Make Modern - New Issue Day!

Do you subscribe to Make Modern, a beautiful magazine written by quilters for quilters and delivered digitally to creatives across the world?

Today is a new issue day! Guess what? Issue 37 is a milestone for me, since I’m featured in Meet the Maker!

“When blogging blew up around 2010, and Flickr was the space for photo sharing, modern quilting exploded with a number of fresh faces taking up quilting, blogging about their makes and starting a renewed interest in quilting. Rachel Hauser, of the blog Stitched in Color, was one of the quilters whose blogs we all turned to for inspiration and education – in fact, both MM’s Creative Director, Kristy and Business Manager, Lara, both attribute Rachel’s blog with fuelling their personal quilting obsessions.”

— intro to Meet the Maker article by Jane Kelly

Since Make Modern is digital, it’s affordable and accessible. You can enjoy it on your computer, tablet or phone, knowing that the money you spent is going to the actual creatives behind the articles and patchwork patterns, instead of to printing and shipping costs. Win-win!

I’ve already enjoyed a few articles from Issue 37 myself. It has a lot of practical topics, like choosing quilt background fabrics, making a plan to use precuts and options for securing threads if you must start/stop quilting on the quilt top itself.

Here are some of my favorite projects from the new issue. The green quilt would look fantastic on the wall in my new house and the pink one is a clever secret message baby quilt with a pattern that spells out ‘I Love You’ in binary code!

But my favorite part of issue 37 is the feature on making fabric postcards. Good information and so much inspiration! There is a whole gallery of postcards made by Make Modern readers. What a fun way to stay connected with loved ones during the pandemic!

about Make Modern

Make Modern was created over five years ago by four Australian quilters. It’s published 6 times a year. You can purchase individual issues, a subscription or an All-Access pass.

Here are a few covers that caught my eye, just to give you a feel of other issues:

Each issue is 100+ pages jam-packed with modern quilt patterns designed by talented quilters from all over the globe, articles to inspire and teach you something new, and interviews with your favorite quilt designers. Issues are delivered as PDF files, to be read on your favorite device, with patterns printed as you wish. Nothing to store, lots to enjoy!

There are lots of Make Modern quilts (plus small projects) that I could see myself making.

Patterns are suitable for beginner quilters to advanced. Articles about modern quilting aim to make you smile, inspire you to quilt outside your comfort zone, and start making modern quilts today.

Make Modern is sold in Australian dollars, which means it’s even cheaper than you might at first think (if you’re not Australian). A single issue is just AU$10 (approx. US$7, CA$9.5, €6 or £5.5). You can checkout with any credit card. Of course, if you choose to subscribe, the rate gets even better!

Keep in mind that prices are shown in Australian dollars in the shopping cart. To find out the up-to-date conversion to your currency, just ask Google. For example, type “10 AUD to USD”.

All Access Subscription

Interested in quilt patterns from previous issues? For a flat fee (approximately US$72, CA$94, €60 or £55) the Make Modern All Access Subscription gives you instant access to all 37 issues of Make Modern, including 300+ full quilt patterns, plus an annual subscription with 6 new issues delivered to your device each year all from the one, simple link. That's a saving of over AU$250.

Do you already have a Make Modern subscription, but not the All Access one? You can choose to upgrade now by purchasing the All Access Subscription. Then email Make Modern to request a refund for the remaining balance of your old subscription. They’re happy to oblige.