Modern Quilting Defined

This week we're taking a moment (over here) to answer the question "what does modern quilting mean to you?"

(Image from Denyse Schmidt, who broke the
art of quilting down simple enough for me to feel
that I could give it a shot in the first place.)

To me modern quilting means sewing according to our "modern" lifestyle. We're busy--we have jobs, families, things to take care of. We don't have a lot of leisure time, but we're setting aside some time to make creative choices in our lives. Unlike quilters of the past, we haven't been honing our sewing skills since a young age--when we make mistakes, we work them into our design as reasonable idiosyncrasies, and move on. We appreciate the handiwork of skilled quilters, but admire the resolve of our fellow makers who are teaching themselves to sew and quilt as time permits.