Quilting with a Modern Slant
People, Patterns, and Techniques Inspiring the Modern Quilt Community
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
"May does a marvelous job of capturing a moment in the modern quilting movement, as well as the viewpoints and opinions of the creators" (Library Journal, starred review).
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 seventy 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.
"An encyclopedia of modern quilting . . . Like a good host, May serves as an enthusiastic introducer, teacher, and cheerleader." —Publishers Weekly
"The bounty of creativity is inspiring, and the variety of quilts featured will open the readers' eyes to all of the aspects of this popular movement . . . This volume belongs in all quilting collections." —Library Journal (starred review)
"Light in tone and visually beautiful . . . Quilting with a Modern Slant will become the book on modern quilting by which all others to come will be measured." —Craft Nectar
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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 quilting admittedly hard to pin down, but proudly inclusive is a hybrid of the other two, resulting in quilts that "perform both a design and functional purpose." May divides her book into seven sections with titles that reflect the whimsy and experimentation that help define modern quilting, including "A Sense of Play," "Improv," and "For the Love of Color." Within those chapters, she presents modern quilters ("Meet"), such as Angela Walters, David Butler, and Caro Sheridan; offers directions ("Project") for techniques like paper piecing and for quilts, like Sherri Lynn Wood's modern t-shirt quilt; and covers history and museums. Sidebars cite quilters' blogs and places to donate quilts, among other information. Crawls at the bottom of pages define words ("Quilt Lingo") and blurbed quotes from quilters and their blogs are scattered throughout for encouragement. Like a good host, May serves as an enthusiastic introducer, teacher, and cheerleader.
