The Westside Modern Club gathered last night at The Pine Needle Quilt Shop.
This was our second gathering. We plan on meeting monthly (except for December)
We are about learning, sharing and challenging each other in this new quilting trend.
In this blog, you can find links to many of the resources that we shared and learned about.
Geri shared her impressions from the Houston International Quilt Show.
Modern Quilting is HOT.
It is about color and solids, and the feeling is "enthusiasm" and the attitude is "possible."
She shared some trends in Modern Quilting.
Look for words and numbers on fabric, lots of empty space,
solids, chevrons, ikats, black-white and a bright, and themed prints.
Other resources that were shared are two new Magazines.
Click on the Magazine cover to be taken to subscription information.
In October we were given this fabric and challenged to come up with a 12" block.
Here's what we came up with.
Here are the links to some great Blogs
about Modern Quilting.
Announcements of newest releases of patterns and fabric collections
Color inspiration: a photograph-inspired palette is posted daily.
Beautiful! Designer: Jessica Colaluca
Fabric manufacturer Dear Stella.
Announcements of new fabric lines and their inspiration.
and co-author of Block Party, The Modern Quilting Bee
Julie Herman, pattern designer, author of Skip the Borders,
designed Creative Grids Hex’n More ruler
Cherri House, author of City Quilts
Kathy Miller, co-owner and creative director of Michael Miller Fabrics.
Announcements of new fabric lines and their inspiration.
Online recipes using pre-cuts (charm packs, fat quarters, layer cakes and jelly rolls)
Local artist Elizabeth Hartman, author of Modern Patchwork
and The Practical Guide to Patchwork. Excellent online tutorials.
Information on guild meetings, special events and activities
Angela Walters, professional longarm quilter, fabric designer and author of
Free-Motion Quilting and In the Studio with Angela Walters.
Angela’s first fabric line (Art Gallery) is Textures, inspired by her quilting designs.
Pam Raby's Blog
Rita Hodge, quilter from Melbourne, Australia
Katie Pedersen, co-author of Quilting Modern
Jacquie Gering, co-author of Quilting Modern
Tula Pink, fabric designer for Free Spirit Fabrics,
author of Quilts from the House of Tula Pink
And here are just a few of our favorite books
about Modern Quilting.
