I love contemporary art quilts and the creativity that goes behind them.

I like both. Recently, I have started incorporating both into my quilts. It's fun to piece a quilt and then embellish...I make traditional quilts for most of my gifts but when I want to let loose...I play and see what happens...adding a little paint, a little bit of jewelry, a few pieces of yarn....is just plain fun for me. I have a hand piecing project for when I am traveling....I have several traditional quilts on the design wall that are slowly getting finished and I have two art quilts in progress as well. For me it's the best of both worlds.

Love modern quilt designs and am personally going in that direction. Like the balance between structure and openended-ness.

Mixed feelings!

I'm always disappointed when I go to an advertised Quilt show and find they are all Modern. Not that they aren't pretty, but it just doesn't sit right.
MK

I enjoy looking at "modern" quilts, and respect the artistry, creativity, and work that goes into them. For that reason alone, I maintain my subscription to Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. But for me, I am a traditionalist at heart, and all the quilts I make are from traditional patterns.

So I guess I sit on the fence and admire and enjoy the grass on both sides.....

I don't make them but often am WOWed by the ones I see.

I tend to make traditional quilts with off-beat fabrics.

I am not much into the modern stuff; but the nice thing about quilting is that you can do what you want, how you want. I don't ever plan to "show" my quilts and I am only trying to please myself and the ones that are receiving my quilts. There are such a multitude of patterns and fabrics out there that don't limit us to this Modern stuff. I just say "Each to his own".

I always told my friend Karen I would never quilt. I admired the work that went into traditional quilts, appreciated the time and effort, but they just didn't "move" me. Then she took me into a quilt shop! Who knew there was so much gorgeous fabric out there?!? But I was only going to make pillowcases. Then I went home and started googling, and stumbled on some modern quilts. Well, it was all over! That was almost exactly one year ago: I now own a vintage Bernina, two shelves of fabric, tools everywhere, and all I think about is quilts!!

So, if it weren't for modern quilts, I would have more money, more space, and fewer friends! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Any quilting is good, but I'm sticking with traditional. Just a personal preference and I have seen some great "modern" looks.