Category Archives: design

Next in Line

December 27, 2011 – 8:53 pm

“It’s all relative,” is the message of this quilt. Bill and I had so much fun looking at the subtle differences between the blacks and grays used in this quilt. On the shelf all of the fabrics looked blue or gray but in the company of others, their different hues quickly became apparent. These colors [...]

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Mint Julep: transparency and the magic of negative space

December 23, 2011 – 11:55 pm

To the casual observer some of our quilts look pretty straight forward and easy to design. The trained eye, however, notices the subtle differences in proportions and in the use of negative space. Negative space is the the area around a motif or the space between the things that really stand out. In this quilt [...]

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So long, farewell FunQuilts, hello Modern Quilt Studio

December 19, 2011 – 8:52 pm

The picture above was taken in a few weeks ago and gives a hint as to what the new studio will look like. On December 22, we move the studio to our new digs. It’s hard not to remember the morning I woke up almost 13 years ago and decided to start a business in [...]

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modern eclectic in Transparency Quilts and American Patchwork & Quilting

December 16, 2011 – 8:24 pm

We had another design in mind for the last quilt that was to be included in Transparency Quilts. The final photo shoot was a few days away and I approached Bill, as I am known to do, at the last minute suggesting that we audition another quilt for the book. I had an eclectic stack [...]

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Transparency Quilts: arriving soon!

December 5, 2011 – 4:37 pm

As I did with Quilts Made Modern, I’m going to reveal one quilt from our new book in each post and write a little about the design thinking behind each project. We hung this quilt Share & Share Alike in our booth at Quilt Market in October. Although the construction looks complex, it’s a variation [...]

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