Quilts Made Modern

Weeks Ringle teaches a class on designing modern quilts at Craftsy.com and has written articles about modern quilting for American Patchwork & Quilting, American Quilter, Quilts Japan, and American Quilt Retailer. Weeks and Bill Kerr are co-founders of Modern Quilt Studio and have been making modern quilts since 1999. They are the authors of The Modern Quilt Workshop, the first book ever published on modern quilting, as well as Quiltmaker's Color Workshop, Quilts Made Modern, and Transparency Quilts. In 2011 they launched Modern Quilts Illustrated, the first magazine dedicated exclusively to modern quilting, which is sold worldwide. Weeks, Bill, their daughter Sophie, and their cat, Mies, live in Oak Park, Illinois.When he's not working in the studio, Bill Kerr is a professor and head of the art department at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. Weeks Ringle and Bill are co-founders of Modern Quilt Studio and have been making modern quilts since 1999. They are the authors of The Modern Quilt Workshop, the first book ever published on modern quilting, as well as Quiltmaker's Color Workshop, Quilts Made Modern, and Transparency Quilts. In 2011 they launched Modern Quilts Illustrated, the first magazine dedicated exclusively to modern quilting, which is sold worldwide. Bill, Weeks, their daughter Sophie, and their cat, Mies, live in Oak Park, Illinois.

Mar 11The husband wife phenom pair of Bill and weeks has put modern-style quilts in the mags for years. With this, their second book, they're actually defining classic style. This book is absolutely gorgeous in its photography and presentation, and the quilts are to die for! The projects are clean and simple but subtly sophisticated and very approachable for all skill levels. And, there is a good range of techniques throughout so there's no boredom. One of favs is Birds On A Wire, featuring hand appliqued finches as seen from Bill and Week's kitchen window. Another fav is Fashion District, a beautiful blend of bold prints in an arrangement that will have you diving into your face fabrics like yesterday! Confession time: many of the mod quilts around today notably use a lot of solid fabrics. At first glance, we saw these beauties live at Fall Quilt Market last year, and they're actually made of tone-on-tone prints, some very small and delicate with very little color contrast. The effect this creates in the quilts is soft and warm, and it's a design lesson we're taking to heart.