Modern Quilts the book!

Modern Quilts
the book!

see page 86!

I have finally received my copy of Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century by Riane Menardi, Alissa Haight Carlton, and Heather Grant.  The book is fantastic! And, I'm not just saying that because my quilt is in it!

It is a delightful visual feast full of incredible modern quilts.  Eye candy for the image junky! I love this book, and please don't laugh at the reason why, it doesn't have too many words.  I do love to read, but for quilts, I like looking at the pictures.  And this is one of those books that is full of fabulous pictures. I have been pouring over the pages, and adding new quilt artists to follow on Instagram, and then repeating.  Plus, all proceeds from the sales go towards helping the Modern Quilt Guild.  The authors did a wonderful job of curating images for this very special collection!  Kudos!

As for my quilt? I am incredibly honored and humbled to be included in this collection of talented artists.  You can read more about i Quilt here (when it won best in show)

or here, when I blogged about how it was made.

Mostly, I am just so excited to be part of the Modern Quilt movement.  The book discusses how the Modern Quilt Guild got started, which somehow escaped my radar.  I remember when I heard about the Austin Modern Quilt Guild and started attending meetings.  But the biggest impetus for me was when QuiltCon began in Austin.  Since I live here, it was easy to attend, and I did. I loved, loved, loved the quilts.  And, because I am old and slow, it took one of the younger generation to tell me about Instagram.  (Thank you so much for that, Heather Grant!!!).  Instagram was where I learned about hashtags and helped me connect in a much more efficient and daily way with other modern quilters.  It changed my world.

Meanwhile, I thought it might entertain you to see some never before shots of the i Quilt.  :)

i Quilt with my favorite Marimekko mug, and green IKEA couch

i Quilt, flying on the beach

i Quilt, posing on a lovely bay front cupola

Today is my day for the blog hop to promote Modern Quilts.  If you are interested in buying a copy you can get one here. You can also find a LOT of images from the book on Instagram, #modernquilts
If you are interested in seeing some of the other artists participating in the blog hop, please see below.

12/13/2017	Amber Corcoran
12/14/2017	Heidi Parkes
12/15/2017	Melissa Cory
12/16/2017	Penny Gold
12/18/2017	Shruti Dandekar
12/19/2017	Amy Friend
12/20/2017	Paige Alexander
12/21/2017	Angela Bowman
12/22/2017	Lysa Flower
12/27/2017	Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill
12/28/2017	Jacquie Gering
12/29/2017	Christa Watson
12/30/2017	Heather Black
1/2/2018	Kristin Shields
1/3/2018	Krista Hennebury
1/4/2018	Cinzia Allocca
1/5/2018	Suzanne Paquette
1/6/2018	Yvonne Fuchs
1/9/2018	Ben Darby
1/10/2018	Nicole Daksiewicz
1/11/2018	Kristi Schroeder
1/12/2018	Kathy York
1/13/2018	Marla Varner
1/15/2018	Brigette Heitland
1/16/2018	Stacey Sharman
1/17/2018	Stacey O'Malley
1/18/2018	Kim Soper
1/19/2018	Steph Skardal
1/20/2018	Cheryl Brickey
1/22/2018	Shea Henderson
1/23/2018	Katie Larson
1/24/2018	Katie Pedersen