Modern quilting designs negative space

Today is my stop on The Quilter's Negative Space Handbook Blog tour. The Quilters Negative Space Handbook is a new book by Sylvia Schaefer of Flying Parrot Quilts. To celebrate the launch of the book, I'm going to talk a bit about how I design negative space in my quilts, specifically Picnic Petals.

Even when life gets crowded, it’s imperative to find mental and emotional space where you can rest from the daily hustle, even for just a fleeting moment. Negative space in quilting is like breathing room; it is found in little snippets of space between, behind, and tucked around shapes that create room to breathe with

modern quilting, quilters, and quilt exhibitions

Here are over 50 of my favorite quilts from QuiltCon 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the national quilt show of the Modern Quilt Guild. There are quilts from all the catgories: Modern Traditionalism, Maximalism, Minimalism, Use of Negative Space, Improvisation, Applique, Handwork, Small Quilts, and Piecing. Check them out and let me know your favorite!

negative space quilts, notan, Boulder Modern Quilt Guild

Quilting negative spaces on modern quilts results in achievable but stunning finished products. Using simple designs in an assymetrical manner is beautiful.

Modern quilt designs are inspiring more quilters to work with new ideas. Check out my list of modern quilt patterns in this post.

One of the questions I get most often is how I choose quilting designs. This customer quilt from a few months ago offers a great peek at how I come up with complicated-looking quilting designs that…

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