Quilter/Artist
01-01-2011, 07:36 AM
#21
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I think being an artist is the ability to throw preconcieved notions out the window and do what you want to do. So what if you don't use cotton fabrics, who cares if it's not a 1/4inch seam and you use glue and band aids to put things together. It's about the journey and the destination.
01-01-2011, 07:45 AM
#22
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Originally Posted by lots2do
In my humble opinion, if someone makes a quilt following the pattern directions exactly, using the exact fabrics suggested, he/she is a quilter but not a quilting artist. An artist to me uses his/her imagination to come up with 'new' visions.
01-01-2011, 07:57 AM
#23
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When I've created a design all my own, even using traditional block patterns which I do prefer, I feel that I have created art.
When I make a quilt from a commercial pattern I feel that I have made a quilt.
I actually don't like "art quilts" (no offense to anyone who makes them, it's just not my thing).
When I make a quilt from a commercial pattern I feel that I have made a quilt.
I actually don't like "art quilts" (no offense to anyone who makes them, it's just not my thing).
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