tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post3931190182989222621..comments2023-09-01T10:34:07.387-04:00Comments on Cara Quilts: Debates in Quilting - "Dumbing Down"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823051999062711901noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-58980732007877114142011-05-04T18:54:29.034-04:002011-05-04T18:54:29.034-04:00I'm late to all this... just finished reading ...I'm late to all this... just finished reading the original/s about the whole 'dumbing down' saga and I giggled my head off! At the original post/s AND the comments. Imagine the bunfight if those people were all in the same room! Seriously.. don't we all just do what we do because it a) suits the purpose, b) it fits the timeframe and c) it just feels good? I LOVE your attitude, totally agree and will keep playing with whatever floats my patchwork/quilting boat at the time - simple or complex - because that's what makes me happy :) <br />BTW - I also LOVE Sarah Fielke's hand quilted quilts with perle thread... :)<br />Have a fun day!<br />Cheryl xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-40637910760627698092011-05-01T08:43:22.911-04:002011-05-01T08:43:22.911-04:00Very well said! Quilting should be fun - if it is...Very well said! Quilting should be fun - if it isn't fun don't do it. Well - I never find binding fun - but I find finishing a quilt fun LOL!Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09087033541111358930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-26402022349315930552011-04-10T09:48:24.407-04:002011-04-10T09:48:24.407-04:00Quilting is a creative journey and, therefore, is ...Quilting is a creative journey and, therefore, is unique to the artist. I didn't know I was creative until I began quilting eight years ago. Surprise! I have never enjoyed coloring within the lines, so my quilts often stray from the pattern (which causes me to think harder). I love to work on landscape and portrait quilts, but I find that I make many traditional quilts as well.<br /><br />I love taking classes and getting excited about a new technique or an easier way to accomplish something. <br /><br />Constructive criticism is a good thing, but I only want to hear it if I ask for it. :) Sometimes I love the project just the way it is and other times I just flat out don't like my creation - but I have learned and grown with each project. <br /><br />Quilting keeps me happy and busy in retirement, and that is a very good thing!<br /><br />Helenheleniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168452021241474457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-31624061109003135642011-04-06T12:52:38.205-04:002011-04-06T12:52:38.205-04:00Exactly! Thank you for summing it up. It disappo...Exactly! Thank you for summing it up. It disappoints me so much that some are trashing on quilters who choose to do work that is not overly complex. So what? I don't understand what the big deal is. If making simple quilts attracts more people to quiltmaking than it is a homerun, IMO.Zegihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793341862461716411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-82776052620270451352011-04-02T09:25:26.300-04:002011-04-02T09:25:26.300-04:00Very well said Cara, I totally agree - "the Q...Very well said Cara, I totally agree - "the Quilt Police only have power if you give them power." I think that quilting should be enjoyable, above all other things, and that everyone enjoys different kinds of quilts, and that is A-OK. Very well put!Elizabeth Dacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08411845598348993307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-40120786383751118032011-04-02T02:13:35.731-04:002011-04-02T02:13:35.731-04:00Well written, I couldn't agree more, I love so...Well written, I couldn't agree more, I love some of the more intricate quilts but I don't want to make one or have one lying on my bed. I love simple modern patterns that showcase the fabrics. I love modern hand stitching that is not tiny and precise and I am gob smacked that someone has said to Sarah Fielke that big stitches are cheating. <br />I think it is healthy to discuss the different ideas and techniques but there is no need to disparage others.<br />It's a big world and there's lots of room for different ideas. If we were all the same it would be very very boring.Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659940271976716013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-7665950324390919732011-04-01T22:13:01.108-04:002011-04-01T22:13:01.108-04:00thanks cara...well said.thanks cara...well said.jacquiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362229673390519468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-28001752221490140912011-03-31T22:01:33.458-04:002011-03-31T22:01:33.458-04:00Good for you! Thank you for posting this.
We jus...Good for you! Thank you for posting this. <br /><br />We just have to look at the Gee's Bend quilts to see that for the most part, very little of the fabric was purchased JUST for a quilt or because it was made by a designer. In the "old days", the quilts were mostly made from leftover scraps, feed / flour / sugar sacks and old clothes - repurposed, recycled. <br /><br />My mum remembers the crazy quilt that caught on fire from a hot brick used to heat up her bed! Grandma just "slapped another piece on to cover the burn".<br /><br />We are fortunate now to be rich enough to purchase patterns and good pieces of virgin fabric .. to be cut up and sewn back together. :-)<br /><br />Julie Andrea <br />sundayschild1966ATyahooDOTcomSundaysChildnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-23302531610786224682011-03-31T20:28:32.272-04:002011-03-31T20:28:32.272-04:00Thank you for putting into words what my brain jus...Thank you for putting into words what my brain just couldn't conjure. Perfectly said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-37579172583293196402011-03-30T15:17:06.527-04:002011-03-30T15:17:06.527-04:00Amen sister! That drives me crazy too when people...Amen sister! That drives me crazy too when people are so opinionated about someone else's quilt. You said it perfectly. I'm working on an Indian Orange Peel and my friends think I'm insane. I agree with them, but I'm having so much fun going insane, why not eh? LOL<br /><br />Jacqui in SW Ont. CanadaJacqui's Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04377061976067861699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-66485454530541619882011-03-30T14:51:27.392-04:002011-03-30T14:51:27.392-04:00YAY!!! Cara, you said it so well! I am in total ag...YAY!!! Cara, you said it so well! I am in total agreement with you! I hand quilt everything I make, and if the quilt police (or the snobs) don't like the size of my stitches, I don't care. I enjoy the creativity, and my family loves the results. That's what is important to me!<br />Jacque in SC<br />quiltnsrep(at)yahoo(dot)comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-61282209553531047542011-03-29T20:23:25.574-04:002011-03-29T20:23:25.574-04:00Very nicely stated Cara ... you have an excellent ...Very nicely stated Cara ... you have an excellent way with words and you used them most nicely. Thank you!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13309054512526169985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-56419103122398923972011-03-29T19:44:27.916-04:002011-03-29T19:44:27.916-04:00Yeah for you Cara so well said. I love quilting fo...Yeah for you Cara so well said. I love quilting for the hours of pleasure it gives me and not to be judged by others. I hear the quilting snobs sometimes at quilt shows and I want to ask them where their entry is because they have probably never entered one. Thanking you for giving voice to what a lot of us thinksandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393681815579474629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-61410820112646926432011-03-29T15:13:45.339-04:002011-03-29T15:13:45.339-04:00I have even fewer quilt rules than you do:
#1 D...I have even fewer quilt rules than you do: <br /><br />#1 Don't quilt over body parts (yours or anyone else's)<br /><br />There is no #2.<br /><br />Have FUN quilting!Debby Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760830726436837922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-59937045047819484002011-03-29T11:31:14.550-04:002011-03-29T11:31:14.550-04:00Very well stated Cara.
As a beginner, I am quite h...Very well stated Cara.<br />As a beginner, I am quite happy with my simple quilts! In fact, I don't even really like the complex, pieced ones, I find them too busy and old fashioned for my taste. I love the modern simple lines. So each to their own, and enjoy what you do!!<br />I must admit, though, I have received a lot of encouragement and handy tips from experienced quilters as well, which I do appreciate.Flo @ Butterfly Quiltinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526024695998355238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-4919211912404852002011-03-29T10:31:47.465-04:002011-03-29T10:31:47.465-04:00Nicely said, Cara. I am mostly self-taught and fi...Nicely said, Cara. I am mostly self-taught and find that I usually do things the 'wrong' way. I appreciate someone not trying to make me feel badly about doing something differntly.KendasCraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484850519371459596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-84072027506172952622011-03-29T07:48:27.237-04:002011-03-29T07:48:27.237-04:00Amen!!Amen!!LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886347579490073430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-89652613365629734422011-03-29T07:39:39.980-04:002011-03-29T07:39:39.980-04:00Bravo! Very Well written. And I could not agree ...Bravo! Very Well written. And I could not agree more.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624140507953560723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-84637539219539650102011-03-29T04:21:41.117-04:002011-03-29T04:21:41.117-04:00I have been reading the other blogs too and did wo...I have been reading the other blogs too and did wonder what sort of quilt they started on when they began quilting. I only started in August last year, without the simple quilts I would never have been able to do it. We all have to start somewhere and then progress as we get better, we all have to walk before we can run. I don't even know what a Baltimore Album is or Turning Twenty (I just wish I was that age!!) and paper piecing baffles me, and why does it worry people what others are doing.... I love the quilting that I do, and as far as I am concerned that's enough, I don't need to win any competition as long as my family and friends like their gifts I am happy. Not every artist is a Picasso or Rembrandt but it doesn't make them less of an artist.Sunnybechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14598816858757463280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-21204762686787553002011-03-29T01:57:10.189-04:002011-03-29T01:57:10.189-04:00hi cara,
i totally agree! if someone wants to mak...hi cara,<br /><br />i totally agree! if someone wants to make intricate pieced quilts, go for it. if you'd like to keep with squares - go for it, too!<br />i love big stitch quilting, but also quilting with regular quilting thread ~ hey, if we all wanted the same, what a boring world it would be!<br /><br />i've read on another blog (don't know which one...there are so many :) ) that it was somehow "sad", that now HSTs are considered/declared as complicated/only for intermediate quilters by shops/bloggers/whatever and therefore beginners could be discouraged to even try them...i have to say, that is a point i can also agree to. half square triangles aren't complicated. okay, maybe you rather want to start with squares for your first quilt (i didn't, but that's another story), but i think they're managable - especially when not too small - for beginners.<br /><br />somehow i don't get all the excitement. there are many peas in a pod - let them all be unique!juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894658362912024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-64078000183345807352011-03-29T00:51:46.568-04:002011-03-29T00:51:46.568-04:00* applause*
couldn't agree more!!* applause*<br /><br />couldn't agree more!!QuiltNut Creationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09110209087478973404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-5545248587352549812011-03-29T00:01:06.005-04:002011-03-29T00:01:06.005-04:00Well said.
"Love what you do, do what you l...Well said. <br /><br />"Love what you do, do what you love." GOOD MOTTO! And that is what I hear screaming from your post. xoxoJacquelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346696791515719450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-9841594795300629592011-03-28T23:39:42.222-04:002011-03-28T23:39:42.222-04:00Well said Cara! :)
I believe that Part of the fu...Well said Cara! :) <br /><br />I believe that Part of the fun of quilting or any creative outlet for that matter, is figuring out a way to do things differently. Manipulating and changing the way things are done based on changing tools, methods, and desired outcome. <br /><br />How can we expect to progress in any area if everyone always does everything the same way. When you only play according to, "the rules" <br />then there is less room for ingenuity. <br /><br />"If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got." Henry Ford.<br /><br />I think what is can be considered "cheating" is sometimes what propels innovation forward. :)Maubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761721404399233550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-20002206475219979602011-03-28T22:50:57.546-04:002011-03-28T22:50:57.546-04:00I guess I haven't seen anything out there in t...I guess I haven't seen anything out there in the blogging world that set you off - but well said - I hate quilt police - I do hard things, I do easy things - and I do most of it my own way which sometimes have people telling me I did it wrong :) LOL tough luck, I do it for me.<br />Karen<br />http://karensquilting.com/blog/Karen - Quilts...etc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07293429657903986492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90309743669681175.post-47134618027262586782011-03-28T22:40:13.817-04:002011-03-28T22:40:13.817-04:00Thanks, Cara. Very well said. I agree - enjoying...Thanks, Cara. Very well said. I agree - enjoying your chosen hobby is the bottom line.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838769002340961270noreply@blogger.com