Finishing Quilts . . . With Modern Quilts!

Finishing Quilts . . .
With Modern Quilts!
Marie Eldredge
Handi Quilter Educator
Handi Quilter Inc.
Vicki Anderson
CEO/Publisher
Meander Publishing Inc.
Angela Walters
Machine Quilter
And Author
What is modern quilting?
MODERN QUILTS UNLIMITED DEFINITION
Modern quilting is a fresh approach reflecting each quilter’s personality and
personal style. Modern quilters embrace functionality, simplicity and minimalism,
and use asymmetric designs in their approach. They reinterpret traditional blocks
and patterns, and are often inspired by modern art and architecture. Bold colors,
graphic prints and simple quilt lines are favored, as well as solids. White and gray
are used extensively as background and as neutrals.
Modern quilters are diverse—young and more experienced, men and women,
expert and novice. Rules are resisted, and traditional techniques are evolved. The
use of internet and technology is integral. Sharing the aesthetics expressed by the
early pioneers of quilting and bringing a modern perspective truly defines the
movement.
First, let’s talk about what a Modern Quilt looks like
Patterns featured in Modern Quilts Unlimited Magazine or on the website:
Left to right: Craving Sunshine Cinzia Allocca; Mod Circuitry by Elizabeth Dackson,
Unraveled by Katie Spencer, All About Gray by Missy Shepler, Star Fall by Faith Jones
Fabrics by NORTHCOTT
Modern quilts use a lot of solid fabrics.
Graphic fabric
designs are also
used extensively.
Gray fabrics are
popular – both solids
and graphics
Traditional quilt patterns are often revamped,
oversized or improvised in modern quilts. This
Churn Dash block is typically 6” – 8”.
Here Anne Marie
Chany enlarged it to
75” square for her
Horsefly quilt! She
also improvised the
background blocks.
Modern Quilts Unlimited Spring 2013
Negative Space is
more prevalent in
modern quilts, as
seen in Jacquie
Gering’s Urban
Garden quilt.
In this detail
you can see how
the negative
space can allow
the quilting to
be the star.
Urban Garden (detail) Jacquie Gering
All About Gray by Missy
Shepler is another
example of graphic design
married to negative space
Modern Quilts Unlimited Winter 2013
All About Gray is quilted in the ditch of the seams that join
the gray and color strips that comprise the chevrons, and
with lines that echo the diagonal lines of the chevrons.
Modern Quilts Unlimited Winter 2013
Now let’s look at Quilts from
QUILTCON 2013, a conference
specifically for modern quilters,
to see various quilting styles on
the modern quilts.
Double Edged Love
Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Quilted by Lisa Sipes
Best of Show
In this detail shot,
you can see how
Lisa followed the
Double Wedding
Ring design, yet
made each
section stand on
its own.
Double Edged Love by Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Modern Challenge
by Catherine
Redford
1st Prize in the Modern in
Miniature category
You can see the
minimalist, yet
effective, quilting
on this small quilt.
Reflections in Grey by Mary
Marcotte
Again, a rather traditional pattern
with a new twist, and the quilting
(Feathers!) melds the two styles.
If you look closely,
you will see the
beautiful feather
quilting that
follows the pieced
design.
Reflections in Grey (detail) by Mary Marcotte
Another quilt
using a lot of
negative space.
This time it’s
Broken Diamonds
by Katie Spencer.
Kati chose a
simple,
circular grid
for this quilt,
allowing the
diamond
design to
stand out.
Overgrown
by Alison Glass
Quilted by Lisa Sipes
Audience Choice
Lisa chose a curvy filled
background for the
quilting. It mimics the
free-form leaves and
vines. She created new
vines with feather
spines, and filled the
spaces with pebbles and
curved crosshatching.
New York
Beauty Mini
Kati Spencer
A rather traditional
flying geese and
mariner’s compass
effectively quilted
with a modern,
graphic feel.
Here you can see
the straight-line
quilting
So as you can see, quilting “modern” means
many things to many people.
Let’s have Angela Walters show us quilting from a
professional quilter’s perspective
Dimensions
Angela Walters
Dimensions
Angela Walters
Dimensions
Angela Walters
Designed and
pieced by
Heather Jones
Designed and
pieced by
Heather Jones
Designed and
pieced by Tula Pink
Designed and
pieced by Tula Pink
Designed and pieced
by Emily Cier
Designed and
pieced by
Jenifer Dick
Detail of quilt designed and
pieced by Julie Herman
Designed and pieced
by Cory Yoder
Detail of quilt
designed and pieced
by Cory Yoder
Detail of quilt
designed and pieced
by Cory Yoder
Designed and
pieced by Emily
Cier
Designed and
pieced by Emily
Cier
Detail of quilt
designed and
pieced by Emily
Cier
Thank you Vicki and Angela!
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