Quilting with a Modern Slant: People, Patterns, and Techniques Inspiring the Modern Quilt Community
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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.

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              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 Miller

               

              Acknowledgments

              Contributors

              Bibliography

              Metric Conversion Chart

              Photography Credits

              Index

               

               

               

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