September 11 Show and Tell

Thank you to our four members who brought modern quilts to show! We appreciate seeing your interpretations of modern!

Pam P. used the Abstracts pattern by Joyce Lundrigan of Methodist Hill Quilt Studio to make a University of Florida quilt for her granddaughter. She quilted it on her Gammill Statler longarm machine. This design is modern because it is asymmetrical, uses negative space and bright fabrics, and is finished without a border.

Pam P. used the Flipping Coins pattern, also by Joyce Lundrigan of Methodist Hill Quilt Studio, to make this 66″ X 72″ quilt. It’s quilted on her Gammill Statler longarm machine. This design is modern because it uses bright fabrics with high contrast on negative space, with no borders – borders aren’t apparent because they’re made with the same fabric as the negative space.

Beth S. made Elizabeth Hartman’s Fancy Forest pattern into a 67″ X 91″ quilt. She quilted it on her Viking domestic machine using a walking foot to quilt a twisted ribbon design.

Because the quilt is so large, Beth quilted it in fourths. After each section was quilted, she used a quilt-as-you-go piecing method to join together the four sections.

Not that Beth is counting, but… the quilt has 1,734 pieces, and 43 different fabrics – half of which are fabrics she dyed herself. Batting is Quilter’s Dream Wool, and the quilt is finished with corded binding.

This quilt is modern because it uses bright, graphic fabrics with high contrast, and is made without borders – border strips are the same fabric as the background.

Janice T. and Mel T., mother and daughter, shared Damned Daughter, a 60″ X 72″ quilt that Mel asked for, and Janice obliged…apparently cursing her daughter as she made it! The name of the pattern is Dear Daughter, and is a BOM by Rebecca Mae Designs. Janice started the quilt in 2017, and quilted it herself on her Bernina 150 domestic machine. It’s modern because it’s made with bright, high contrast fabrics, and is borderless.

We make modern!

Our Modern Quilt Guild chapter formed expressly for quilters who enjoy making and sharing quilts made with modern aesthetics.

When completing your Show and Tell forms, please be sure to check all modern aesthetics for each quilt or made item that you show.

Our next Central Florida MQG meeting is Saturday, October 9. We’ll meet again at New Life Christian Church in Wildwood, starting at 10 am.

Program: The Positive Side of Negative will be presented by members Karen E. and Jane G. Members are invited to bring up to two modern quilts featuring negative space.