quilt snob?

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Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on December 2, 2010 at 8:29am

Good for you! I think s machine-quilted quilt can be lovely, and I have paid a friend (a professional machine quilter) to do a number of quilts for me, but I really prefer the hand-quilted look. The process is fun, too! You can't buy that kind of beauty unless you get really lucky in a thrift shop or you have lots of $$$$!

Permalink Reply by Topsy on January 24, 2011 at 4:28pm

I must say I agree 100%...These cheapo quilts for $30 don't compare with what we are producing.  I'm proud to say I'm a number 1 quilt snob of the worst kind.  I piece by hand and machine, but I always quilt by hand.  Although I think machine quilting is great, I just can't master the procedure.  Before reading these comments I always thought a quilting  snob was someone who ALWAYS bought nice, quality fabric. So I guess I'm guilty of both-nice fabric and quilts that aren't made with slave labor.  You know those cheap quilts don't laundry well, pucker when washed, and some fade like crazy..As for fabric- I used to buy the cheaper kind, but I find when I pay more per yard my quilts looks much better, washes nicer, and last longer.  Although I must admit I still buy from Walmart and stores of that quality, but NEVER off the $2.00 table.

Permalink Reply by Marlene Duffy on March 4, 2011 at 2:25pm

I agree Rebecca , I guess that makes me a quilt snob too . I quilt by hand because i,m not a good machine quilter  & dont have room for a longarm anyway but dont have a thing against those who do , in fact I think they are lovely . But I do put alot of time in my quilts & I,m proud of  what i do . But there are alot of people who havent a clue how much time & patience go into making a quilt

Permalink Reply by Laurie on March 8, 2011 at 4:53pm

I am also a quilt snob.  As far as the fabric goes....it depends on what it will be used for and how much time will be going into it.  I would buy the less expensive fabric for a quilt to be used outside (picnic or beach), but for bed quilts the more quality fabric.  My first quilt was made from some 100% cotton fabric and some poly/cotton blend.  It's 30 yrs old and the poly/cotton has held up better.  It has been well used so I'm suprised it is still usable.  The quilts from Wal-Mart may look good to the uneducated, but the quilting stitches on them aren't much smaller than my basting stitches.  They pucker when washed and the batting bunches up over time because they are quilted too far apart, or it's cheap batting. Not sure which.  So yeah....I DEFINATELY fit in the snob category!  Trying to do my first applique with poly/cotton broke me from that idea.  So no more poly/cotton goes in my quilts.

Permalink Reply by SueDid on May 12, 2011 at 9:13am

I guess I'm one, too. I had a friend who wanted one of  my quilts for her bed so badly so I offered her a deal. Her husband is an electrician so I offered to swap a quilt for the equivalent amount in electrical work. She asked how much and I said $200 worth. Her husband would have probably done the work for nothing (or very inexpensively) had we asked him. She turned me down flat. 

 

She wouldn't have her husband work for "nothing" but sure had no problem asking me to, the materials alone would have cost far more than her husband would have spent on the few parts he'd need for the jobs we wanted done.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Cat Lady--MO on May 15, 2011 at 7:17am

I hear you SueDid.  Some people understand the worth of a quilt in the bartering process, others have no clue what-so-ever!

Permalink Reply by Sandy Larkey on May 11, 2020 at 10:29am

I guess I'm a quilt snob, too.  I grew up with quilters, both sides of my family.  I still have some of the quilts from Dad's sister and mother, ones they considered their best work, and "signed" (embroidered initials and date) the back.  I will admit that most of the quilts I make these days are machine quilted, but the large quilt tops I make are usually for the Quilts of Valor project, and here is one place where quantity tops quality--as long as the quality is also there!  I do make a few smaller quilts/wall hangings and these I hand quilt.  I've never bought a "quilt" in a department store; why should I when my usual reaction to them is, "I could make that."  In fact, that is my usual reaction to anything to do with fabric.  I do consider quiltmaking to be an art.  I don't do what is usually thought of as "Art Quilts."  but I do consider my quilts to be an art.  One of my more successful quilt art project is also from a drawing I made years ago, and translated into fabric. 

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