Posts tagged: "modern quilts"

  1. Amazing quilts for men (+ giveaway!)

    Posted by on May 16, 2013

    Quilts-for-guys patterns seem few and far between, don’t they? Sure, in theory you can take any quilt pattern and make it in typical masculine colors. But we quilters want our work to amaze and astonish. And if your goal is to get that kind of reaction, finding just the right quilt for men in your [...]

  2. You’re invited: a baby-quilt blog tour! (+ giveaway)

    Posted by on April 18, 2013

    You’re right on time! So glad you could make it to our Modern Baby baby shower—a blog tour featuring sweet, cuddly quilts for babies on the way (or those who’ve just recently arrived). Follow along for the next two weeks as some of today’s hottest designers share their favorite baby stories, introduce you to their [...]

  3. A quilt-tip scavenger hunt (+ giveaways!)

    Posted by on February 25, 2013

    Ready to go on a quilt-tip hunt? Bestselling author Amy Ellis has invited Stitch This! readers to be a part of the blog hop for her new book, Modern Basics II. But wait—this is no ordinary blog hop! Instead, Amy has dreamed up a very special cyber scavenger hunt for you. Here’s how it works: [...]

  4. Beautiful quilts from top bloggers (+ 19 giveaways!)

    Posted by on January 22, 2013

    (Right: “Lanterns in the City” by Audrie Bidwell) Pair simple modern quilt designs with the internet’s best modern quilt blogs and what do you get? A fresh, innovative—and at times downright daring—approach to quiltmaking. Today we’re celebrating the release of Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe, and it’s a delight to introduce you to the [...]

  5. Simple modern quilt designs (no art degree required)

    Posted by on January 15, 2013

    Modern and traditional styles of quiltmaking continue to ebb and flow into one another, and Amy Ellis designs quilts from both ends of the spectrum. But what many of Amy’s fans love best is her knack for making chic, graphic quilts that are just plain easy to sew. In short, her simple modern quilt designs [...]

  6. Colorful, quick, striking – solid quilts!

    Posted by on November 27, 2012

    Welcome to the world of Pippa Eccles Armbrester, a new designer of modern quilts who’s creating a buzz. There’s good reason for all the fuss about her modern patchwork quilt patterns: They’re colorful. They’re quick. They’re striking. They’re solid! By now you’ve noticed that interest in solid fabrics has skyrocketed. Most every fabric company has [...]

  7. Blog tour! Skip the Borders – quilt binding ideas

    Posted by on October 2, 2012

    Today it’s a delight to welcome back Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts, a designer who’s taken the modern quilting world by storm. She and her new book are touring the blogging universe, and we’re thrilled to be a host on that tour! We first spotlighted Julie in an August blog post about her book, Skip [...]

  8. Learning to Stack the Deck

    Posted by on September 3, 2012

    I have a confession. Although I’ve read every one of designer Karla Alexander’s bestselling books, I’ve never made one of her quilts. It’s not that I don’t think they’re fabulous, I just didn’t think the stack/slice/shuffle/sew method was for me. Maybe it’s because I’m a traditionalist. Maybe it’s because I’m a stickler for precise piecing [...]

  9. Break the rules – skip the borders! (+ giveaway)

    Posted by on August 9, 2012

    Is it possible to be a modern quilter and a traditional quilter at the same time? Ask designer Julie Herman. She’s the founder of the Philadelphia chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild. Her modern-quilt blog, Jaybird Quilts, is followed by thousands. Her easy modern quilt patterns have been featured in nearly 20 publications, from McCall’s [...]