Check out Kelly's comment on the lack of quilts of the fairs. Its too bad that something so idiomatically American as the quilt has to be in a place where they are heavily guarded. I think that many of the quilts in the valley are pieced together by the quilter but are commercially quilted on big machines. Many of the Stanislaus County Fair Quilts had that designation on them. I am sure this means that they are not as worth as much as a collectible. Each still represents a huge amount of time and organization.
Once my friend Tom thought that he wanted to go into the Quilt show business. He thought they could be the next card show deal plus they did very little in the way of start up and took in huge amounts of money at the door. I am sure that he hadn't figured on the amount of money needed for security. I am sure these big shows have close circuit tv on the more valuable ones.
I was a little concerned with how the quilts were displayed at the Stan County Fair too. Many were folded and layered on top of others so that you could only see the quarter detail. At the Pleasanton county fair, they are displayed high.. just like Kelly mentions and if the quilting is done by hand you loose the detail in that display. I never thought that is was done out of security.
We have a couple of old ones that Sue got from her mother's side of the family they are pretty cool.
Have a great day..
Pat
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Hello 'trick,
I'm sure that those quilts that are quilted by the big machines are still considered very collectible. It's a factor, but the artistry and work on the quilt top is by far the biggest consideration, especially the applique, piecing (paper pieces those really intricate patterns), trapunto quilting (stuffing by the back to make things even more 3-d), and embroidery.
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