Originally Posted by
QuiltE
From MayInJersey and Tashana's posts ....
Modern quilts and quilters:
Make primarily functional rather than decorative quilts
I was surprised at this ... traditional quilts were very functional ... and to me, it seems that the more modern quilts have headed towards art and decorative, non-functionality.
Yes, JIMHO!
(and a further endorsement as to why clear definitions are important!)
That particular definition amuses me, too, as I think traditional quilts were functional to the extreme. However, I am drawn to the work of a lot of "modern" quilters and what I mostly see are solid colors, lots and lots and lots of negative space usually white or grey and a lot of straight line quilting - but not exclusive to straight line. Someone here said "I know it when I see it." and I have to agree with that.
Jackie Gering, co-author of Quilting Modern had a beautiful gallery of work here:
http://jacquietps.wordpress.com/
And her co-author Katie Pedersen also has a wonderful blog here:
http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/
But it is hard to corner a style and say 'modern', 'traditional', 'art', etc. I would NOT want to be the one making those decisions. I'd rather just enjoy the show.