I have not made a quilt afterall!

to me a quilt and a tapestry are totally different. Too bad your minister didn't follow your lead.

I agree. I just saw a very large tapestry being made at one of the castles in Scotland last year. It is certainly not constructed anything like a quilt! Does the minister think a tapestry sounds more elegant than a quilt? You made a very, very beautiful quilt! And I think that's what it should be called. But that's just me. kj

Not often do I stand up to our pastor on something like this but if it is something that means a lot to me I will do so. I would tell him it is a quilt and not a tapestry and you would prefer it be called a quilt. There is no reason he can't change that word tapestry to quilt. Quilts are more a labor of love in my opinion.

Jacquel>The dedication for the quilt that I have just finished is scheduled for

and other fun things

The quilt is beautiful. If it is important to you ... after all the hours you have put it to it... I would kindly have a chat with the Minister.

Tapestries are almost always SINGLE layers of fabric... woven!!!!! not seamed together. There is no batting and they are not topstitched with additional threads for designs beyond that which the fabric itself creates.

Here are a few definitions of Tapestry vs. Quilt:

"a fabric consistingof a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc." -- note A FABRIC (a ... as in "single" fabric)

"to stitch together (twopieces of cloth and a soft interlining), usually in an ornamental pattern." NOTE: layers... -- A heavy cloth wovenwith rich, often varicolored designs or scenes, usually hung on walls for decoration and sometimes used to cover furniture (again.. A CLOTH - as in single unit)

To make into a quilt bystitching (layers of fabric) together.

I don't know what conversations you have had with the Minister.... but maybe he is of the "old school" that thinks only of quilts as bed coverings. Not as works of art.

Don't be afraid to at least have the discussion. If in the end you have to agree to disagree... that's fine. And then as you are doing the dedication -- you have the decision how to work it. But I would at least attempt to educate the minister about the fact that a QUILT can be a work of art!

Kate in MI

PS --it is beautiful! You did a superb job!

a tapestry is woven. i dont see this as a generic term covering all manner of textile creations. tho the fabric you used in the 'quilt' is woven, the design is not woven into the quilt. the design is a result of many hours of design work, cutting and sewing all those many many pieces of fabric together into your final design. it is a quilt and a darn beautiful one at that. he should abide by your knowledge as the artist/maker of the quilt. you know what you made afterall. he is incorrect. i cant imagine you ever consider calling his talk on sundays something other than what he calls them? i'd make my point and hold him to it. i'd also be sure he changes the wording on his written copy of the dedication as well. i get the feeling he thinks a quilt is not as grand as a tapestry? and he wants it to sound grand. has he seen some of the 100 greatest quilts of the

20th century? those are Grand. leaves most of us gobsmacked. he needs a trip to the Houston show or one of the bigger quilt museums. stick to your guns!!!! good luck, jeanne jmnsho, of course, lol.

Your *quilt* is just stunning! Beautiful.

Nancy in NS

Howdy!

A couple of topics we've had this past couple of weeks: 1. you give the gift away, the recipient does as she/he pleases; 2. you can put a label on the back (I write on my quilts) that says whatever you please, as an "identity/security measure", something like, "pieced and quilted by Jennell..." . Then you let it go, knowing this is a job well done. ;-)

Ragmop/Sandy--for whom "quilted tapestry" works just fine

Sandy, you are much kinder than I. (Your mama would be proud.) I would tell the pretentious minister that it was a quilt and kick him in his pompous fanny. There. I feel much better. Polly

It is not a tapestry by any stretch of the imagination, but I suppose he thinks it sounds "posh". Maybe "posh" is more important to him than correct.

Could a compromise be reached by using a word such as "banner"? How would you feel about dedicating a "banner"?

Maybe you could come up with something that you could both live with.

If not - well, he is just showing his ignorance. But a gift is a gift. Let it go. Continue to call it a quilt to yourself and your friends, and don't let any annoyance or bitterness mar the dedication of a truly wonderful work of art.

What ever you call it, it is still a magnificent work of art, a wall hanging of unparalleled beauty. It's gorgeous. Congratulations on such an achievement. Regards, Ruth Sydney

Beautiful! Just beautiful!

That's a quilt, not a tapestry! (And well done!) What if the Minister decided to call it a cream puff? Would you have to agree to that too? (I'd like to see all the "tapestries" he's made. . . .grr. . . . .)

put:

this quilt was pieced and quilted by:

no one could fail to see that if they looked ;-)

and your quilt is beautiful!

I just looked through your webshots pictures of this quilt.....it is stunningly beautiful! To me a tapestry is cloth that is rich and elegant........as your quilt is. While I understand the difference btwn quilt and tapestry, I think, in this case, that calling your quilt a tapestry is a high praise complement!

Can I ask what pattern you used for the quilt?

Laurie G.

No need to kick him in the pompous fanny. When he gets up there and calls it a tapestry he'll be doing the job himself. ;-)

In the minister's defense, he probably thinks a quilt belongs on a bed, and if it's hanging on a wall, it must be something else. Tapestry is the only word he knows. There are probably a lot of theological distinctions he knows that escape me. I won't get too worked up about it.

Howdy!

The "art dept." at our church likes to make Quilted Banners. F>

What little Princess wouldn't love that quilt! It's such a perfect little girl quilt. Really pretty.

I agree -- I love the light and dark effect. Beautiful!

Nancy in NS