Dutchrose Made a Good Point

In her final paragraph of her posting BBer dutchrose made a good point about modern quilters who have a sense of humor and playfulness about quiltmaking. My grandmothers and the women before them were serious about their quilts (or at least they seem to me to be serious in their attitudes).

My Grandma Miller (born in 1888) pursued perfection and beauty in her quilts and also strove for usefulness at the same time; if something wasn't right she ripped it out and did it over. She would not understand the use of clashing "brights" or dots on plaids and things that are slightly crooked (what we call "wonky") would give her the shivers. Our reckless (dare I say extravagant?) use of fabric is so much fun but it would stun her thrifty soul. :-)

It would be fun to have my quilt making grandmothers come back to my sewing room for a couple of hours but if I could do that they would be stunned speechless so I would probably have to get out the smelling salts to revive them.

Judy