When an exhibition of minimalist, hand-stitched quilts from Gee’s Bend, Ala., went on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2002, the collection of 60 quilts by former slaves and their ...

May, a founder of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild, has created an encyclopedia of modern quilting. So-called “modern” quilting labels the latest category of quilting, following “traditional” and “art.” ...

Modern quilts aren't exactly what your great-grandmother used to make; they're brighter, bolder and embrace minimalist patterns and contemporary colour palettes. In short, they're cooler. And young ...

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When your catchphrase is "This is not your Mama's quilting," you know things are going to have a modern vibe. The Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild was founded in 2011, and social media has helped it grow ...

Magazine inclusion: The rail fence quilt block is part of the May 2026 issue of *We Like Quilting*. Pattern approach: It is made with strip sets and offers a variation for an alternate quilt design.

Stanford University computer science graduate student Mackenzie Leake has been quilting since age 10, but she never imagined the craft would be the focus of her doctoral dissertation. Included in that ...

Hillary Griffin, center, learns to sew a standard quilt block called "orange peels" from Valerie Luberecki during a meeting of the Modern Quilt Guild in Raleigh. Liz Condo newsobserver.com Since the ...

The Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild is showcasing the creativity and variety of modern quilting during its ninth annual exhibition this weekend at Southwood Nursery. The free show is designed to introduce ...

Respecting the craft In describing the allure of paper piece quilts, Leake cites the modern aesthetic and high level of control and precision. The seams of the quilt are sewn through the paper pattern ...