Computerized Quilting - is it cheating?
02-19-2011, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Cuilteanna
If you are talking about categories in a quilt show, I do think there should be separate ones for different types of quilting. If I buy a design, download it, and let the machine stitch it for me (something I do on my embroidery machine now and then), it's not the same as someone who did a similar design free motion. It might be the same pattern, but in one case there is skill in stitching it properly and in the other there is none. I wouldn't call it "cheating" though!
02-19-2011, 04:19 PM
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WOW - Ladies - thank you so much for your input! I can see there are all kinds of opinion out there but the majority seem to think computerized quilting should be in a separate judging category. I appreciate your spending your time to give your opinion.
02-19-2011, 04:46 PM
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I don't think it matters if it looks OK. For competitions where you are comparing skill levels, it might be best to have a separate judging category where you could compare placement skills and choice of design etc., just as hand quilting and machine quilting are equally valid - just different styles.
02-19-2011, 05:09 PM
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It is cheating as much as those purists that insist that machine quilting is cheating and you must do it all by hand. Well, I'll keep my rotary cutter, sewing machine and longarm! It has a totally different skill set from longarm quilting, which has a totally different skill set from quilting on a DSM or hand quilting. Personally, I think all kinds of quilting have a place in the quilting world and I think all quilt shows should have different categories for ribbons that reflect all 4 kinds of quilting.
02-19-2011, 05:18 PM
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To be honest, I don't really care how things are catagorized at quilt shows. I'm never going to enter any, I just go to look.
Personally, I love my Viking 630. No computer to break, and anything it makes that is creative, is MY creativity
Cheating? Only to those who are keeping score. I don't sew anything competitively
Personally, I love my Viking 630. No computer to break, and anything it makes that is creative, is MY creativity
Cheating? Only to those who are keeping score. I don't sew anything competitively
02-19-2011, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Cuilteanna
If you are talking about categories in a quilt show, I do think there should be separate ones for different types of quilting. If I buy a design, download it, and let the machine stitch it for me (something I do on my embroidery machine now and then), it's not the same as someone who did a similar design free motion. It might be the same pattern, but in one case there is skill in stitching it properly and in the other there is none. I wouldn't call it "cheating" though!
02-19-2011, 06:58 PM
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I don't see how it could called cheating. I would say instead that is different, then say, hand quilting. I like to hand embroidery, should I call those who have an embroidery machine, "cheaters". Or should we call it cheating because we use a frozen dinner instead of cooking from scratch. It's life.
02-19-2011, 07:56 PM
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When computerized machines first came out I thought it was "cheating" to use one. BUT, then DH added InteliQuilter to my Gammill and I LOVE it. I wasn't good at freehand so now I can be a lot more artistic. As Shelly, and others have said, you can't just program it and walk off. On a long panto pass I may take time to run to the bathroom or the kitchen to get a drink but I'm never far from the machine. And as stated, a lot of quilts, including my own, need both hands to smooth out the fabric as it stitches. I can get twice as many quilts quilted in a month than before. Not because it is faster but my body can do it longer.
02-19-2011, 08:15 PM
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I don't consider it cheating when I embroider on my machine, just bought a QBot and it doesn't seem like cheating either. I am hoping it will keep me from having UFO's everwhere lol. I love making the tops but quilting??? Maybe this will help to enjoy the whole process.
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