The Central Jersey Modern Quilt Guild is a member guild of the Modern Quilt Guild. We have 501(c)(3) nonprofit status through the Modern Quilt Guild.

We will meet every second Wednesday of the month at 7pm unless otherwise noted. Meetings are held at Pennington Quilt Works or via Zoom. Our meetings include group activities, short lessons, swaps, and discussions, as well as a show and tell of member quilts and the challenge for the month. Zoom links will be emailed to members.

Officers

President: Peggy Cooke
Vice President: Catherine Beach
Secretary: Sarah Paretti
Treasurer: Sue Dayner

What is Modern Quilting?

Everyone is familiar with quilts, but what exactly is modern quilting? For some answers, here are excerpts from the resource materials on the Modern Quilt Guild site.

MODERN QUILTING PHILOSOPHY
• Modern quilting emphasizes freedom in how to construct quilts.
• Modern quilting respects the dogma of traditional quilting, but doesn’t always follow it.
• Modern quilting is about the journey, rather than how you get there.
• Number one rule: be nice! Modern quilting is personal expression.

MODERN QUILTING DESIGN ELEMENTS
• Use of negative space
• No borders
• Minimal
• Bright and graphic color palettes
• Improvisational piecing
• Alternate grid work
• Asymmetry
• Modern traditionalism
• Exaggerated scale
• Pixelization
• Texture

Modern Quilt Guild members can access additional information on the MQG Community Resources page after they are logged in to the MQG site.