Spotlight: Jacquie Gering, Modern Art Quilter
Jacquie Gering begins each quilt with an idea, but lets inspiration lead throughout her process, sometimes taking the work on unexpected, but welcome, turns. Known for her use of clean,...
Modern Quilting
Eye-catching modern quilt patterns showcase contemporary colors and crisp design. Often using negative space and improvisational piecing, modern quilters also adapt traditional quilt blocks – such as log cabins, stars and medallions – with curated fabrics or baskets of scraps. While modern quilting designs work for any size and use, many makers use their bold graphics to make baby quilts. Tutorials make it easy to start your next modern quilting project.
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Modern Quilt Artists
Spotlight: Alexis Deise, Contemporary Quilter
As a contemporary quilter, Alexis Deise works in series to focus and dig deeper into ideas that are important to her, all while honoring the women who built an enduring...
Spotlight: Audrey Esarey, Modern Quilter
Like many creatives, Audrey Esarey dabbled in many artful activities while growing up. But it wasn't until she went to a quilting class with a woman who would later become...
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Spotlight: Margo Yang, Modern Quilter
Margo Yang has not always been a modern quilter, (not much need for quilts in Thailand where she grew up) but when she found that community of makers something clicked…
Spotlight: Erin Case, Modern Quilter
Modern quilter Erin Case sets challenges for herself to stretch her work beyond her comfort zone. Erin works digitally before she commits her designs to fabric, using software to experiment…
Spotlight: Eliu Hernandez, Denim Textile Artist
Salvaging even the thread from discarded garments such as jeans, denim textile artist Eliu Hernandez uses materials that have been discarded by others to create art with life and texture.…
Spotlight: Melanie Tuazon, Fiber Artist
When her children were young, fiber artist Melanie Tuazon started quilting as a way to explore creativity while making practical, useful things. The making of utilitarian objects has grown into…
Spotlight: Laura Hartrich, Quilt Artist
Have a seat because quilt artist Laura Hartrich may exhaust you! While raising her kids, working and pursuing a degree, Laura still finds time to create original, innovative quilt designs.…
Spotlight: Julia Wachs, Modern Quilter and Designer
Modern quilter and designer Julia Wachs' engineering roots are evident in her precisely conceived modern quilts. Noted for crisp lines and sharp angles, Julia's quilts sing with color. Foundation paper…
Spotlight: Irene Roderick, Textile Artist
Initially trained as a painter, textile artist Irene Roderick came to quilting when she was looking for ideas for a bed quilt (her first), and discovered the work of Denyse…
Spotlight: Kamala Murali, Textile Designer
Rethinking the definition of "waste" is central to textile designer Kamala Murali's work. Beginning with off cuts from factories in her native India, Kamala improvises her designs depending on what…