Modern Quilting Made Easy

Modern quilting has taken the quilting world by storm with bold colors, minimalism, use of negative space, and alternate grid work. Inspired by modern design, modern quilters work in different techniques to achieve their distinct styles. This could mean experimenting with improvisation and patchwork or updating classic quilt designs. 

We gathered a few of the modern quilting online courses taught by experienced and award-winning instructors in the quilting world.

Visit their virtual classrooms and explore what each course has to offer. 

Explore Foundation Paper Piecing for Stunning Results!

Foundation paper-piece and sew inset circles for intricate and stunning patterns in fabric that are all your own! Becky Goldsmith teaches you the ropes and shows you difficult-looking techniques that are deceivingly easy! The Bullseye Quilt is a perfect design when it comes to playing with color. Becky shows you how the colors and values in each ring work together to create an exciting quilt. The class covers the Center Circle, Ring 1, Ring 2, and the Corners that form the block in the 9-block quilt. Once you see how it's done, you will be ready to choose the fabric for your quilt with confidence.

Sign up for Bullseye Quilts from Vintage to Modern

Traditional 9 Patch Blocks go Modern with a Little Fracturing

Improv piecing is a technique not bound by strict rules; it is a method that allows imagination and intuition to piece or appliqué a variety of fabrics together. A classic quilter's favorite, the Nine Patch Quilt Block is adapted to a modern design and used to teach you improv techniques. Modern quilt designer Carole Lyles Shaw calls this improvisational process "fracturing" the block because she uses straight cuts to slice apart a pieced block and sew it back together.

In this workshop, learning the improv piecing process starts with a traditional block: the Nine Patch Quilt block. The original nine-patch design disappears, and a unique improvisational block emerges that will surprise and delight your friends. A gentle introduction to modern quilt design, this workshop uses all straight seams–no complex piecing required.

Sign up for Fractured Disappearing 9 Patch Improv: Traditional to Modern Workshop

Learn Perfect Piecing with this May Chappell Favorite

Half Square Triangles (HSTs) and Flying Geese are the essential building blocks of many traditional and contemporary quilt designs. Lee Chappell Monroe, the host of Creative Spark's The Quilting Hour, is an expert quilter who is here to break down each step of the blocks essential for every quilter's basic toolkit. Learn the best practices to cut, stitch, trim, and assemble these elements. Master these blocks and you, my friend, are unstoppable.

Not only do you walk away with an understanding of HSTs and Flying Geese construction, but you will use the Lulee's Garden Quilt pattern (included in the course) to learn how to put the blocks together in a cohesive design.

Sign up for Lulee’s Garden Quilt: Perfecting Your Piecing Series

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