Quilts get super sleek and ultra modern with these gorgeously graphic designs that use lots of open space to show off the simplicity of the quilting. Add a splash of sophistication to your home by draping one over your bed or couch, or change up the color palette to make one for baby's room. These beginner-friendly quilt projects work well with any decor, in any room, for everyone in your family!
Summer 2012
Modern Minimal is perfect for anyone who has been admiring the bold modern quilts that use mainly solid fabrics, but been too timid to attempt one. With a wonderful take on graphic quilts, author Alissa Haight Carlton helps readers get over their fear of negative space on a quilt top. There are chapters on both white negative space and colorful negative space. Her projects feature stylish yet deceivingly simple quilt patterns. With an entire chapter dedicated to improvisational piecing, readers learn how to master the art of randomness. As an added bonus, each of the 20 patterns has two suggestions from Carlton on how to quilt your piece. For those interested in graphic quilts, this is a must-have book.
* Modern Patchwork *Summer 2012
Join the modern quilt movement and make simple, yet boldly graphic quilts for your home. Remember that old adage Less is more? These quilts make a strong impact with less complicated designs and fewer, less busy fabrics.
* Scrap Quilts *Oct 12
The Modern Quilt movement is taking hold and is getting the lion's share of credit for bringing younger quilters into the world of quilting. Alissa Haight Carlton's book Modern Minimal presents instructions for creating 20 beautiful, colorful, graphic and modern quilts. If you have wanted to try your hand at creating a modern style quilt I highly recommend you start here. Modern quilts are different in that they are not built block by block as in a traditional quilt. Alissa's method of imagining the quilt as a whole and using just a few yards of beautifully colored solid fabric allows for fast cutting and easy assembly. These type of quilts provide greater areas for quilting and the book cov- ers both machine and hand quilting instructions. Beginner stitchers will achieve a sense of instant satisfaction because these quilts are put together using the 1/4 inch seam allowance and straight edge stitching. No complicated and often frustrating curves, triangle and other shapes to deal with. The basic quilt instructions included everything you need to know to make a quilt, from tools to how to assemble the quilt sandwich and finally quilting your quilt and adding the binding. Each project provides easy to under- stand cutting and stitching instructions as well as two suggestions on different way to quilt the piece. Give this book to someone you know just starting out or treat yourself and add a new quilt style to your quilting arsenal.
* Applique Society, The *Alissa Haight Carlton lives in Los Angeles with her filmmaker husband. She is one of the founders of the Modern Quilt Guild. Her work has been published in Stitch magazine, Quilter's Home, and Quilting Arts' Quilt Scene. When not quilting, she casts reality shows, including seasons seven, eight, and nine of Project Runway. Alissa blogs about her quilting at handmadebyalissa.com.