In September we had Janean, the president of the local chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild give our presentation. She told us some of the ways that Modern quilters do things differently than Traditional quilters. They like to do bold patterns and colors, that often include a fair amount of negative space. Black and white is a popular color combination and quilts with high contrast in the pieces. They sometimes use non traditional fabrics as well as quilters cottons. Quilts can be made with large oversize blocks or there is a love of mini quilts as well. Janean shared that most modern quilters like to share their work on social media including Instagram. Some well known modern quilters are Latifah Safir, Camille Roskelly and Tula Pink. Thanks to Janean for a very informative presentation!
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| Linda's quilt |
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Here is one example of a modern quilt shared by Janean.   |
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| Cathie's Deck of Cards Challenge Quilt |
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| Cathie's Charity Orphan Quilt |
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| Jill's valance |
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| Jill's work |
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| BOM by Jill |
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| Front and back of charity orphan by Barbara |
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| Table topper by Barbara, back and front. The appliques are from a machine embroidery file. She used a hexagon quilt as you go technique. |
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| Another example of a modern quilt |
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| Linda's Deck of Cards Challenge |
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| Linda's I think |
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| Last example of a modern quilt |
