Quilting with a modern slant: people, patterns, and techniques inspiring the modern quilt community

Modern quilting allows artists the freedom to expand on traditions and use fabrics, patterns, colors, and stitching innovatively to create exciting fresh designs. In Quilting with a Modern Slant, Rachel May introduces you to more than 70 modern quilters who have developed their own styles, methods, and aesthetics. Their ideas, quilts, tips, tutorials, and techniques will inspire you to try something new and follow your own creativity - wherever it leads. Rachel May is an organizing member of the Boston chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild and a lifelong crafter who has focused her energy on quilting for the past 6 years. She teaches writing classes and is currently a Ph.D. student of English and Cultural Studies with a focus on quilts and narrative at the University of Rhode Island. Her writing has received multiple awards, including two Pushcart Prize nominations. She lives in Rhode Island. Find Your Inspiration Modern Quilting gives artists the freedom to play with every element of the quilt, to improvise and build on the aesthetics of traditional and art quilts, and to welcome inspiration however it strikes. Tour the varied world of modern quilting through the stories and works of more than 70 of its most exciting artists. Along with a compelling inside look at their creations, the quilters offer step-by-step instructions on favorite improvisational techniques and quilting projects. Introduction Six Steps to a Quilt What You'll Need Find Your People What is Modern Quilting? 1: A Sense of Play Weeks Ringle & Bill Kerr Quilters Unite! Broadband Rashida Coleman-Hale Andrew Mowbray Yoshiko Jinzenji Angela Walters Free-Motion Quilting Paisleys Jagged David Butler Miriam Blaich Kathy Mack Rebecca Loren Grandmother's Fan Variation Anna Williams 2: Improv Rossie Hutchinson Credit Where Credit Is Due Fraction Quilt Gee's Bend Quilts Katie Pedersen Kyoung Ae Cho Rayna Gillman Improv Piecing with Scraps Nancy Crow Victoria Findlay Wolfe Curvy Dresden Improv Piecing Denyse Schmidt Curved Piecing Sherri Lynn Wood Modern Memory Lane T-Shirt Quilt Danielle Krcmar 3: The Personal is Political Kristin Link Chawne Kimber Denise Burge Michelle Engel Bencsko & Gina Pantastico Betz White Line Bruntse Alice Webb Greer Finishing Your Quilt Jan Johnson Bullion Stitch Museums Discover Quilts Laurel Krynock Alexandra Ledgerwood Donating Quilts Lee Heinrich Blogging Advice Thomas Knauer 4: Quilting From Tradition Anna Maria Horner Bouquet Reading Up on Quilt History Pepper Cory Log Cabin Block Allison Harris Amish Quilts Aneela Hoey Hand-Quilting Basics Kathreen Ricketson Tacha Bruecher Paper-Pieced Pillow Katie Blakesley Katy Jones Vanessa Christenson Cynthia Mann Starting a Business 5: For The Love Of Color Amy Butler Elizabeth Hartman Alexis Deise Amy Keefer's Color Culture Natural Dyes Elizabeth Barton Kaffe Fassett Malka Dubrawsky Resist Dyeing Pieces-of-Eight Pillow Sonia Delaunay Monica Ripley Dyeing with Avocado Pits Red & White Quilts Creating Your Own Fabric Kim Eichler-Messmer Kelle Boyd 6: Practicing Scale(s) Jane Sassaman Jacquie Gering Ashley Newcomb Paper-Pieced Heart Heather Grant The Modern Quilt Guild Debbie Grifka Star Variations Milky Way Valori Wells Jessica Kovach Aimee Raymond Caro Sheridan The Four-Patch Trick 7: Coming Full Circle Valerie Maser-Flanagan Geta Grama Stacey Shrontz Fusible Web Applique Quilting with Kids Laurie Matthews Lisa Mason Caroline Mason John Q. Adams Men Who Quilt Summer Twist Quilt Inspiration Maritza Soto Pippa Eccles Armbrester Reverse Appliqueing Ovals Virginia B. Johnson Opening a Shop Sarah Fielke Melody M