Modern Quilting Board
 

Does anyone know if there is a quilting board like this one that is dedicated to modern quilting. I am interested in doing a modern quilt and would like some ideas.
Would it ever be possible to add a modern quilting section to this quilting board???

You could just start a new "modern quilts" thread....

Isn't modern quilting just the same as any other style of quilting? I don't mean to be rude, but I always just thought that it was like how some people like civil war quilts, some like appliqué, some like hand quilting and some like longarm quilting... We are all quilters after all :D A detailed work of art, some batting and a backing lovingly stitched together!

There may be some modern quilting group pages on Facebook. Try there. I don't know of any other website like this one for quilters.

If you simply want ideas, go to Pinterest and search for Modern Quilts. Other than the design of the top, they are made the same way as any other quilt. Maybe you just want design ideas? There should be a plethora on Pinterest.

Totally agree .... start a thread here, so we can all benefit!

Where I get confused is ...
it seems there is a not a true-blue definition of a "modern quilt" or what "modern quilting" is.

Lots of variations as to what fits the modern-style.



As for myself, I did not like modern quilts and always shook my head against them.
(Or perhaps I should say, according to my own definition!)
............yet have noticed that the last year or so,
my own preferences seem to be heading in that direction .... weird, eh? :)

This thread got me thinking. To me modern quilts are geometric designs, lots of negetive space and generally stark color contrast. But then I thought, nope that's the old style Amish quilts! So I don't know!

Eisy - I've wondered the same thing and think an actual "Section" should be considered on this board specpifically for Modern Quilting threads. It's a large enough topic that I think would support itself with multiple threads all relating to 'Modern Quilting' just like Vintage Machines, Swaps, Tutorials, etal.

Not sure how that happens but I'd support it!

Does anybody know of a modern-specific board? I'd be interested in checking that out.

Exactly ..... and where I get somewhat confuzzled! :)

...... or perhaps it is proof that, "everything old, is new again?"

I started quilting in a very traditional way and didn't really like anything that wasn't. But I have changed!! I see so many modern quilts that are just fabulous! If you mentioned machine quilting to me several years ago I would have thought the quilt world was going crazy. Not any more! It's all good :)
I love seeing the diversity of what people on this board make. And I've changed a lot myself.

A modern quilt guild started up near me, so I joined, and I enjoy the group a lot. I'd say the average age in this guild is much lower than the average age of the other guilds I've joined, but there are also members of my ancient generation. The younger members seem not to have been exposed to the traditional quilting world, so everything is new to them, and they tend to think that everything in modern quilts was invented by the modern quilt movement. At one meeting several people were talking enthusiastically about improvisational piecing, so at the next meeting I took in a vintage top, probably from the 1960's or 1970's, that used improvisational piecing, just to show that it's nothing new. I do like the quilts that these people produce, often using solids, simple piecing, and lots of negative space. As a longarm quilter (not professional), I love all that negative space, provided it's well quilted. I think it's wonderful that the modern quilt movement has resulted in so many younger people starting to quilt. It doesn't even bother me when they think they invented it, LOL.

Hello Eisy! I agree with some previous comments-- use a thread on the 'Main' forum, and talk about the modern quilting theme as much as you like. You don't really need a specific 'modern' forum on Quilting Board, just a thread. As long as people keep posting to a thread and talk about quilting in it, it should continue to be available on Quilting Board. Maybe you could invite your modern quilting friends to post on this thread and share ideas, tips, photos, and projects here.

Or is it that you want a different web site that has modern/better graphics, and/or technical saavy? There are other platforms, like Craftsy, Etsy, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, etc. that are more 'up-to-date' than this site, where you can find a modern quilting audience and/or ideas. Maybe that's what you are looking for?

Why don't we just use this thread. :)

I have made several quilts from the Modern Quilt Studio, http://www.modernquiltstudio.com/. I like their patterns and kits.

I’d love to learn more about modern quilting. I wasn’t sure about it at first, but I’m really beginning to like it.

The modern quilt look grows on one! Although I decorate with more traditional colors and patterns, I enjoy experimenting with smaller quilts and miniatures. The overall design of any quilt takes into perspective all art principles. Yes would be fun to have a section on this new dimension of quilting!

https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/

The link will take you to the Modern Quilt Guild. Lots of information there. I am a $$ member, I am not sure what maybe available for free.

Also there are many MQG's on the web. You can find them on Facebook, Instagram etc.

Then there are various blogs for modern quilters.

The only guild I belong to is the Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild. There is a whole lot of study/thought about what makes a quilt "modern". There is an excellent national Modern Quilt Guild and they have a definition on their website:
Modern quilt characteristics are but not limited to: use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid work. Modern Traditionalism, or the updating of classic quilt design is aLso seen as modern quilting.
The annual QuiltCon show is a great show of spectacular modern quilting. There is a huge amount on the web, and most modern quilting guilds have websites for you to browse.

i think difference between modern and Amish is - Amish use traditional block patterns, traditional hand quilted patterns that compliment the blocks/or quilt,and modern is just pieces of a traditional block sewn most of the time in unconventional pattern, so to speak, ways or free form pieces, with lots of negative spaces and very tight machine quilting...at least most that I have seen..that's my personal definition, anyway.

check on facebook it might be there.

Here's a link to the Modern Quilt Guild

https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/

It has lots of resources and would probably answer most of your questions.

I just came home from the Portland Modern Quilt Guild meeting. I am a newbie to the group. It is fabulous! It's held on the third Thursday evening for two hours from 7-9 pm. It's funny, inspirational, informative, charitable, creative, lovely group of very talented people, various ages from young to old (like myself) and just plain fun! There's many charity projects to get involved with, each month has a speaker or some sort of presentation, always a raffle or drawing of some sort, table of "freebies", challenge projects and a great social outlet. I come home with a new idea and a renewed motivation and inspiration. One thing I have learned is that there is no one meaning for "modern quilting". Tonight we had a great presentation on English Paper Piecing which I learned to do when I was a kid from my Grandmother! Go figure!

The biggest difference I see is the fabrics tend to be more tonal and solid as the base of modern quilts. They can be curvalinear and geometric patterns. More about a mood than an intricate design. Traditional can be made modern by color choice and arrangement. That is as close as I can come to describing modern quilts. Any body care to chime in to help me describe modern quilts?

Here is my first and only modern quilt. Had fun making this one. I used batiks, tonals, and solids. I did go back later and add some echo quilting to the bottom.

I would agree that there is no one thing that defines Modern Quilting, at least to me, but I know it when I see it. We just had an interesting speaker at our guild, Jessica Skultety, who does mostly improvisational piecing. Take a look at her website and Instagram to get an idea. I have always been a more traditional quilter, but she was inspirational.

To me, Modern quilting relates to geometic, etc. designs/patterns as opposed to most of the traditional quilt patterns ... although there is probably some "overlap" in some designs. When I look for "modern", I'm not looking for a traditional block pattern that has been randomly moved around. I look for something fresh and different ... somewhat unique in design. I guess "contemporary" could apply here.

See crazymomquilts.blogspot scroll to end of a post she has links to 98 other blogs also of modern quilts. I found her by chance some years ago when I read a bit about modern quilts and wanted to know about low volume fabrics etc I usually visit her site and several of the links to other blogs just for inspiration.
The site Reddit also has a quilts/R/ there might be a modern quilts reddit group perhaps...

Another example of everything that is old is new again.

LOL Great minds think alike!

If I had to describe my idea of Modern Quilt quilts, as I see them today, Gees Bend meets Amish. They are loosening up the early idea of all geometric all solids.

I do hope we get more quilters who embrace all that is Modern. The more quilters on the planet all the better to keep shops and expos still going on.

Well said!

As far as how I view Amish vs modern, amish is usually black background and modern usually white or grey background.

I'm so glad you brought this subject up, I've been wanting to make this modern take on the irish chain for a while but lost the pattern link and couldn't remember what it was called - I just found it again searching for modern irish chain quilts lol so thanks so much.

http://www.genxquilters.com/2015/10/...t-pattern.html