Has quilting gone out of style?

Here in Holland quilting is actually going back in style and getting more popular, as are other arts like knitting and sewing. I think it's great there is more interest in these forms of art again, they are underapreciated due to the machines that can make more even and faster stitches than the human hand. However, it's not as fullfilling as making something yourself, something you can make from scratch and up to your own standards.

I love quilting, just ran out of space to work with it. I am trying to do a T-shirt quilt from my grand daughters cute t-shirts. But I love quilting and I think it doesn't "go out of style" it just fades into the backgroud while other crafts become popular. I think it happens to all crafts. Scrapboking has become the same way - it was all the hoopla for the last few years, but lately I have noticed it has dropped in its notariety. They took of the only scrapbook show that was very popular off the DIY network. But there is at least one quilting still on a local channel Quilt in a Day. I think they just "rotate" in popularity. The "craft de jour" now I think is home redecoration.

Unfortunately quilting is a dying art. I love to make quilts but the younger generation does not seem to have the time to learn. Quilting is something I do for people I love. I have never kept one I have made. I too feel many of the older arts are fading away and I think it is really a shame. Life used to be simple and I miss that.

My mother in law still quilts, and i have a friend here that quilts, and so does her mom. I really wish that i could learn how to quilt, It's something that i want to do with my life when i get the time. You can make some good money from making them if you were interested in selling them. There is a club here in our little town.. there is some senior ladies that volenteer at the hospital and they make quilts to raffle off to make money for the hospital :)

Hi Kowgirl, Except for a few old farts like me,,,,I tend to think a lot of those things have begun to fall by the wayside. With modern ways of doing things, like machine quilting instead of the old fashioned way, people who are involved in quilting probably don't want to take the time for such things. That's one of the reasons why I decided years ago to go back to the basics and learn what I could about things like that. I'm very nostalgic when it comes to quilt making and other things our ancestors did and how they did them. I bake my own bread, make my own butter, sew quilts, make rugs, and a whole lot of things our great grandmothers did. For me, there is so much joy, and therapy doing things the way they did. It helps me keep their memories alive. I have tried to teach my daughter the value of these things, but she doesn't have the interest in them I would like her to. I too go to flea markets and sales looking for the old quilts. It's all about the hand stitching and the materials they used. Certainly not like today.

I don't think it has. I used to do alot of quilting but now am doing another craft most of the time but my daughter has now taken up quilting. The problem with trying to sell a quilt is that it takes so much time and most people aren't ready to pay the price that would be fair to the quilter for all the time spent on the quilt. Hope you find one you like too...

I have at least 6 unfinished quilts sitting in their various pieces on my craft shelf. I started them with good intentions but life has gotten in the way. It is something I enjoy although I've never been involved with a quilting bee. There are still women in this are that sell handstitched quilts...mainly Amish women. They are really expensive but I'm sure worth it.

I love homemade quilts. I never had anyone teach me how to make them but I'm wondering if people are not doing this much anymore because like you said in a different post people just don't seem to have time to do anything special anymore. That and I also think it would take a long time to make a quilt and by time you buy what you need and spend many hours doing it, people always want everything for nothing. Just an idea.

I know what you mean. I have one on my bed that my Grandfather sent me and it's beautiful. I have made quilts before but, with all of my online stuff, I no longer have that kind of time.