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 ...

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 ...

Apparently, I'm hard at work hijacking our knitting blog in an attempt to turn it into a quilting blog. (In my defense, Peggy is the one who suggested I write about this book.) But even if you have no ...

Modern quilting is defined by its fabrics. Unless it’s defined by its colors. And, that is, if it isn’t defined by its patterns. You can ask four quilters and get four different definitions. But ...

I'm always caught up in the charm of those itty bitty precut 5 inch squares. I love the variety of fabrics and the smaller price tag of charm packs. I have a very hard time not purchasing them if I ...

This isn't your grandmother's "Log Cabin" quilt, and the Baton Rouge Modern Quilt Guild is OK with that. In fact, guild members are thrilled with the quilt's improvisational design, because it's been ...

In its most basic form, a quilt is two layers of fabric stitched together, often with a layer fof fluffy insulation sandwiched in between. In practice, quilts are a thrillingly diverse category — ...

An unexpected craft takes center stage in computer science Ph.D. candidate Mackenzie Leake’s M.S. ’20 Ph.D. ’21 doctoral dissertation: quilting. Foundation paper piecing quilting — popular in the ...