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 ...

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 ...

When Alissa Haight Carlton and Latifah Saafir organized the first Modern Quilt Guild meeting in Silver Lake in October 2009, they hoped they would find a few other like-minded quilters who wanted to ...

Pat Van Burkleo wasn’t looking for a hobby when his mother decided she wanted to make quilts for her grandchildren. Quilting was new to her, and she wanted her son’s input on picking out fabrics and ...

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 ...

Quilting a Future: Contemporary Quilts and American Tradition explores how society is reflected in art and design, specifically within quilting. The exhibition demonstrates quilting traditions, ...

PARK CITIES, Texas - Just a few years after landing her dream graphic-design job, Kristi Schroeder knew she had to quit. It wasn't that the job wasn't great - it was. It wasn't that she didn't still ...

Lake Metroparks Farmpark will be presenting Quilts 2026, a celebration of traditional and contemporary quilting, that will be ...

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 ...