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Modern quilting, with its emphasis on solid colors and bold, graphic designs, is attracting a new generation of sewers. They're connecting through the Modern Quilt Guild and social media.
Mary Dittenber poses in her 'lady cave' with a few of her modern quilts-in-progress. Dittenber, who had never sewn before, discovered quilting in 1999 while on the search for a bedspread.
“These quilts opened up new possibilities of what quilts could be,” writes Rachel May in her new book, “Quilting With a Modern Slant: People, Patterns, and Techniques Inspiring the Modern ...
Modern quilting is coloring outside the lines.” The LSMQG’s Modern Quilt show will be held March 1-31 in two locations in the Lincoln Park Craft District.
Elizabeth Chappell of Quilters Candy shares what modern quilting looks like, and why you want to learn this timeless skill yourself. Elora got a lesson in the art of quilting on the set of Fresh ...
Quilting isn’t just for Grandmas anymore. A younger generation of quilters is coming up, designing fun, modern pieces. Katie Vickery is a modern-day quilter who blogs, podcasts, and now does ...
The Modern Quilt Guild is a local chapter of a national guild, and it's a group of women. We're close to 40 women that are all modern quilters. So modern quilting is a spinoff of traditional quilting.
Geometric patterns are classics in modern design speak. But one that especially resonates these days is the triangle. Specifically, triangles laid end to end to create mesmerizing larger-scale geom… ...