Contemporary quilts ideas

Here are 25 more free and easy patterns, for a ton of quilt inspiration! Many of these are big block quilts that go together quickly. Also...

I made this improv quilt in 2012. Here's how I made it: How to make the blocks improv / free form quilt block number 1 improv / free form quilt block number 2 improv / free form quilt block number 3 improv / free form quilt block number 4 improv / free form quilt block…

There was so much to take in as I walked through the quilts at QuiltCon, I did notice three things. 1) Curves 2) Hand-quilting 3) Upcycled materials. Click over to see all the quilts.

Budding Hand dyed silks, cotton sateen and various cottons, fused, machine quilted, mounted on painted wood panel. 11x14" $100 Email me...

One day last week, I saw this photo in the current issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. (design called Artfully Arranged by Amy Walsh) And the light bulb in my head went off. Last October I used a stack of Moda shibori fat quarters to make a giant nine-patch quilt top because I just couldn't cut into them. You can see it HERE. I didn't like it at all and almost immediately took it apart. The fabrics were set aside until a new approach made itself known. Once I saw that magazine photo, I…

Improv quilting. The modern scrap quilt?

I’m just back from a great weekend at QuiltCon 2020 in Austin, TX. I’d never been to Austin, but I’d heard great things about it, and it didn’t disappoint! You can ea…

Quote: Originally Posted by Christy I may have overlooked the explanation but when you say "farmhouse quilt"s, is it a certain pattern or is it a style of putting the quilt together? The longer I am a quilter, and it's only been about 4 1/2 years, the more I understand my way of choosing a quilt to make and that other people don't do that the same way as I do. Up to this point I have chosen a quilt by seeing something already done and deciding I would like to make that. I don't choose kits…