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I think it depends on the purpose if the quilt. For my bed, I prefer traditional. But if I do a wallhanging I would prefer it to be a little more "artsy".
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I love modern quilts. Not art quilts, really, just usable quilts in modern styles. I don't like my quilts to look like paintings, but I love beautiful fabrics and want them showcased in the quilt.
The oldies like GFG, Sunbonnet Sue, and Trip around the World... ho hum. Been there. Done that. That's just my opinion but I'm sticking to it! You will get as many opinions as there are quilters! |
Originally Posted by Sierra
I don't think of Gee's Bend quilters as "artistic" in the sense I think most people here are referring to which is deliberately arranging fabric (and now "embelishments") to make an outstanding design or picture. No doubt they were (and are) artist, but they were extremely poor and used what they could get to make a quilt of love, not of astounding beauty. The designs were innate and organic, like their music. Perhaps if you are beautiful enough on the inside it shows on the outside. Their quilts show us an ultimate in quilting in so far as with very little you can make an object of love and astounding beauty. They were not bound (could not afford to be bound) by the limits of blocks and yet they made those wonderful quilts... and thereby freed many of us who have been stuck within the block concept. Ahhhh, thank you lovely ladies from Gee's Bend!
I think a lot of people responding are confusing modern quilt patterns with art quilts. They aren't the same thing at all. |
When I make a quilt for myself or just to "make a quilt" with no one in mind, just to the process, I tend to do traditional design. For "quick" lap quilts, gifts, I tend to go the easier more modern designs.....just mix and match whatever I grab, cut it any old way and piece it!!!! and most of the time it comes out "cute"......I am amazed at the "art" quilts...altho I have a hard time calling that art form a "quilt"....in my mind quilts are to cover ones self with. I iike doing tablerunners in both "modern" and traditional depending on who/what reason I am making it. Altho I must say some of the offerings in the mags lately are so "modern" the fabrics seem to be a hodge podge of a fabric line....just to advertise the line....who cares about the quilt......JMHO
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Having been spending a serious amount of time quilting in the last 5 years, I have yet to find my nitch....traditional, modern, or landscaping. I am attempting all and appreciate others who dig in and do the same. Perhaps modern is my least favorite because I have not mastered the combination of colors and tone. But combining modern as a background and then overlaying a landscape sounds interesting.
As for Gee's Bend quilts, I truly love their optimism in improvising and creating not only a quilt for warmth but now days, a quilt for modern art. I commend the ladies and would do well to sit with them a full week learning their craft and filling myself with their beautiful harmonized music. What a bus tour they had on public television a few years back. Congrats to them. |
I like to make all kinds of quilts so the "trends" don't bother me. There is room for all styles of quilting and hope that continues. It is fun to learn new techniques and styles. :D
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To each their own. Some of the newer designs in magazines are very simple and for me, would not be a challenge. However I know the new generation of quilters are usually working and they do not have the hours to devote to complicated projects, so its fine with me. I do not enjoy a lot of the new Huge, floral, and busy prints etc, but I have my stash to keep me in fabric, plus if I need a specific color, I just over dye something I have on hand.
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Just like all other forms of art quilting has room for traditional all the way to modern designs and I love it all. We are so fortunate to have so many options in a craft that started out of dire necessity, keeping people from freezing. Today it still fills that same necessity, adornes our walls and has found it's way into fashion art. Aren't we fortunate to be part of such a diverse craft... Just my dollar and twenty-five cents worth. :-D :-D :-D
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
Quilting is like all art forms. There is room for everyone. I will like some things and not like some things, but in the end we are all quilters. If we all liked the same things, life would get pretty dull.
Personally, most super modern things are not for me. I'm a traditional girl, but I still respect the work and creativity that goes into the quilt. |
some i love, some look like my mistakes, lol!
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I love the traditional patterns. I just don't care for the "modern" look in quilting. To each his/her own though. :)
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
Quilting is like all art forms. There is room for everyone. I will like some things and not like some things, but in the end we are all quilters. If we all liked the same things, life would get pretty dull.
Personally, most super modern things are not for me. I'm a traditional girl, but I still respect the work and creativity that goes into the quilt. |
As the saying goes "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
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Originally Posted by Kehoeta
I'm straddling the line myself. I love the modern quilts, and have also enjoyed making the traditional quilts. I've found that many of my projects are now a blend of both.
Usually - my quilts are gifts so I use the process that fits the receiver. |
Originally Posted by Kehoeta
I'm straddling the line myself. I love the modern quilts, and have also enjoyed making the traditional quilts. I've found that many of my projects are now a blend of both.
Usually - my quilts are gifts so I use the process that fits the receiver. |
I'm not seeing many that I like. Most of the pattrens in the magazines are just too "muddy" that is, all the colors are about the same and they just run together. The patterns are mostly something you can dream up yourself and that is what I often do. I'm really not an "artsy" quilt person.
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I'm pretty much of a traditionalist but sometimes make uncoventional quilts which I guess could be called modern. I admire some of the art quilts I've seen but have neither the imagination nor the talent to make one. As for the Gees Bend quilts, at the risk of offending some board members, I think they're the ugliest things I've ever seen. I realize the makers used what they had but to call these quilts masterpieces is an abomination.
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Originally Posted by JADE D
I'm pretty much of a traditionalist but sometimes make uncoventional quilts which I guess could be called modern. I admire some of the art quilts I've seen but have neither the imagination nor the talent to make one. As for the Gees Bend quilts, at the risk of offending some board members, I think they're the ugliest things I've ever seen. I realize the makers used what they had but to call these quilts masterpieces is an abomination.
I do not care for them as art and I think they are rather ugly. But if they kept me warm I wouldn't complain. There is nothing wrong with any quilt that is made to do it's purpose but not all quilts are art. |
I love it. I think it makes all of us "stretch" our talents. Just like the quilting pioneers, we are all pioneers that keep it moving. The foundation is the same, but we all build our own layers. We create our own piece of art to express ourselves. It's good to see all of the hand arts returning; quilting, knitting, papercrafting, etc. Each person has their own perception of what art is!
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I take it quilt by quilt.
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I would love to add my thoughts to this discussion (don't I always? :mrgreen: ) but having read all the posts, I'm not really sure what the discussion is ABOUT and it seems to me that no one is really sure what Holice meant by her question and everyone is responding based on their own definition of a 'modern quilt' which is widely varied. Which for me makes the discussion rather fatuous. :?
PS, it suddenly occurred to me that the phrase 'modern quilt movement' perhaps referred to a specific, identifiable phenomenon that I wasn't aware of so I put the phrase into google - and this thread was the third result. :lol: Holice, I'm sorry if it appears I'm criticising your OP, I don't mean to and please don't take it personally and hate me forever! But I think your question requires more definition to enable a meaningful discussion. :-D |
Creativity and self expression is the main thing. We live in a world where freedom comes at such a high price for women across the world. Let them create and quilt in their own way. Long live creativity and inspiration! Therese
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Originally Posted by Candace
I love modern quilts. This isn't a new trend. Ghee Bend quilts made in the late 1800's were full on modern. http://www.google.com/search?q=gee+b...w=1021&bih=802
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I appreciate and draw upon all periods of quilting. However, I find it surprising how far quilting is based in the past, to the point of sometimes excessive conservatism. Quilting shouldn't be limited like that. It reminds me of when I was doing my A-level in music in the mid 90s, and everyone at school kept on going on about how terribly modern the piano pieces I was performing for my recital and exam were. As my percussion teacher pointed out in disgust, I wasn't playing a note written later than 1911.
I also find that mainstream quilting today is dominated by American quilting, which is itself a wonderful tradition, to the point where other quilting traditions get left out altogether. |
What trend? You don't specify . . .
I go with what I like no matter what the trend is because I didn't know that there was a trend that I was supposed to follow. My quilts range from art quilt wall hangings of my own interpretation to standard quilts that I quilt on my HandiQuilter. I don't think there is a "wrong way" to quilt. My 2 yen! Marcia |
I think that the great thing about quilting is that everybody gets to do it the way they like to.
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Originally Posted by k3n
I would love to add my thoughts to this discussion (don't I always? :mrgreen: ) but having read all the posts, I'm not really sure what the discussion is ABOUT ?
PS, it suddenly occurred to me that the phrase 'modern quilt movement' perhaps referred to a specific, identifiable phenomenon that I wasn't aware of so I put the phrase into google - and this thread was the third result. :lol: I immediately took it to be related to this relatively newly organized "movement" in the US (and based my response on it): http://themodernquiltguild.com/ These new guilds are being formed all over the country, just in the last year or two. While similar quilts are being made all over the world, I don't know if it's gelled into a noticeable influence elsewhere. |
Whatever floats your boat
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Originally Posted by MTS
Originally Posted by k3n
I would love to add my thoughts to this discussion (don't I always? :mrgreen: ) but having read all the posts, I'm not really sure what the discussion is ABOUT ?
PS, it suddenly occurred to me that the phrase 'modern quilt movement' perhaps referred to a specific, identifiable phenomenon that I wasn't aware of so I put the phrase into google - and this thread was the third result. :lol: I immediately took it to be related to this relatively newly organized "movement" in the US (and based my response on it): http://themodernquiltguild.com/ These new guilds are being formed all over the country, just in the last year or two. While similar quilts are being made all over the world, I don't know if it's gelled into a movement elsewhere. I hate the word movement but I don't know how else to describe it. So not US specific at all. ;-) :-D |
I belong to a quilt guild that is 25 years old. We see the old patterns and the new. Also see the art quilts and the utility quilts. I don't see much of a "movement" in this area. We are just a bunch of quilt lovers who do their own thing and lots of charity quilts and enjoy getting together to share our love of qulting. Don't know what they mean by "modern", quilts are ageless!
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Originally Posted by k3n
I would love to add my thoughts to this discussion (don't I always? :mrgreen: ) but having read all the posts, I'm not really sure what the discussion is ABOUT and it seems to me that no one is really sure what Holice meant by her question and everyone is responding based on their own definition of a 'modern quilt' which is widely varied. Which for me makes the discussion rather fatuous. :?
PS, it suddenly occurred to me that the phrase 'modern quilt movement' perhaps referred to a specific, identifiable phenomenon that I wasn't aware of so I put the phrase into google - and this thread was the third result. :lol: Holice, I'm sorry if it appears I'm criticising your OP, I don't mean to and please don't take it personally and hate me forever! But I think your question requires more definition to enable a meaningful discussion. :-D :) |
More traditional here !!! I do like some of the 'modern' but not very many....
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I continue to watch this thread hoping Holice will give his opinion!
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Originally Posted by mommafank
I continue to watch this thread hoping Holice will give his opinion!
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Originally Posted by Annie68
Originally Posted by mommafank
I continue to watch this thread hoping Holice will give his opinion!
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I too am waiting so I can understood exactly what is meant by "modern." I am pretty new to quilting and would love to know what is considered to be traditional, etc. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by pledig
I too am waiting so I can understood exactly what is meant by "modern." I am pretty new to quilting and would love to know what is considered to be traditional, etc. Thanks.
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Thanks, Geri. That helps.
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I don't think they should be compared. They are each an art form in itself. I personally love "old-fashioned" hand quilting and am not in the least interested in the newer forms of modern quilting. But to each his own!
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Originally Posted by Geri B
In what I consider "modern" the patterns often have large pieces to accomodate the larger, bolder florals, for example, and the pieces are often put together in such a way that it is sometimes difficult to discern the actual piecing. Colors/patterns are bolder and color combos are quite mixed. Some are very striking, but I have seen some in magazines that I have to wonder about...
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