I've got exciting news. For the first time, I'm going to have a quilt in a show. And it's a big one! At Quilt Festival in Houston this fall, there will be an exhibit of The Modern Quilt Guild Showcase 2012 and one of my quilts was selected!
As you can imagine, I'm pretty psyched about this. Only 33 quilts were selected.
I made this quilt, titled Cantilevers, specifically to enter in the show. I think it's only quilt I've sewn that's entirely solids (well, there's a little bit of print on the back...shhhh... I didn't take any pictures of that yet). It was inspired by a building I saw driving home from a Philly MQG meeting. The building itself didn't have cantilevers but it had three offset windows that just got my mind rolling.
I think I'm most proud of the quilting. I did it all myself on my regular home machine. Thanx to Angela, I've really had the machine quilting bug lately. I'd love to buy a longarm, but I'm restraining myself for now. I practiced with a lot of doodling before starting on the actual quilt.
Anyway, there has been plenty of discussion online about what exactly is "modern quilting". I don't feel much need to add to it except to say that I definitely consider myself a modern quilter. I'll direct you to the Modern Quilt Guild's site to see what they have to say about the matter. But, no one gets to define you, so if you are or you want to be a modern quilter, then you are.
I've founded a local branch of the guild this year, the Central Jersey Modern Quilt Guild. If you're local, we want you to join us! We've been having a ton of fun so far...
So far, 2012 has allowed for more quilting for me than last year which is making me happy. I began and completed my first quilt in the first week of January. Hopefully I'll share that one soon. I'm trying to decide if I want to write up a pattern for it. And, since then, I've completed 2 others (including this one) and started 2 more. Yay for quilting!
JT
congratulations!!!
xxx Alessandra
Posted by: Alessandra | May 11, 2012 at 02:10 AM
Congrats -- its gorgeous!! I am so happy for you!!
Posted by: Tina in Boston | May 11, 2012 at 07:42 AM
Great colors and great quilting!
Posted by: Diane Fulton | May 11, 2012 at 10:45 AM
I'm super impressed that you did the quilting yourself. When I first saw the photos I immediately thought you had had this done by a professional long-arm quilter. Nice job!
Posted by: Amy Hodge | May 11, 2012 at 11:19 AM
So stunning!
Posted by: courtney | May 11, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Congratulations and thanks for representing us Modern Quilters!! Love the quilt design and the quilting.
Posted by: Tamie | May 11, 2012 at 06:29 PM
#1 - All the swirlies...I love them! I wish I understood quilting. Maybe I'm a post-modern quilter. LOL
#2 - 2013??? Please do not rush through the second half of this year quite yet... I haven't gotten anything accomplished!!
Posted by: Rachael M. | May 13, 2012 at 12:07 AM
Congrats, and your use of color in this quilt is so awesome! I really love it.
Posted by: Dana @ Water Penny | May 16, 2012 at 01:59 PM
Superbe! Congratulations!
Posted by: adele | May 16, 2012 at 03:26 PM
It is really great post. I would like to appreciate your work and would like to tell to my friends.
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