Quilting Tools: Good Old Days
Quilting is a work of love; without doubt it is something that gives warmth in more ways than one. Most of the quilts are done by hand, and these artisans pride themselves in their art. The patterns, the secrets and the methods of making the quilts are passed on from generation to generation.
However, there is a lot of pressure on many of these artisans already, because the world is changing. Especially after the technology advancement has made time the most precious and precocious commodity of all. Hence, in order to keep abreast with the developments, many traditional quilt-makers are laying down their quilting tools to change over to machine quilting.
Machine quilting is fast, exceptional high quality and almost effortless when you compare it to the hand-made quilts. However, given a choice, the professional quilt maker will still prefer to make these with his/her traditional, old quilting tools rather than the sophisticated computerized machines of today.
They say it that it takes the fun out of the art. It is like having a meal in a pill, instead of having a sumptuous five-course meal. Though the hand made quilts are slow and many times extremely time-consuming to make, the charm given by the traditional quilting tools and an experienced hand can never be compared with anything done by a machine.
There are still places where the quilting tools reign supreme. Here, it is considered an insult to the quilting art to even consider using a machine for it.
A good place to look for quilting tools is in Clotilde's quilting tool section.
All said and done, the machines are indeed a great boon for those who are planning to earn a living out of quilt-making. You should not forget that the machine is also part of the quilting tools required for quilt-making. The magic does not come from here, but from the dexterity of the quilt-master, and his/her devotion to their project.
In the wake of the introduction of machines, there have been many small industries sprouting all over the web, offering excellent designs at very reasonable cost. This is possible only because of the machines that are used for quilting.
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