Quilts Made Modern: 10 Projects, Keys for Success with Color & Design, From the FunQuilts Studio - Softcover

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.

Review Source: Professional Quilter Online Review Date: 2/23/11 Review Content:As long as I'm on a modern theme, I took a look at Quilts Made Modern by Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr, founders of Fun Quilts, a contemporary quilt design firm. The book includes excellent material on design and how to consider all the elements (or layers) of the quilt. The authors offer tips on using fabrics in particular designs. I loved their tip for looking for fabric in your stash at an online retailer to see how the color looks with fabrics you are considering purchasing. The book includes complete instructions for making 10 quilts. What I also found valuable was the discussion on why particular fabric and quilting choices work with each quilt.

The photography in this quilt book is visually stunning and many of the quilt designs are gorgeous. The emphasis is on color, hue, and scale. The authors' design principles are fully explained in detail. It is quite evident that the authors are quilting and color theory teachers by the way they explain each step so thoroughly from beginning to end in the quilt-making process. An excellent book for a beginner who is not particularly interested in quilts that look like their granny made them, although as an intermediate-level traditional quilter, I appreciated some of the hints and refreshers in techniques and color theory. Many of the quilt designs intrigue me and some may become my projects at some point.

The Design Notes after each quilt pattern and the three additional color variations per quilt further caught my attention. This book is a classic modern jewel. I was so impressed with it that I bought their Transperancy Quilts book afterwards and was not disappointed. --Donna Keating, July 13, 2012