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Question for the week of August 25, 1997:
Our question this week comes from Ann Kroll
What do you think is Hot or New in Quilting?
LINDA FRIEDEL :
One thing I see more and more on quilts is what I call the "FLASH FACTOR", that is, some one thing that catches the admirer's attention. I see alot of metallic threads and metallic printing on fabric. Personnaly I think only years will tell us how well these fabrics will age, and how abrasive the threads will be. There seems to be a attitude with some quilters that whatever is for sale to quilters MUST be OK. Not so!!!! Take extra care in those quilts you want to last though the ages, use the "HOT" new stuff for decorative quilts, but don't be shocked if the fabric disenegrates and you are left with a pretty piese of batting where there used to be a patch. Now this is my personal pet-peeve, the iron-on, fusibles what ever you call them, don't forget you are introducing ANOTHER chemical to your quilt top, it is worth being aware! We make beautiful quilts, it may be a traditional hand pieced, hand quilted heirlom quilts or maybe a machine pieced, and machine quilted wall hanging for a holiday, we put our best into what ever we make, I think it's worth the time to make it last.
Jubilee :
quilting with hand- deyed fabrics, by all means! anayway, it's hot with me!
judi :
Foundation piecing seems very popular, so does dimensional piecing, and a lot of meandering machine quilting.
Jean :
One of the newer items I have tryed is the Ott light. I use it by my sewing machine and it gives off great light but it doesn't get hot.
Mac :
Surface embellishment seems to be the popular kid on the block. There are some great new books (Ellen Eddy, Judy Simmons) on this as well as one coming from Libby Lehman in the fall.
Jan Carroll :
I think that reproduction 1930s fabrics are hot right now. Perhaps, I should say they are "hot" again. I also think that scrap quilts are hot.
Faith Wilson :
I am a new quilter and also study crafts. From what I have observed, quilts using hand dyed fabrics with mottled appearances seem to be growing in popularity. Quilts that look historical, 1800's and 1930's are popular eras. Of course, nothing is really "new", just re-discovered. The art quilt movement has greatly influenced the general quilting population, altering the look of traditional blocks and applique. I have also observed a rising interest in miniature quilts and foundation piecing.
Anthony :
Heavy, heavy machine work (quilting, couching, thread painting, embellishing) seem to be hot right now. The neatest new notion I've seen isn't a quilting item at all. It is "Jammers", the plastic matchbox car holders from Wal-Mart that everyone is buying to use as thread/tool carriers.
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