Comments on: Important Socio-Political Quilts

By: jacquie

jacquie — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:57:08 +0000

Love that you featured these quilts. Amazing work!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 04:46:25 +0000

Statements quilts. Modern quilts that more than toe the line to art. They have something to say. Like the hallmark of modern quilting, they are still functional, but they are so, so much more.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:53:55 +0000

In reply to IndieQuilter. I personally have faith that the MQG wouldn't censor quilts based on the message--there have certainly been some that would be considered controversial at the first two shows.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:36:00 +0000

Thank you for writing about our quilts, Sam! I’m hoping neither of these quilts would ever be considered “offensive” by the MQG! I’m guessing they were not juried into Quiltcon only because the jury probably are just looking through pages of thumbnails to choose from (no time to read descriptions or look at larger images). These quilts might not have “jumped off the page” to the jury. There were a lot of entries this year!

By: Stacy Hurt

Stacy Hurt — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:20:03 +0000

In reply to Stacy Hurt. SUN. sun bonnet sue.

By: Stacy Hurt

Stacy Hurt — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:18:08 +0000

Large quilt shows will always pander to the least offensive. It’s economical for them. I don’t blame them for this.
There needs to be a different platform for Quilts that are considered offensive. It should start by first defining what is offensive . While that might seem simple at first blush I can assure you it isn’t. And is contoversial the same as offensive?
There are just as many art quilters out here (I include myself) as there are modern quilters , traditional quilters and so on who feel the same. Who don’t simply want (or need) to make another bed/wall quilt with another poor bird or wonky offset star or one so over quilted it doesn’t need a hanging sleeve . (Or perhaps that’s just me) I want our art to crossover that damn brick wall into the “real” Art world.
Is that too much to hope for?
Perhaps we can’t get out of our own way on this. I mean if we the quilt makers can’t agree on the above mentioned how can we expect the general public to think or see quilts differently than their great grannies sign bonnet sue?

By: Marie Cannon

Marie Cannon — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:09:50 +0000

This reminded me of THE RIBBON project from the mid-70’s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ribbon_International
I am still in the infancy stages of quilting – but I dream big.

By: IndieQuilter

IndieQuilter — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:05:40 +0000

I’m curious as to whether any potentionally “offensive” quilts made it into QuiltCon this year? Sadly I won’t be able to attend, I hope someone will report back! If the show is lacking any controversial quilts, it might be and indicator that they are “playing to the masses” and trying to be PC and avoid offending anyone. (God I hope not, because then it pretty much becomes another bread and butter quilt show.)

By: Bill Volckening

Bill Volckening — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:08:11 +0000

These quilts may not be in the QuiltCon program this year, but they are likely to be in history books; two of the most important quilts made in 2015, and among the most socially relevant (so far) in the 21st century.