DO YOU KNOW A QUILT POLICE???--- Tell your story

[Bonnie J.]

DO YOU KNOW A QUILT POLICE.... TELL YOUR STORY
I recently ran up head to head with a real live QUILT POLICE and lived to tell about it... but I was wondering if anyone else has run into some one... in a class, in your guild/ bee, in your charity quilt group, in your quilting community that acted like the quilt police.

If so share your story... how you handled it. I plan to post mine at a later time.

Lady Rags

[Kathryn S.]

Well, one time at a week-long quilt retreat with multiple teachers, we were sitting at the lunch table with other quilters. One asked me what class I was taking, so I told her Diane Gaudynski's machine quilting class. She informed me that the only "real" quilt was hand quilted. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, I guess when you think your opinion should apply to other folks, that makes you a member of the quilt police?

Kathy, happy to be a quilter in a big wide world of options!

[Marion D.]

I had a variegated brown fabric that my Dad liked, and picked out a red and yellow to go with it, and the shop owner was skeptical because red and yellow were not in the brown. That is the closest I've come. But someday they are going to notice some of my points, which I just don't obsess over.

[Margo C.]

Well, one time at a week-long quilt retreat with multiple teachers, we were sitting at the lunch table with other quilters. One asked me what class I was taking, so I told her Diane Gaudynski's machine quilting class. She informed me that the only "real" quilt was hand quilted. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, I guess when you think your opinion should apply to other folks, that makes you a member of the quilt police?

Kathy, happy to be a quilter in a big wide world of options!

I wonder if that woman considers the products of today's chef's not "real" food because the don't start by building a fire???? :roll:

[Marion D.]

I love your comment Margo! (And I am on facebook too much, I was lookin for the "like" button.)

[Betty J.]

Love your comment Margo. I have not had any direct encounters with the quilt police...I'm sure they take one look at my wall art quilts, mostly made without a ruler (except when I square it up) machine appliqued and quilted and go running from the room.

[Betty J.]

Well, one time at a week-long quilt retreat with multiple teachers, we were sitting at the lunch table with other quilters. One asked me what class I was taking, so I told her Diane Gaudynski's machine quilting class. She informed me that the only "real" quilt was hand quilted. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, I guess when you think your opinion should apply to other folks, that makes you a member of the quilt police?

Kathy, happy to be a quilter in a big wide world of options!

I wonder if that woman considers the products of today's chef's not "real" food because the don't start by building a fire???? :roll:

Fab Margo! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Kathryn S.]

Margo, back in the olden days, way way before my time, didn't recipes start out by saying, "first catch your rabbit"?

I did ask the woman who said that only hand quilting was acceptable, to take a look at Diane Gaudynski's quilting.
Probably that didn't convince her either!

Kathy



I wonder if that woman considers the products of today's chef's not "real" food because the don't start by building a fire???? :roll: [/quote]

[Hannelore N.]

I was told off by a quilter because I sometimes take large quilt tops intended for a bed to a longarm quilter for a nice overall panto. patterns. Apparently I'm not a 'real quilter' until I 'learn to do it all myself'. I just looked at her, smiled, and said: 'Well, at least my quilts get finish!'

I have to admit that I quite like the quilt police. Let's face it, they keep providing us with plenty to talk and smile about!

[Margo C.]

I was told off by a quilter because I sometimes take large quilt tops intended for a bed to a longarm quilter for a nice overall panto. patterns. Apparently I'm not a 'real quilter' until I 'learn to do it all myself'. I just looked at her, smiled, and said: 'Well, at least my quilts get finish!'

GOOD ANSWER!!

[Margo C.]

I was told off by a quilter because I sometimes take large quilt tops intended for a bed to a longarm quilter for a nice overall panto. patterns. Apparently I'm not a 'real quilter' until I 'learn to do it all myself'. I just looked at her, smiled, and said: 'Well, at least my quilts get finish!'

I have to admit that I quite like the quilt police. Let's face it, they keep providing us with plenty to talk and smile about!

The real kicker is if the pioneers had long arm quilters they would have used them too. Many people used laundry service, seamstresses, millners, etc. When available. They would have used a long arm quilter .... if available.

[Margo C.]

Margo, back in the olden days, way way before my time, didn't recipes start out by saying, "first catch your rabbit"?

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A Hungarian recipe for omelets starts as 'First steal your egg,' :shock:

and some years back a couple of fencer friends were discussing getting kit, one mentioned he had got a blade with Hungarian discount, and the other replied 'you stole it?' Actually it was bought with the Hungarian team's discount card :roll: :lol:

Rosemary

[Betty J.]

Didn't the pioneers use the help of their available friends and family when they had a large top to quilt by pulling together a quilting bee? I often think of my grandmothers and great grandmothers when I sit down at my wonderful computerized sewing machines. I know they would have enjoyed the technologies of today as much as I do. They were creative wonderful women and probably had "quilt police" of their own to deal with. I wonder what their quilt police scoffed at? :?:

[Betty J.]

I love your comment Margo! (And I am on facebook too much, I was lookin for the "like" button.)

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[Betty J.]

LOL! I use to be more critical of quilting I saw, till I actually got into quilting alot. Now, I know, each quilt is an adventure, & a learning experience, & really, there are no rules. If you want to do shows, then yes, maybe there are, but most of us just want to quilt, & do it for the love of quilting. So any quilt police out there are wasting their time on me. I have always sewn & now I quilt, & like sewing, I do it my way & always will, & love every minute I spend quilting!....