Comments on: Notions: Chair or Wall? Blanket or Art?

By: Cherie in St Louis

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:37:07 +0000

Hear, hear!!

By: quiltzyx/sue

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:09:56 +0000

Personally, I just like to look at quilts. Draped on a chair, piled on a couch, hung on the wall, flat on the floor, flung on a bed….or, in my case, binder clipped to the glass doors of my entertainment center & UFO cabinet.
I do like to see the whole quilt, but sometimes that is just not possible. Oh well.

Leave ‘em wantin’ M*O*R*E!!!

By: JoAnne

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:03:01 +0000

If I am looking at photographs of quilts, I like the quilts to be hung or flat so I can actually SEE the quilt. Some magazines show the quilt on a bed or draped but I want to see the quilt and that way I can’t see it fully.

By: jake

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:21:19 +0000

Hi Sherry: There was a brouhaha over the blogs last week about this issue. We aren’t trying to point fingers and don’t want to make it personal and the parties concerned are trying to tap it down, but we did want to voice our opinion on the topic as it’s near and dear to our hearts. That’s all. How quilts are displayed and photographed does seem to be an issue for many of us because it goes to the heart of the purpose of our quilts–art or use.

By: Sherry

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:04:24 +0000

Ummm…did I miss something? I can’t for the life of me figure out why this is even an issue.

By: Teresa

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:55:19 +0000

Amen and Amen. To each her own. Personally, I photograph my quilts any way I can get ‘em. Usually ends up with me standing on the porch with my arms spread as wide as physically possible and trying to hold it high enough to keep it out of the dirt of the flower garden. The photographer is my 11 yr old son, who has difficulty sitting still, and has the attention span of a gnat, so waiting for Mom to hold it just right doesn’t happen very often. My second “go to” technique is to pin it, with old sewing machine needles, to the unpainted wall in my dining room, and then try to do handstands to get a pic without the chandelier in the middle of the quilt. Sometimes, the picture just doesn’t happen at all. That’s easiest.

By: Sandy

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:04:13 +0000

Took the words right out of my mouth. I love it!!!!

By: karenthequilter

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:03:34 +0000

Well said! For the record, I do it all. My cats sleep on some of my quilts, others are on the wall, still others are artfully draped on a chair (and the cats sleep on those too!).

By: Deb Hirsch

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:29:11 +0000

Love this article! Yes – it’s personal choice!! I have done almost everything except wrap pipes! I have artsy-fartsy ones on the walls, snuggly ones on the beds, others draped over chair & couch backs, piles in closets, and yes, the dog (before he passed last month) used to love to hunker down in the middle of whatever he could including a quilt top that I was busily pinning together to quilt (bad dog – off my white quilt!!!)! That being said – when I look at a magazine or web page – I want to be able to see both the full quilt so I can get a “taste” for what it looks like and also a close up of a section so I can see some of the detail piecing (is it too hard for me?).

By: Rosanne Derrett

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:46:52 +0000

I’m one of those who makes quilts to be used. My dogs sleeps on them, my house mates dog sleeps on them. We use them hard but that is why I make them. They are made with gorgeous fabric I love and whether on a wall, on a bed or on the sofa, they are there to be see and used.

Art quilts aren’t really my thing – I prefer simple geometry but that’s not to say they are unworthy. The mind behind them is different, that’s all. they can be clever, intricate and complex but they are often things of incredible beauty.

Having an opinion about these things is good but at least have a little tact in expressing it!