This is your goto book for contemporary quiltmaking. But first, lets get started with this quick tutorial. Weeks ringle is a professional quilt maker and, along with bill kerr, is a founder of funquilts, a contemporary quilt design studio in oak park, illinois. Weeks ringle and bill kerr are celebrating their 20 th year as professional quiltmakers and cofounders of modern quilt studio, a design studio in oak park, illinois. Bill kerr is the author of the modern quilt workshop 4. Bill believes early american quilts were born of necessity but have been transformed into a vibrant contemporary art form. Search press a kids guide to sewing by weeks ringle and. Often we think about quilting with squares and rectangles of fabric. We only have two more months then over the summer i will post instructions to sew all the blocks into a great sampler quilt. Their first book, color harmony for quilts, is available in three languages. Popular authordesigner team of weeks ringle and bill kerr. And they articulate their theories of quilt design in the first 45 pages of the book. This month i decided on the theme of strips and made blocks 58, 63, 64, and 66. Bill kerr is one of the cofounders of modern quilt studio previously.
Editions 190 check fabric mutt 1 check fabric palette 8 check fabric traditions 73 check fabrique innovations, inc. Learn the basic paper piecing techniques while creating this unique variation of a mosaic block one that inspired the name of the class. Having written the first book on modern quilting, weeks and bill are pioneers of the modern quilt movement. Z quilt by jess at urban patchwork, based on the original design book club from the modern quilt workshop by weeks ringle and bill kerr. Jillily studio fabric, patterns, retreats and other. Its december, and that means time for the quilters book club. Pink lemonade by bill kerr weeks ringle quilt studio, quilting projects, quilting designs. Each quilt lists the skill level simple to advanced as well as the technical and design skills developed by working. Bill kerrs most popular book is the modern quilt workshop. They also have their own line of fabrics distributed internationally through free spirit.
They co wrote the first book on modern quilting, the modern quilt workshop, as well as. Bill kerr and his wife, weeks ringle, bring a modern twist to the great american quilting tradition with decades of quilt making experience. Bill kerr will be our january program presenter, as well as workshop instructor. January 8, 2015 guild speakerbill kerr of modern quilt. Bill kerr has a book featuring his quilt entitled xoxo. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Bill kerr is one of the cofounders of modern quilt studio previously funquilts along with weeks ringle. Their book a kids guide to sewing, written with their daughter, was released in 20. Local color quilt is a curved piece lovers dream, boasting a multitude of intertwining colorful circles. I heard the author, bill kerr, at a lecture my local quilt club hosted. Bill kerr and weeks ringle are professional quilt makers and founders of. Please welcome my guests weeks ringle and bill kerr, masters at improvisational piecing with one inch strips.
Weeks ringle and bill kerr see colors in a new way master the illusion of transparency with ten quilt projects, each with instructions for three sizes wall, lap, and bed design experts ringle and kerr show you how to select fabrics for striking, modern results. Bill kerr has 25 books on goodreads with 811 ratings. Buy quilts made modern large type edition by weeks ringle, bill kerr isbn. Looking for a bookcasequilt pattern quiltingboard forums. Log cabin pattern quilt in a day, and still stripping after 25 years, and more on. Maybe youll turn your library blocks into a brilliant quilt like the for mrs. Quilts made modern, weeks ringle bill kerr shop online. You can even create an entire quilt with bookinspired blocks using the book club pattern from the modern quilt workshop by weeks ringle and bill kerr. Photo by jim white photo we were fortunate to be seated at the same table as bill during dinner and had a front row seat for his warm narrative about their journey as quilt makers. Join ringle and kerr as they share magic inch quilts with. Here are links via amazon affiliates to the books well be discussing. Thats why the husbandandwife team of weeks ringle and bill kerr quilts made modern, cofounders of, spend time in the books first part defining and employing such color terms.
Weeks ringle and bill kerr have put together a nice book of nontraditional quilts. February 2020 bill kerr northwest suburban quilters guild. This book shows novice and expert quilters alike new ways of planning, designing. Farm girl vintage 2 book book of the month save 30%. English paper piecing is given new life when we recreate designs from this 1940s vintage quilt. Im not sure if its my favorite book, but it got me started on this crazy quilting journey and i. Weeks ringle and bill kerr are cofounders of modern quilt studio. Weeks and bill kerr are cofounders of modern quilt studio and have been making modern quilts since 1999. In part one of the new sewing with nancy series, bill will share how he and wife, weeks, like to begin a quilting project with an overall plan but make individual design decisions as they go along, as opposed to having a.
See all books authored by eleanor burns, including make a quilt in a day. They are the authors of the modern quilt workshop, the first book ever published on modern quilting, as well as quiltmakers color workshop, quilts made. Come check out all my patterns and books, notions and fabric. Make a quilt in a day 6th edition log cabin book by eleanor burns. A kids guide to sewing in this book by wellknown modern quilters weeks ringle and bill kerr, along with their 11yearold daughter sophie kerr, your customer will learn how to navigate a sewing machine, make smart fabric choices, and use basic sewing tools. I hope my designs will inspire you and give you one more excuse to go play in your sewing room. The book includes complete instructions for making 10 quilts. The book, written in collaboration with his spouse and business partner, weeks ringle, is the modern quilt workshop. Mr kerr came with a selection of patterns, fabrics, he and his wife designed, as. Popular authordesigner team of weeks ringle and bill kerr present their. Eleanor burns books list of books by author eleanor burns. Bill kerr, left, and weeks ringle, right, founded the modern quilt studio in 1999. Guild speakerbill kerr of modern quilt studio, quilts made modern modern quilt studio is composed of the team of bill kerr and weeks ringle. Learn to use basic shapes to create beautiful masterpieces.
Quilts made modern authors bill kerr and weeks ringle of funquilts are two of my favorite contemporary quilt designers. Books by bill kerr author of the modern quilt workshop. Favorite quilting book tracy here, and im writing about the first book i purchased as a modern quilter, the modern quilt workshop, by weeks ringle and bill kerr. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Popular authordesigner 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. Weeks ringle and bill kerr enjoy writing about quilt design, as well as planning and making quilts together. Through individual and group color explorations, you will develop analytical. If you dont have this book, you should get itamazing patterns in it. These modern quilt books offer a wide variety of contemporary patterns and designs. Weeks made her first modern quilt in 1987 to rethink the possibilities of the american quilt as being expressive of the time in which we live. Once again, i chose four blocks from the 100 modern quilt blocks, tula pinks city sampler book. To get the look, add in sections of white space on each row of books. Quilting americas true grand hotel, mackinac island, mi.
They are the authors of the modern quilt workshop, the first book ever published on modern quilting, as well as quiltmakers color workshop, quilts made modern, and transparency quilts. Patterns, techniques, and designs from the funquilts studio 9781592531523 by bill kerr. Their daughter also has joined in on the fun, coauthoring a kids guide to sewing. What i love most about their work is the thoughtful approach they take to designing. This has been our book club book all year, making four blocks each month. The chattanooga modern quilt guild is a group dedicated to learning and. Youll love the dramatic results you get with this modern approach to quiltmaking. Bill and weeks of modern quilt studio will share their technique from the new book magic inch quilts on sewing with nancy. Because even if you cant write the great american novel, you can whip up several of these blocks from colorful fabric scraps, and make a huge dent in your stash.
See more ideas about quilts, quilt making and quilting designs. Weeks ringle and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Theres a really wonderful pattern called book club in the modern quilt workshop book by weeks ringle and bill kerr. Bill and weeks are pioneers of the modern quilt movement, having written the first book on modern quilting. In these new modern quilting designs, the piecing technique and the color choices are equally as important as weeks and bills improvisational 1inch strips of color. Join me for parttwo of magic inch quilts on sewing with nancy with modern quilters and husbandwife team weeks ringle and bill kerr.
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