What is Modern Patchwork Quilting?

re: What is Modern Patchwork Quilting?

LindaM@8 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:01:29 GMT

I'm so glad to see articles on making something useful with modern techniques. While I love to look at art quilts, I don't really make them because I like to make something that can be used.

re: What is Modern Patchwork Quilting?

Judith300 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:30:53 GMT

I have just become aware of Modern Quilting. Some people create beautiful designs. When done well, the quilts are strikingly lovely and relaxing to look at. I'm going to keep my antennae up for more Modern Quilts.

re: What is Modern Patchwork Quilting?

Sarah Vee — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:51:35 GMT

I agree with Candyce3 - the quilting can be non-traditional shapes as well as straight lines. I think as well that modern quilts more often than not contain some asymmetry - whether it's the block layout, proportion of different colours, and the quilting design. Modern quilting is exploratory and I would argue, increasingly artistic, but at the size of bed quilts. Modern quilting takes advantage of the mass amounts of large scale prints on the market as well as creating solely solid colour quilts back into fashion,. We'll see how 'modern' looks again in 10 years - already I think it's trending back towards solids and prints together.

re: What is Modern Patchwork Quilting?

candyce3 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:53:45 GMT

I don't think it is always straight lines of quilting. I have seen lots cirlces and swirls but "simple" quilting, not dense.