When Alissa Haight Carlton and Latifah Saafir organized the first Modern Quilt Guild meeting in Silver Lake in October 2009, they hoped they would find a few other like-minded quilters who wanted to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lauren Hunt is quick to point out that her quilts aren’t like your grandmother’s. And her quilting skills weren’t passed down through her family, either. The 27-year-old refers to a ...

Michelle Kitto of Urban Spools sewing lounge displays some of the modern quilts she and her others have made. Shari Lidji cutting fabric for a commissioned quilt she's creating for a client at her ...

When your catchphrase is "This is not your Mama's quilting," you know things are going to have a modern vibe. The Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild was founded in 2011, and social media has helped it grow ...

At the Modern Quilt Guild’s QuiltCon in Georgia earlier this year, the best-in-show quilt looked like a 1,000-carat, princess-cut diamond. The show also included geometric quilts, negative space ...

A quilting revival is afoot. This isn't news to the 500 members of the Austin-Area Quilt Guild, who are putting on their biennial Capital of Texas QuiltFest this weekend. Nor to the 1,000 quilt fans ...

Fabrics are lighter, brighter and bigger prints, with a lot of architectural or irregular florals, said Elaine Johnson, who owns Harper's Fabric and Quilt Co. in Overland Park, Kan. Also popular are ...

When an exhibition of minimalist, hand-stitched quilts from Gee’s Bend, Ala., went on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2002, the collection of 60 quilts by former slaves and their ...

Find the Modern Quilt Guild on Facebook by searching “Inland Northwest Modern Quilt Guild.” When people think of quilts, they likely imagine a classic quilt like grandma used to make … conjuring up ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lauren Hunt is quick to point out that her quilts aren’t like your grandmother’s. And her quilting skills weren’t passed down through her family, either. The 27-year-old refers to a ...