along the same lines. I saw a kit in one of the sewing/quilting
catalogues where they gave you a premade, non stuffed animal, and all
you had to do to feel crafty was to stuff it and close the gap. I also
fail to see the point in that.... where is the creativity, which I see
as our driving force in all of this?

Susan Laity Price wrote:
When I was publishing regularly in the craft industry it got to the
point where the industry thought the American public wanted a craft
80% finished before they started. In other words, the American just
wanted to glue a few ready made pieces together and call it their
creation. That just wasn't my style and I have moved on to other
occupations.

I have always said that there are three different types of quilters.
This newsgroup is mainly the traditional quilter. We like to
experiment with different styles but we do mostly usable quilts. There
are the art quilters who make things only to be hung on the wall. They
don't factor in that the finished piece will ever be laundered. They
just nip and tuck and put the thing together without the aid of any
math. The final group is what I call the craft quilter. They haven't
much faith in their own creativity. They duplicate exactly someone
else's creation. They often make several of the same design because
once they figure out how to make it they assume everyone they know
will want one. They are drawn to straight forward colors and designs.

There is a place for all of these groups but we must protect the value
of the traditional quilt. We don't want future generations to think
the project made by the craft quilter is the same as a traditional
quilt.

Susan

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 14:28:59 GMT, CNYstitcher
wrote:


Was in JoAnns a few days ago just looking, wasting time...testing out
the new glasses (definite difference, but NO headaches!!) and I saw the
most disgusting thing they could ever put in front of a
quilter......pre-pieced quilt blocks!! Yep, the entire block put
together already, about $5 per block. All you need to do is buy however
many you need for your desired size, stitche them together into
rows/columns and add the batting/backing

I was glad, however to notice I wasn't the only one disgusted...a lady
and her daughter were in the store looking for fabric for a halloween
costume, and when Mom saw them, she loudly said, "You've got to be
kidding me!!"

Argh!!

Well, maybe this is the way to get my Mother into quilting...who knows?
Mom2, on the other hand, is taking the plunge and
cutting/piecing/birthing her very first quilt as they stay safe in NC
while the hurricanes swamp their area of Florida

Larisa, disgusted, totally disgusted



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