Quilting Styles
03-05-2013, 05:40 PM
#31
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Location: Hamburg,Western New York State
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I used to make traditional quilts for our annual church quilt raffle. I found that the traditional appealed to the generation that already has many quilts or make their own. Next I did geometric quilts and they went over well with the baby boomer generation. Now I am geometric/modern and the men are a lot more interested in buying tickets. Seems that I have struck a happy medium.
03-05-2013, 07:57 PM
#32
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I go in spells. I like all scrappy then all modern, then all traditional, then easy, then applique, then pictorial. My moods switch a lot. I really don't care for the abstract art type quilts or the heavy thread painting look. And quilts with a lot of paint on them reminds me of the needlework designs that are half painted and half stitched.
03-05-2013, 08:24 PM
#33
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Yakima, WA
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I do traditional and modern. Depends on what you are making it for.
Have not tried art quilting and am not that talented with art.
Just did a simple modern bed quilt with batiks and sent it out for quilting.
Usually make lap size and baby quilts and quilt them myself. But large quilts are to hard for me to quilt on my machine even though it has a 10 in throat.
Bought a cheap embroidery machine with a 4 in design area and am having a ball with it. Made a baby quilt with red work teddy bears.
Have not tried art quilting and am not that talented with art.
Just did a simple modern bed quilt with batiks and sent it out for quilting.
Usually make lap size and baby quilts and quilt them myself. But large quilts are to hard for me to quilt on my machine even though it has a 10 in throat.
Bought a cheap embroidery machine with a 4 in design area and am having a ball with it. Made a baby quilt with red work teddy bears.
03-06-2013, 02:45 AM
#35
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
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I go in spells. I like all scrappy then all modern, then all traditional, then easy, then applique, then pictorial. My moods switch a lot. I really don't care for the abstract art type quilts or the heavy thread painting look. And quilts with a lot of paint on them reminds me of the needlework designs that are half painted and half stitched.
It struck me as funny and made me wonder if the judges didn't realize that half of it was just a preprinted design.
03-06-2013, 12:52 PM
#36
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Northern Minnesota
Posts: 488
I find the modern quilt movement to be very exciting, many of them don't fit into my home decorating style but I still love to look at them and learn from them. And I think it's fun to see a new wave of quilters contributing to quilting as a whole.
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