Quilting with a Modern Slant: People, Patterns, and Techniques Inspiring the Modern Quilt Community Author: Visit Amazon's Rachel May Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1612120636 | Format: EPUB
Quilting with a Modern Slant: People, Patterns, and Techniques Inspiring the Modern Quilt Community Description
From Publishers Weekly
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 quilting—admittedly hard to pin down, but proudly inclusive—is a hybrid of the other two, resulting in quilts that “perform both a design and functional purpose.” May divides her book into seven sections with titles that reflect the whimsy and experimentation that help define modern quilting, including “A Sense of Play,” “Improv,” and “For the Love of Color.” Within those chapters, she presents modern quilters (“Meet”), such as Angela Walters, David Butler, and Caro Sheridan; offers directions (“Project”) for techniques like paper piecing and for quilts, like Sherri Lynn Wood’s modern t-shirt quilt; and covers history and museums. Sidebars cite quilters’ blogs and places to donate quilts, among other information. Crawls at the bottom of pages define words (“Quilt Lingo”) and blurbed quotes from quilters and their blogs are scattered throughout for encouragement. Like a good host, May serves as an enthusiastic introducer, teacher, and cheerleader. (Feb.)
Review
“In this collection, writer and crafter May profiles some of the big names in modern quilting and some quilters who are lesser known but whose work is quietly helping to redefine the possibilities of quilting. The book is divided into seven sections, each focusing on a particular aspect of modern quilting, such as improv, color, scale, or a theme (e.g., “the personal is political,” “coming full circle”). The bounty of creativity is inspiring, and the variety of quilts featured will open the readers’ eyes to all of the aspects of this popular movement. There are some fantastic patterns and tutorials throughout, but what sets this work apart is its emphasis on quilt makers rather than on quilt making. VERDICT May does a marvelous job of capturing a moment in the modern quilting movement, as well as the viewpoints and opinions of the creators who have made modern quilting into an enduring form of expression. This volume belongs in all quilting collections.” — Library Journal Starred Review
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- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 28, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1612120636
- ISBN-13: 978-1612120638
- Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 9 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I sent for this book from the American Amazon website, not the UK one, because I had won an online voucher which was only redeemable from the former site. I had doubts as to whether it would arrive safely, or even at all, across the Atlantic, but it made it before the predicted time of arrival in pristine condition! It is not available here yet, so felt doublely excited!
In fact I first discovered quiltmaking when my husband came back from the USA on a business trip with a copy of "Quilts, Quilts, Quilts!" for me in his suitcase as a gift, in the late 80s, which shows how old I am, 60 next week! Until then, I had made clothes (since a young girl) and some English paper pieced patchwork, then the perennial curtains (drapes), blinds, cushions (pillows) and so on after marriage. I was so excited by that book and sent for a rotary cutter and ruler/mat set via details in the back of the book - nothing like that was available here and no one I knew made patchwork in that way in blocks here in the UK at the time. It felt so much more creative than making clothes following patterns (which were becoming cheaper to purchase anyway) and I was totally hooked. I helped to start a local quilt group in the early 90s, was spurred from that into starting to draw and eventually made it all the way to art school to study Textiles part time (ending with an MA - "Master of Arts" degree) to my utter surprise! I taught Textiles on a degree course for 10 years following that until recent retirement, wrote a "serious" blog and took an academic view of all things Textile.
The point of this long winded story is to prove - quilting changes lives! True, here in the UK art schools don't do much quilting, if at all, they take a more conceptual approach to textiles.
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