Our Quilting Tastes May Change
When I read Ann Johnston’s words, “My first quilts were traditional pieced and applique quilts,” in her book The Quilter’s Book of Design, (www.annjohnston.net) I related to this statement. It also reinforced something I’d begun to suspect of many quilters.
Many of us started out with those traditional patterns for quilts, then diverged into other art forms and techniques until now we have a great diversity of quiltmakers and fabric artists. My daughter and I both did the same. We made the traditional quilts, and still enjoy them. (I have a fascination for those quiltmakers of old who, midst their busy day, found time to piece and applique tiny pieces and create artistic bed covers.)
However, today, Beth and I have begun to experiment with the many techniques and styles of quiltmaking in the 2000s. Ann Johnston tells how she began making traditional quilts, then started using them as inspiration for her own designs. I found Ann’s book in Beth’s library and have been fascinated what she does with pattern, color, texture, line, shape, and value.
(This is not to say you have to move from the traditional patterns to something else. Many beautiful traditional quilts take their place among those receiving awards and recognition. However, today there is a place for both and many quilters got their experience with the intricacies of the quilts of our ancestors, as Ann Johnston relates.)
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