"She was one of those Contemporary quilters," her tone of voice indicating what she thought of those quilters. Perhaps the speaker was even looking down her nose.
Why is there a division between quilters? Doesn't sewing 3 items together, a front, a filling, and a backing together make it a quilt?
When does a quilter fit into the headings? Does a traditional quilter template hand cut everything, hand sew around papers and hand quilt. The rotary cutter, ruler and sewing machine must make this quilter a "modern' quilter.
Do you have to use the settings or blocks to be a traditional quilter? I have seen Drunkard's Path and even Nine Patch in amazing "Contemporary" quilts.
If you use colour or the blocks in an unusual manner, the quilt is described as "Modern, with a twist".
Why, when the pieces/blocks are machine sewn together, the top is machine quilted, is the border then hand sewn down at the back?
And where do you fit into this. If you make a nine patch quilt, you are a "traditional" quilter, using a traditional block. But then if you make a nine patch quilt with the colour moving from dark to light diagonally across the quilt, you are now "Modern". Then if you hand print your own design onto fabric, and applique repeating designs across the nine patch, you are now "Contemporary".
How can you be all three, aren't you just a quilter?
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