Tag: modern quilts

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Lee has been creating since she first discovered crayons at age 2! She’s from a family of quilters and learned everything from her mother, affectionately known as The Guru. She loves all things fabric – from zippy pouch to queen size quilt – and everything in between. With a love of color and bold graphic shapes, Lee enjoys designing patterns and teaching all types of classes, while sharing her adventures on her blog, www.maychappell.com. She is a trained graphic designer which shows in her clean aesthetic. Her work has appeared in multiple publications, including Stitch, Quiltmaker & Modern Patchwork. She is an active member of the Triad Modern Quilt Guild. Lee lives in beautiful North Carolina with Mack the Chihuahua.

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A native of Culpeper, Virginia, I learned various needle crafts from my mother, grandmothers, and Sewing 4-H club. As a young girl, I remember sitting on my grandmother’s shady back steps hand piecing Four Patches in the summertime. (The basketful of Four Patches with gargantuan running stitches is my longest running UFO!) In 1976 when the U.S.A. celebrated its bicentennial, there was a resurgence of interest in colonial crafts. That’s when the quilting bug bit me! Bed quilts, baby quilts, and wall quilts–all are of interest. I find inspiration from traditional quilt blocks and settings, but I applaud the Modern Quilt Movement as well. I enjoy the challenge of designing with parameters: challenge blocks/quilts, Jelly Roll and Layer Cake quilts, stash quilts, block swaps with friends. Visit Aby’s blog at abyquilts.wordpress.com and share her joy of quilt making!

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Nicole will describe her journey as a quilter and discuss features of the modern quilting movement, including the online community and different styles and techniques of modern quilting. Nicole Neblett is a modern quiltmaker, designer, instructor, and blogger. Nicole’s quilting life started in 2001 with the first quilt she made, a traditional sampler, but it wasn’t until she discovered the modern quilting movement in 2010 that she embraced modern quilting. Taking inspiration from everyday objects and places, she enjoys crafting quilts with vivid colors and graphic designs. Her work incorporates modern design principles with traditional and improvisational techniques to create quilts that fuse the traditional with the contemporary. Her work has been featured in places such as Sew Mama Sew, Modern Patchwork, Modern Quilts Unlimited, Craft Gossip, FaveQuilts, and QuiltCon. She teaches modern quilting workshops at places like Spoonflower and Thimble Pleasures. You may find what she’s been stitching at her blog, Mama Love Quilts.