Modern Quilts: Designs of a New Century

The Modern Quilt Guild has produced a beautiful hardcover book, Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century, featuring color photos of over 200 modern quilts.  Thirty-two contributors to the book -- including myself -- are celebrating with a blog tour, and today is my day on the tour.

I am honored to have my "New Star Rising II" quilt featured in this collection.  You can find my quilt on page 25 of the book.  My quilt will also be featured in a touring exhibit associated with the book; this tour opens April 1 at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio.  A full schedule for the touring exhibit will be updated here.

My quilt design is an exploration into transparency effects.  The original New Star Rising quilt was featured at Quiltcon 2013, where it won an award, quite unexpectedly.  That quilt was also purchased at the show, so I no longer have access to it.  The version of the quilt which is featured in the book is the second incarnation of the design; I made this version to keep for myself, and I was thrilled when it was accepted into this book in place of the quilt which was at Quiltcon.

It is an honor to be among such great company within this book.  I received my copy just the other day, and I am impressed with the quality of the book itself, along with the wonderful quilts on display.

The book was curated by Riane Manardi, Alissa Haight Carlton, and Heather Grant of the Modern Quilt Guild.  In addition to so many beautifully inspiring quilts, the book also gives a brief history of the modern quilting movement.  The quilts themselves are organized into categories which highlight various aspects of modern quilting.

In honor of the book release, my newly-released New Star Rising quilt pattern is available at a reduced price in my Craftsy shop, through the end of the blog tour.

Be sure to visit the other stops along the tour:

12/13/2017	Amber Corcoran	Fancy Tiger Crafts
12/14/2017	Heidi Parkes	Heidi Parkes Art
12/15/2017	Melissa Cory	Happy Quilting
12/16/2017	Penny Gold	Studio Notes
12/18/2017	Shruti Dandekar	13 Woodhouse Road
12/19/2017	Amy Friend	During Quiet Time
12/20/2017	Paige Alexander	Quilted Blooms
12/21/2017	Angela Bowman	Angela Bowman Design
12/22/2017	Lysa Flower	Lysa Flower
12/27/2017	Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill	Whole Circle Studio
12/28/2017	Jacquie Gering	Tallgrass Prairie Studio
12/29/2017	Christa Watson	Christa Quilts
12/30/2017	Heather Black	Quilt-achusetts
1/2/2018	Kristin Shields	Kristin Shield Art
1/3/2018	Krista Hennebury	Poppy Print Creates
1/4/2018	Cinzia Allocca	deux petites souris
1/5/2018	Suzanne Paquette	Atelier Six Design
1/6/2018	Yvonne Fuchs	Quilting Jetgirl
1/9/2018	Ben Darby	Huntspatch Quilts
1/10/2018	Nicole Daksiewicz	Modern Handcraft
1/11/2018	Kristi Schroeder	Initial K Studio
1/12/2018	Kathy York	Art Quilts by Kathy York
1/13/2018	Marla Varner	Penny Lane Quilts
1/15/2018	Brigette Heitland	Zen Chic
1/16/2018	Stacey Sharman	Hello Stitch Studio
1/17/2018	Stacey O'Malley	SLO Studio
1/18/2018	Kim Soper	Leland Ave Studios
1/19/2018	Steph Skardal	Steph Skardal Quilts
1/20/2018	Cheryl Brickey	Meadow Mist Designs
1/22/2018	Shea Henderson	Empty Bobbin Sewing Studio
1/23/2018	Katie Larson	Katie Larson Studio
1/24/2018	Katie Pedersen	Sew Katie Did