Our January Exercise in Design
What Makes a Quilt Modern?
Here’s an excerpt:
According to the MQG, there are several characteristics that
often appear in modern quilts. These are:
- The use of bold colors and prints
- High contrast and graphic areas of solid color
- Improvisational piecing
- Minimalism
- Expansive negative space
- Alternate grid work
“Modern traditionalism” or the updating of classic quilt designs is also often seen in modern quilting.
Remember, a modern quilt will likely have some but not all
of these characteristics.
For the first three months of this year, the ChattMQG will
offer exercises in modern design. Each month we will examine a quilting block,
experiment with design on graph paper, and see what we can create.
The January block is the Quarter Square Triangle (QST) and
its four variations.
Here is the information we received at the January meeting:
Cut out the already-printed blocks, arrange them into
something you like on the graph paper provided, and have fun!
Please bring your graph paper design, pieced top, or finished quilt to our February meeting for show and tell.
Jean Larson will be doing a live tutorial on constructing the QST block immediately after our February meeting.
Jean Larson will be doing a live tutorial on constructing the QST block immediately after our February meeting.
