Traditional vs. Contemporary

In my early years as a quilter, I focused mainly on traditional quilts. I love old things, including houses, furniture, dolls, photographs, etc. If I could have lived during any other time in history, I would have wanted to be a pioneer woman. As a child, I thoroughly immersed myself in the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was the Log Cabin, Schoolhouse, Bear Paw and similar quilts from that time period that captured my imagination. Contemporary quilts were too abstract for my taste, and I largely ignored them..... until I realized that every quilt tells a story.