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Re: Who is a QUILTER? 01 Jun 2011 18:34 #65517

ladyquilter OFFLINE Posts: 754 Thank you received: 37	Eeek.... I would not want to fight anyone with a rotary cutter in hand! Ouch.... But, you had me chuckling thinking about you in one corner and another person in the other corner armed and ready to go at it.
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Re: Who is a QUILTER? 01 Jun 2011 18:05 #65515

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Of course I'm a quilter. Right now I hand over large bed quilts to be longarm quilted, but quilt all smaller pieces myself. I'm sure I'm not the only one who simple doesn't have the time to quilt very large pieces. But I need to get work finished now and then in order to continue to enjoy my hobby. I have to work fulltime in order to eat, keep a roof over my head and finance my hobby. When I retire in 2014 I'll have more time and may decide to do all quilting myself....... Until then, if there is anybody out there who thinks that I should not call myself a quilter, I'll meet you tomorrow morning at dawn and we can fight it out with rotary cutters at 20 paces. Be warned - I'll win!!

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Re: Who is a QUILTER? 30 May 2011 19:16 #65440

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	Kathy, I really like the term "QUILTMAKER"! Especially when I think about the book "The Quiltmaker's Gift". http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=The+Quiltmaker%27s+Gift&x=12&y=20
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Re: Who is a QUILTER? 30 May 2011 18:41 #65438

kathyst2
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If you make quilts, then you can call yourself a quilter, I think. Maybe the term should be quiltmaker?

Before longarms, there weren't many people who would quilt your top for you compared to now. So you mostly had to quilt them yourself. Personally, I think that the ones who *only* make tops are missing out on half the fun.

But, maybe they only like making the top and not doing the quilting.

Remember not so many years ago, when they never credited the quilter in books or magazines? I think Alex may have been one of the first authors who gave credit to the quilter.

Kathy

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Re: Who is a QUILTER? 30 May 2011 18:33 #65437

ajclapp OFFLINE Posts: 727 Thank you received: 263	I'm mostly a topper but also a quilter too as I quilt a few quilts every year, just not all of them, and mostly the smaller ones. And I have quilted larger quilts in the past. I just don't have the time or the equipment to do it easily. So I say if you quilt an occasional quilt or have the ability to do so you can call yourself a quilter.
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Re: Who is a QUILTER? 30 May 2011 16:36 #65436

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	Personally, I think of those folks as "toppers"!!! They make "flimsys" that quilters turn into quilts!
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Who is a QUILTER? 30 May 2011 16:28 #65433

Marna OFFLINE Posts: 4	Can one honestly call oneself a "quilter" if he or she makes tops and then sends them out to be quilted?
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