Quilting Inspiration from 100 Days of Modern Quilting It’s the fifth week of 100 Days of Modern Quilting and we will take a glimpse into a few of the things that inspire modern quilts. As with many other forms of art or craft, there is almost an unlimited number of sources of inspiration for a quilt. It is… Read More
100 Dagen – Week van de Vormen – Voorbeeld Quilt 2 Vertaling door Marina Brito de Campos voor Quiltersgilde MQG, origineel hier. Neverending Story Cara van Me? A Mom? Vraag: Wat was de inspiratie voor deze quilt? Cara: Ik heb, door middel van Flickr Swaps en pyjama’s van TJ Maxx, een aardige verzameling Heather Ross Munki Munki stoffen. Ik wilde… Read More
Holding a Member Quilt Showcase Our 2017 Programs Co-Coordinators, Maria Cardenas and Nicole Howe, had the idea of creating a showcase of our members’ quilts that would take the place of one of our monthly meetings. We didn’t want to put any style restrictions on the show, but we did want to have the show… Read More
On Modern and Traditional There are a lot of people in the quilt world who dislike the term modern quilting. While I often find the term inadequate to describe what is actually going on with a new generation of quilters, there is another word I find equally problematic: traditional. It is a word used… Read More
Improvisational Piecing from 100 Days of Modern Quilting Welcome to the forth week of 100 Days of Modern Quilting – the Week of Improv! Improvisational piecing (sometimes called free piecing or liberated piecing and shorten to “improv”) is just what it sounds like: sewing together fabric without always measuring and cutting to precise measurements. The freedom of piecing… Read More
100 Dagen – Week van de Vormen – Introductie door Latifah Saafir Vertaling voor Marina Brito de Campos voor Quiltersgilde MQG, origineel hier. In deze serie onderzoeken we het toepassen van vormen in quilts, vooral in moderne quilts. Aangezien we slechts 7 quilts kunnen tonen, concentreren we ons op de meest populaire vormen in moderne quilts: vierkanten, cirkels, driehoeken en… Read More
Colored Filled Quilts Tutorial Alexis’s quilt, Flight is the is the featured quilt for the Week of Color Tutorial Round-Up. We’re sharing tutorials from generous quilters around the web that will help you make your own color-filled quilts. Flight by Alexis Deise Alexis’s thoughts on color: The choice of colors for this quilt… Read More
Quilt Like an Artist Quilts are generally classified as material culture, objects made by people to suit their physical needs, rather than fine art, which is defined as creative art whose products are to be appreciated primarily for their imaginative, aesthetic, or intellectual content. While a quilt can be a useful item, the design… Read More
Using Glorious Colors from 100 Days of Modern Quilting Color, glorious color! As Helen tells us, “Don’t be afraid of using colour. I love the joy of colour against crisp white. As the Crowded House song goes, ‘colour is its own reward.’” DQS #10 by Helen Simpson As quilters, we have all the colors of the… Read More
