We're celebrating Modern Quilt Month at Q.I. This is the fourth of FIVE posts. According to The Modern Quilt Guild, modern quilts often use bold colors and prints, high
contrast, graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing,
minimalism, and/or expansive negative space. Enjoy!
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What Do You Call an Ugly Quilt, made by Mimi Pollow, quilted by Quality Quilterz
We really enjoyed this quilt, with its bright, complementary colors and big shapes... We're not sure how - or why - it earned its title!
In
any case, Mimi Pollow says, "Once I started piecing this quilt, I
realized that it did not start with colors and strips, but shapes. I
had to search the pattern picture to discover the shape and color of
each piece." Mimi credits the following modern quilt pattern: "Seren" by Michael
Caputo from Patchwork Paper.
Desert Rain, made and quilted
by
Sherrie Spangler
Here is a lovely piece of fabric art, with soft colors and wavy lines resembling rain. Sherrie Spangler says, "Streamers of desert rain touched by sunset inspired this quilt. I
painted and stamped all of the fabric, incorporating animal, human and
wind petroglyph designs. Gold glimmers in the sun breaking through the
rain."
Crazy Diamonds, made and quilted by Ann Adams
We love hexagons! There are some great fussy cut pieces along with precision piecing and fun, Tula Pink prints. Ann Adams says, "I constructed each diamond using hexagons, triangles,
half hexagons, and jewels. Each diamond uses its own color family with
Tula Pink lineworks fabrics. It is hand pieced, hand appliqued and hand
quilted using the English paper pieced technique."
Winds of Change by Saralee Schneck.
This lovely quilt refers to changes in the weather, observed as increases in fires and violent storms. The pattern source was Currents -
a contemporary applique pattern by Barbara Shapel. Saralee Schneck
says that she turned the (early 2000) pattern sideways to reflect the
prevailing winds circling our planet from West to East. The polar ice
caps (North and South) were represented in crushed velvet.
Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2024 Tucson Quilters Guild show.
