Meg Callahan

Meg Callahan's portfolio is filled with the wonderful range of decorative art and design objects that you'd expect to see from a RISD graduate, but it's her quilts that really stand out in my mind.

Callahan's textiles strike the perfect balance between the modern and traditional, drawing not only on historic designs, geometric patterning and hand-stitching, but also embracing the contemporary with abstracted patterns and shapes, as well as newer methods of production such as digital printing and industrial machine quilting. You can see more of Callahan's work on her website, and purchase some of these beauties at Matter.

(Via Tomboy Style)

comma workshop

I've been admiring the work of a few different quilters lately, and was especially pleased to come across these beauties, by Kerry Larkin of Comma Workshop. Her collection utilizes a modern aesthetic to explore the traditions of storytelling and quilt-making, with a very lovely result. I especially love the various ways in which she utilizes text as a means of decoration for these.

(Via Poppytalk Handmade)

Kim Eichler-Messmer quilts

I can't decide if I would rather curl up under one Kim Eichler-Messmer's hand-dyed quilts, or hang it on the wall as a work of art. Either way, their beautiful patterns and the way that the colors look like they're melting into each other are simply stunning.

(Via TeenAngster)