Spotlight: Sophie Zaugg, Modern Quilter
With a love for bold color, graphic design and an urban esthetic, modern quilter Sophie Zaugg creates eye-popping visual art with needle and thread. Like many modern quilters, Sophie began...
Modern quilts are differentiated from traditional quilts by use of bold colors, often only using solid colors, high contrast, use of negative space, improvisational piecing, alternate grid work and even minimalism. Some modern quilters like to take traditional quilt designs and take a twist by use of fabric, color and contrast.
With a love for bold color, graphic design and an urban esthetic, modern quilter Sophie Zaugg creates eye-popping visual art with needle and thread. Like many modern quilters, Sophie began...
Working entirely by hand, Heidi Parkes can complete a limited number of quilts in a year, so she makes each one of them count. There is much planning behind her...
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...
Fiber artist Geraldine Warner had never quilted, but knew she wanted to somehow paint with fabric. Working mostly with silk, she immerses herself in every part of the creative process,...
Distinct shapes, clean lines and clear colors reflect the modern quilt esthetic in Paula Steel's designs. Now designing and quilting full time, Paula's use of line and form to create...
There are fabrics that scream "look at me, but just for a season", and there are fabrics that the fiber artist uses as a palette to create lasting work that...
Geraldine Wilkins has tried many styles of quiltmaking, and creates with most of them! An accomplished quilter and certified quilting ruler instructor with numerous published designs in her portfolio, most...
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,...
Beginning with arranging shapes on a felt board in preschool, Carson Converse developed a love of quilts that became her artistic passion. Add an element of risk-taking and the result...
Victoria Findlay Wolfe is always busy making something, especially colorful quilt tops with a modern esthetic. In demand as an instructor, Victoria balances creating, teaching and owning a retail store...