How exciting it was to receive this book in the mail! Each day I spend a little time enjoying the quilts and thinking about their makers.

Modern Quilts: Designs of a New Century is a beautiful, hardcover book that celebrates modern quilting in the context of the Modern Quilt Guild. It was curated by Riane Menardi, Alissa Haight Carlton and Heather Grant. The retrospective includes over 200 quilts, a brief history of the modern quilt movement and descriptions of characteristics found in modern quilts.

Two of my quilts were selected for the book: Coral Reef and Trestle Nestle. It’s a bit of a thrill to have them included and to see them in the company of so many quilts I admire.

Coral Reef appeared at QuiltCon 2015 in Austin,  the first major quilt show that I entered or attended. What a surprise it was to win the Quilting Excellence Award that year! All those lovely hours of hand quilting make this one of my all time favorite finishes. You can read the rest of the story about Coral Reef in this post.

The large format of the book allows the quilts to take center stage.

Trestle Nestle was selected to go to Savannah last year for QuiltCon East 2017. Improvisational piecing and hand quilting, my favorite techniques, are used in this quilt.

The motif was inspired by a local railroad trestle on a wonderful walking and cycling trail near my home. Here it is on Christmas day, decked out in its festive finery.

It has been so interesting to read the backstories of many of the quilts included in the book. Below you’ll find  links to all the sites in case you’ve missed some along the way.

12/13/17	Amber Corcoran	Fancy Tiger Crafts
12/14/17	Heidi Parkes	Heidi Parkes Art
12/15/17	Melissa Cory	Happy Quilting
12/16/17	Penny Gold	Studio Notes
12/18/17	Shruti Dandekar	13 Wood House Road
12/19/17	Amy Friend	During Quiet Time
12/20/17	Paige Alexander	Quilted Blooms
12/21/17	Angela Bowman	Angela Bowman Design
12/22/17	Lysa Flower	Lysa Flower
12/27/17	Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill	Whole Circle Studio
12/28/17	Jacquie Gering	Tall Grass Prairie Studio
12/29/17	Christa Watson	Christa Quilts
12/30/17	Heather Black	Quilt-achusetts
1/2/18	Kristin Shields	Kristin Shield Art
1/3/18	Krista Hennebury	Poppy Print Creates
1/4/18	Cinzia Allocca	Deux Petites Souris
1/5/18	Suzanne Paquette	Atelier Six Design
1/6/18	Yvonne Fuchs	Quilting Jetgirl
1/9/18	Ben Darby	Hunts Patch Quilts
1/10/18	Nicole Daksiewicz	Modern Handcraft
1/11/18	Kristi Schroeder	Initial K Studio
1/12/18	Kathy York	Art Quilts by Kathy York
1/13/18	Marla Varner	Penny Lane Quilts
1/15/18	Brigette Heitland	Zen Chic
1/16/18	Stacey Sharman	Hello Stitch Studio
1/17/18	Stacey O’Malley	SLO Studio
1/18/18	Kim Soper	Leland Ave Studios
1/19/18	Steph Skardal	Steph Skardal Quilts
1/20/18	Cheryl Brickey	Meadow Mist Designs
1/22/18	Shea Henderson	Empty Bobbin Sewing Studio
1/23/18	Katie Larson	Katie Larson Studio
1/24/18	Katie Pedersen	Sew Katie Did

(Thanks to Yvonne@Quilting Jetgirl for sharing this nifty table with all the links!)

When you purchase directly from the MQG, 100% of the profits and royalties of your purchase benefit the Modern Quilt Guild, a non-profit 501(c)3.

This weekend I’ll be at a retreat with my friends from the Bainbridge Island MQG and I’ll be taking my copy of the book so they can enjoy it, too. I’d love to hear your comments and I’ll reply just as soon as I get back home.