On-Demand Education: Minimalism

by Nicole Neblett

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What characteristics make a minimalist quilt minimal? Nicole Neblett, an Individual MQG member, answers this with her five key components that make a modern minimalist quilt. Nicole also walks through her tips for you on how to approach minimalist quilt design – she shows those tips in action by walking through her inspiration for the sample project and quilt pattern she’s designed. Here’s a hint – it all started with a picture of carpet!

Nicole Neblett

About the Contributor

Nicole Neblett is an award-winning modern quiltmaker, designer, instructor, and blogger. Her work incorporates modern design principles with traditional and improvisational techniques to create quilts that fuse the traditional with the contemporary. Her quilts have been featured in a variety of online venues including Spoonflower, Craft Gossip, FaveQuilts, and in several print publications including Love Patchwork & Quilting, Modern Patchwork, Modern Quilts Unlimited, and Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century. She has won awards for her modern minimalist quilts. Nicole has delivered lectures and led workshops on a variety of modern quilting techniques and concepts to many quilt guilds and groups across the United States. Find Nicole on Instagram @mamalovequilts