Working with Solids from 100 Days of Modern Quilting Solids. They often play second fiddle but this week we’ll take a look at some quilts in which they play the lead role! Baby Harvatine Quilt by Alissa Haight Carlton, 2010 All quilts are designed with composition in mind, but when you work with all solids, there’s no busy or… Read More
Usage of Prints from 100 Days of Modern Quilting Detail of Jill’s Stamp Collection by Elizabeth Hartman Fabulous print fabric is often the jumping-off point for an even more fabulous quilt. Whether we’re working with one great print, a collection of coordinating prints, or a combination of prints pulled from various places, quilters today have an amazing array of… Read More
The Positive Effects of Negative Space Today’s tutorial isn’t a how-to, it’s more of a what’s it all about. Our “What is Modern Quilting” statement says that modern quilters use negative space in their quilts. So, what is negative space and how can we use it effectively as we compose our quilts? Urban Garden by Jacquie Gering… Read More
Quilt Design: Finding Elements Have you ever thought about how much visual stimuli you take in, in one day? Image you are driving down the road, you are simultaneously processing visual information that helps you drive your car correctly; for example, the signs you see on the road, what you’re seeing on your dashboard,… Read More
100 Dagen – Week van de Vormen – Voorbeeld Quilt 3 Vertaling door Marina Brito de Campos voor Quiltersgilde MQG, origineel hier. De volgende vorm in de week van de Vormen is de cirkel! Isobel Piper, haar blog heet To Ithaca, heeft deze prachtige quilt gemaakt, genaamd Ring Quilt. Het is haar interpretatie van Joelle Hoeverson’s Color-Wheel Quilt uit… Read More
Junior Guild Makes Quilt for #SoaringEagles By members of the Junior MQG of Broward County To tell you a little about ourselves, we are a high school class that is taught on four levels. During our level three course, we learn and execute the basics of piecing, quilting, and design that goes into making a… Read More
Orlando Modern Quilt Guild’s Quilts for Pulse Project: Our Experience Organizing a Large Charity Quilt Drive In response to the tragic Pulse Nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, Orlando MQG established a quilt drive to collect quilts for the victims and families of those killed. Due to an incredible response from around the world aided by social media and news coverage, we were… Read More
Un Cover de Violeta: Cómo la obra de otro artistas, puede ser una fuente de inspiración para un Quilt. Para una traducción al inglés, haga clic aquí. El 4 de Octubre del 2017 se cumplieron 100 años desde el nacimiento de Violeta Parra, quien fue cantautora, pintora, escultora, bordadora y ceramista chilena, considerada una de las principales folcloristas en América del Sur y gran divulgadora de la música… Read More
A Violeta Cover: How Artists from Different Disciplines can Inspire Quilts For a Spanish translation, click here. October 4, 2017, was 100 years since the birth of Violeta Parra, who was a singer-songwriter, painter, sculptor, embroidered, and Chilean potter, considered one of the leading folklorists in South America and a great popular music disseminator of Chile. Her work… Read More
Same But Different In early 2015, a photo of a dress went viral on the Internet. It drove so much interest, as people could not agree on the color of the dress. Some saw black and blue, while others saw white and gold. Neuroscientists have studied human perception for many years, trying… Read More
