tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19456466.post115344418594490790..comments2022-10-17T16:44:41.693-05:00Comments on Quilt Bug: And the book train rolls onZegihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793341862461716411noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19456466.post-1153932404065693622006-07-26T11:46:00.000-05:002006-07-26T11:46:00.000-05:00Ok then...she'll be wrapped up in her quilt review...Ok then...she'll be wrapped up in her quilt reviewing her notes as she discovers the cure for Cancer. :)Noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112146642849970827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19456466.post-1153499709913633292006-07-21T11:35:00.000-05:002006-07-21T11:35:00.000-05:00True. I was hoping she'd avoid politics, though.True. I was hoping she'd avoid politics, though.Zegihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793341862461716411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19456466.post-1153493140563923512006-07-21T09:45:00.000-05:002006-07-21T09:45:00.000-05:00I think any diminishing in value by machine stitch...I think any diminishing in value by machine stitching, would depend on what the value IS in this case. Is the value monetary? Were you thinking of getting cash for the quilt? If this is the case, hand-sewn quilts would probably command a higher price than machine-sewn quilts.<BR/><BR/>Now, let's look at the other possibility. If the value isn't monetary, what is it? Is the value measured in the love, time, and energy you placed in the quilt, while creating it for someone you care about? (In this case, The Girl.) In that case, machine quilting would not lower the value. You would still be putting in a tremendous amount of time, energy, and love into creating this work of art for your child. The fact that you sewed some of it with a machine, would only be a problem if every time you looked at the quilt, you were thinking something like "Ah, I used machine stitching to finish it." <BR/><BR/>My vote is...finish the quilt in the way that makes you the happiest. If you will be happier getting it finished sooner by doing some machine stitching, then go for it! The quilt will be just as beautiful and full of love as if you labored over it by hand. The type of stitching won't matter when The Girl is wrapped up in the quilt studying for her Political Science finals in Graduate School (while on track to becoming the first woman President.)Noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112146642849970827noreply@blogger.com