Quilts Made Modern: 10 Projects - Keys for Success with Color & Design - From the Funquilts Studio - Paperback

by Bill Kerr (Author), Weeks Ringle (Author)

Sophisticated Style with Simple Piecing

- Multiple sizes, alternative colorways, and design tips are included for all 10 project quilts
- Patterns range from "quick and easy" to "involved but inspiring"
- Learn about color theory, fabric selection, and elements of design
- Build your skills with step-by-step instruction and tips on piecing, hand or machine appliqué and quilting, and finishing
- This is your "go-to" book for contemporary quiltmaking!

You'll love the dramatic results you get with this modern approach to quiltmaking. Popular author/designer team of Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr present their design and construction methods with 10 projects, then show you how to transform their ideas into quilts that truly express who you are.

Author Biography

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.
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.

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.