How do I respond to someone who says that machine piecing and machine quilting is not "real" quilting? He said today that his grandma even hand beats the cotton to do whatever... I asked if he chops his own wood or if he buys a cord and he admitted that he bought it. Then I asked if his grandma spun her own thread and he admitted that she uses store-bought thread.
Blah blah blah. I need a concise and good rebuttal! He was not into hearing about the history of quilting.
-- Anita --
Oh good grief. I don't think it's worth responding to at all. What that guy needs is a shock collar. You just give him a jolt or two and he becomes sensible or at least nicer. Of course you can bake cornbread on a wood fire. Of course you can clean clothes by boiling them in a big black pot out back. You can stop bleeding by covering the wound with a wad of spider web. So? I am a great grandma and I'll take every advantage I can buy or learn. Well. Except for digital cameras. OTOH, if his granny wants to beat cotton, cheer her on. If it makes her happy, we wouldn't want to deprive her of that. There. I feel much better. Polly
I thought of several responses but all seemed to sink lower than the person making the original comment so instead of having a smart comeback, ask to see that person's most recent quilt or just say "to each his own"
Oh, for goodness sakes. Quilting is quilting. He just doesn't know stuff from shinola. I agree with Polly. Any response is just silly.
I don't have the book handy to quote it exactly, but Harriet Hargrave says something like "it's hand quilting with an electric needle". It requires a great deal of skill to machine quilt- it 'might' be faster than hand quilting. The heck with him. Any skill which is done well is to be admired. And 'real' quilting is the process of attaching the three layers of the sandwich together. So..... :-P~~~~
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
And it's been done as long as there have been sewing machines. That is well over a hundred years. Long enough to have stood the test of time, in my opinion anyway.
Pati, > I don't have the book handy to quote it exactly, but Harriet Hargrave says
Hi
I always liked my late Dad's response to his customer's in the barbershop when they thought less of my Mom's quilting or the cost of her sewing machine.
On the first, he always said, "It's no different than me cutting wood apart and nailing it back together."
On the second, he could often lean over and look out the barbershop door and say, "So, just how much did those two snowmachines of yours cost and you can only use them three months of the year. She can use her machine 365 days a year if she wants."
That man is just a moron that is too narrow minded to learn something new. Quilting methods and tools have evolved over the years just like woodworking tools, mechanical tools and the like. Just shrug your shoulders and smile. You know different.
Steve Alaska
Blah blah blah. I need a concise and good rebuttal! He was not into hearing about the history of quilting.
-- Anita --
Is this Neanderthal really somebody you have to talk to?
Sunny
Even in his grandma's day, women loved the sewing machine to piece!!! As a professional quilter, I've won many a competition with machine quilting. There was even one MAJOR contest where they stated no machine quilting. I just received my new Pfaff (about 14 years ago) and it did so many fancy stitches, I made a crazy quilt and just for the fun of it, entered it. To my surprise, it won 3rd place. It's on my site under small art quilts and called a "1993 Crazy"
Just be glad you'll never have to give him a quilt! Does he have one of his grandmother's prizes?
-- Jo in Scotland
I'd probably be tempted to respond to him as if I was assuming that he was the hand sewer himself, and ask him questions about how he did such and such.
Louise in eastern Ontario
Obviously 'Granny' is very, very old - 150?
Rita...did you program it too with some of your own created stitches?.... I remember making a fan block for a swap and used the Pfaff 7550 stitches... and always wanted to make a quilt for myself . Of course I haven't !...But the block came out beautifully...I think I used a rayon thread...and have always wondered how that thread would wear/wash.
Yes...when i was doing volunteer work at the local museum there were quilts there that were machine quilted and those quilts were 100 yrs old. I remember just straight lined stitching ...not sure if they got fancier . Mary Ann
Is it ok to drive a car, or should we all be using buggies?
Is it ok to use an electric drill/screwdriver, or must it be done by hand only?
Does he use email, or only snail mail?
:-)
Hanne in London
Why bother arguing with someone who has already made up their mind and is just looking to provoke?
Heh! ;) Actually, he's an okay guy, a colleague from a different part of the company. I do like the analogy Steve gave, which is, in woodworking, if you use today's circular saws, is it still "real" woodworking? I'll tell my colleague that today!
Thanks for all your responses. DH was just as huffed up as I was.
-- Anita --
I notice he doesn't quilt himself, and it's his grandma who's still doing things the hard way. However, there is no rebuttal, because fools don't listen to reason. Roberta in D
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Yeah, what Polly says!!
Howdy!
"That's nice, dear."
and one of the old South'ren favorites: "Bless your heart."
R/Sandy -- who also likes the wide-eyed "Sure 'nuff?"
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