When her friend suggested she try quilting, her immediate response was NO—quilting is old; it is brown, and too traditional. That is what Jenni Grover, past president of the Chicago Modern Quilt Guild, believed when her friend, a graphic designer and maker, brought up the idea. Grover thought that as an exuberant lover of color, she had no business quilting. Not too long after, Grover did learn how to quilt with her best friend, Natalie.