The Quilt University has an annual virtual quilt show, where students enter photos of quilts they have made in classes over the year. Almost all the entries were for pictorial quilts – portraits, landscapes etc. There were a few abstract art quilts and very few traditional patterns. As was to be expected the winners were pictorial quilts.
I don’t know what to make of this. Would the same people who voted for the winning quilts actually buy them and hang them on their walls? Is quilting now moving away from the traditional format and trying to compete with other mediums? That is not what appeals to me about quilting. If I wanted a portrait or landscape my choice would still be one of the more traditional mediums for these. Am I out of date and out of touch already?
