Wow, some fabulous quilts at that blog site, I loved every one of them! Thanks for the referral.

I like modern quilts, I like them all too. I see a lot of talent here. I just finished my 1st quilt for my bed and if I like the quilt on my bed.I'm in big trouble!

Have to laugh. The first quilt I saw, thought something was wrong with my computer.
I like all kinds of quilt types and dislike some of all quilt types. Depends on the quilt.

I'm late to the game, but weighing in. For me, "modern" quilts are fine. I've seen some I like, some I dislike, just like all quilting. And I also saw "modern" quilts long before the term "modern" came about. Most modern quilts, to me, are basically art quilts, some are well done, some aren't so much.

I also love modern quilters. Anyone who enjoys cotton is my friend. ;-).

What I'm not fond of is the labeling in general and specifically of the "modern movement". I'm hard pressed to think of any quilting style that has been so well labeled and so ORGANIZED. And honestly, I think the excellent organization is driven by industry. The "Modern Quilt Guild" is sponsored by Bernina, Riley Blake (which is owned by Coats, BTW), and some other big names. Without that backing, I don't think there would be a "movement". It's essentially a viral marketing campaign.

I also think the name "modern" is unfortunate. It's a bit polarizing because it implies that quilts that aren't "modern" are old fashioned. No wonder the "traditionalists" sometimes get offended. Leaders of the "modern movement" claim that their organization arose out of not being brought into the fold of traditional quilters. If so, then why devise such a polarizing and exclusive name?

Most of my quilts are made with ridiculously bright colors, and sometimes quite a bit of white space. I always say, I pretty much focus on the crayola 12 pack (yes, just the 12 pack, not even the 24 pack, let alone the extended packs! LOL). That said, while I own many hundreds of yards of fabric, I probably own about 10 yards of grey. Grey has never been a color of quilty energy for me. And I have too much fabric to buy more than a few pieces of the new fabrics, besides, I'm not all that much into the prints. They seem very 70's-ish to me, an era whose style I didn't love. In the truest sense, modern quilting is something I most likely will never do. So I'm a modern/traditional/contemporist? So there it is.

That'll be 2 cents, please ;-)

I like both. Modern works for me when I have fabrics that it would kill me to cut into smaller pieces, or if there's a certain fabric that I really love and want to show it off. I let whatever fabric I'm using decide what it wants to be. There are patterns on both sides that I do and don't like.

I made a modern quilt for the first time last year. It was for my daughter who was getting married, and who doesn't really like quilts. Probably because she thinks of "traditional" because that's my typical style. Fortunately the pattern didn't have a lot of improvisation because I'm better at following someone else's pattern! The quilt included a lot of grey and black but also lots of white and a little red for pop. I ended up loving it and (I think) she does too. She has promised me that if she has kids I may make them traditional quilts! Although I'm really a contemporary, I guess. Love the new fabrics and the old patterns.

A few days ago I saw a "modern quilt" that I really liked.But I have to confess, I find most "modern"quilts boring.I love challenging quilt patterns myself, I love to push myself, but that is just me. So many of the modern quilts have very simple construction, squares and rectangles mostly set off kilter and lots of negative space. I just find so many of them to be so darn boring.

I like both modern and traditional. I like to do a little of each. Wow, I did not mean I like that kind of modern.

I would call the pic more a scrappy than a modern but JMHO

To me modern is more solid colors and very little seam matching........most seem to be mostly geometric figures placed onto a background. Unless, they are the ones that are sewn by just putting mixed prints into traditional type blocks almost not being able to distinguish the various prints......but just another version of the subject.

Modern quilts are growing on me.

The beauty of quilting is that each quilter brings something new out in her quilt. I would not quilt if we couldn't do it different.

what is new today is old tomorrow...so the saying goes. My tastes have definitely changed since i first started quilting and the more different styles of quilting I have been exposed to is what I think has made me evolve as a quilter. So yay for quilt shows, quiltingboard and blogs!
I think it is the fabric and colors that make or break a quilt and what can determine amongst other things if it is modern or traditional.
I can love one quilt and dislike another done in exactly the same pattern just different fabrics and colors.
At the moment i do love modern and contemporary quilting but I also love retro..having said that I also do love some traditional quilting so who knows what I will like in years to come. I enjoy all styles of quilting and there is always something to be learned from all the wonderful people young and old that quilt and sew.

Isn't it a bit like telling Picasso and Monet what they did isn't Art? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The only sin is to try and fit it all into a defined "box". It would be a pretty bland world...

I'm new to quilting. My skills are . . . . as close to nothing as you can have and still have made a quilt, but I've been designing quilts in my head for years. I would call my style modern, but its based in modern quilts in the early 90s when modern meant reminiscent of modern art. The quilt I'm working on is a monochromatic fabric collage color blend so it doesn't fit in either category. How would you classify a bergalo quilt?

I have other ideas that are clearly in the modern category. When I can do asymmetric piecing and rectangles I have an idea for a black white and grey quilt inspired by birch trees (maybe with a pop of sky blue or leaf green). I'm not interested in tiling blocks or really specific patterns, but I do like quilts like rail fence where the blocks blend together and single block quilts. Im also really interested in pixel quilts. To me its all about the design of the quilt as a whole piece. I also love really only fashioned two color quilts, Hawaiian quilts where the quilting and intricate piecing design are the star, but that's way far off skill wise.

Soo I'm not sure where I am in the modern/traditional spectrum. Maybe I'm something else entirely.

Modern quilts with so much open space requires very good quilting in the open spaces. Im not that good and cannot aford to send out to longarmers. Otherwise I like them.

Requires? No, if by 'good' you mean fancy, that's just one option. There are a great many gorgeous modern quilts with uncomplicated/modern directional quilting using straight lines to accentuate the uncomplicated/modern geometric nature of the pieced pattern. Some even have wavy lines instead of straight ones...on purpose! That's something any quilter can accomplish and have pride in the end result.

Some examples (and tips) from the Modern Quilt Guild.
http://themodernquiltguild.wordpress...ps-and-tricks/

I haven't logged in here for ages, but, when I saw this conversation--I was compelled to chime in. I am a modern quilter, a member of a modern guild who only seems to be drawn to modern fabrics and construction.

First, I'm not sure anyone has made the distinction between ART quilting and MODERN quilting.

Art quilts are usually smaller, often embellished, irregularly sized/shaped pieces that are decorative in nature.

Modern quilts are made in modern fabrics, using a variety of patterns--often an interpretation of a traditional block. Modern quilts are made to be used, are mostly quilted on home machines, and frankly--there are no rules.

A misconception I want to speak to is: negative space is for fancy quilting? Not so, IMHO. Most modern quilters pride themselves in quilting bed sized quilts on their home machines. The quilting is to hold the layers together and highlight the great fabric choices. Straight lines, SITD, echoing, etc.

As a modern quilter, the biggest difference I can identify between traditional and modern is in color/fabric choices. Our QDO was yesterday, and my modern guild had a booth. I'm not sure it was coincidence that the modern guild booth was dead center in the room, but, in every direction were booths of traditional guilds. While we did display some abstract wall hangings and such (some of the traditional booths had smaller artsy pieces, too), we hung quilts made by our members, and the only significant difference between our booth and the others was color and fabric. The modern quilts read crisper in color and value, while the traditional quilts read more muted. Many of the blocks were repeated in both styles, but translated differently in fabric choices.

As other before me have stated, if it weren't for like-minded younger quilters to help me along this journey--I may not have ever sewed my first seam. The reason I realized I COULD quilt is because of the young bloggers who brought me tutorials online. I certainly have no one in my life who could teach me. So, perhaps my skills are not perfect and my points are a little off. With more practice, those things can resolve. At the end of the day, there are young, bright, creative people trying to keep the art of quilting alive.

As with all parts of our civilization, evolution is part of growth.

What is a Wagga? New word/acronym for me!