our last guild meeting a new member introduced herself as a "Piecer". She said she pieces all her uilt tops and then sends them to a friend to quilt. Since she has never actually quilted a top, she said she is a piecer. If I grow a lot of green beans in my garden and then give them to a friend to can for me, am I a grower or a canner. If I piece a quilt but send it out to be quilted, I have not participated in the quilting process. I know many of you "quilters" will disagree but sitting a a field of hay does not make me a farmer but a sitter.

DOTTYMO

If she only does the top surly she is a patchworker. M local group is called Staffordshire Patchworkers and Quilters.
Patchworking is joining the patches together and quilting is sandwiching and quilting layers together.

luana

What an interesting thought. Kind of off the subject, but I was in a group where a gal introduced herself as a beginner. She said she began lots of projects that never got done.

ManiacQuilter2

I very seldom machine quilt any more due to my disability except for small project. I think a quilter can just piece a top and pass it on to someone who just enjoys quilting tops. I consider them BOTH quilters in my mind.

SueSew

Luana that is so funny! If well-begun is half done, then she is halfway through, not just the beginning! LOL

QuiltnNan

i love the group name!

QuiltnNan

this seems to be me lately

#1piecemaker

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?

toverly

That is so true. I love the piecing but drag my feet at the quilting. I do it but it is my least favorite part.

MaryMo

I like to do the creating part of a quilt; I have lots of blocks laying around here and there that may never find their way to a quilt. I even buy orphan blocks at estate sales and garage sales. Does that make me a blocker or blockmaker?