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The Modern Quilt Guild (MQG) will exhibit 25 modern quilts in a new show at the Texas Quilt Museum, on display from Jan. 7–March 27, 2016, including this amazing quilt by Sherri Lynn Wood.

Take a close up look at Sherri's quilt by clicking here or on the quilt picture.

The exhibit, “Modern Quilt Guild at the Texas Quilt Museum,” will feature 25 quilts made by MQG members from around the country. Modern quilts began making their way into the mainstream in 2009, and the Guild now has 10,000 members worldwide. This is also the MQG’s first-ever juried exhibit in a museum venue. It is sponsored exclusively by EZ Quilting.

MQG members from around the world were invited to submit a design to the juried show. Quilts were selected by the co-founders of the Texas Quilt Museum with recommendations from the MQG staff and board.

“I am excited about the collaboration between the Modern Quilt Guild and the Texas Quilt Museum,” says Jacquie Gering, chair of the MQG Board of Directors. “It has been a pleasure to work together to create an exhibit to showcase quilts from the members of the Modern Quilt Guild. I’m sure it’ll be a great show and definitely worth a road trip to the Lone Star State!”

For exhibitors, this is a unique and exciting chance to show their work in a world-renowned quilt museum.

“It's been an honor and a great opportunity to be embraced by the Modern Quilt Guild movement,” says exhibitor Sherri Lynn Wood. “I'm thrilled to have a piece included in this exhibition representing the many facets of the movement and its aesthetics, including improvisation and flexible patterning, which I've been practicing for 25 years. I'm glad to see improv catch on in the modern quilt community. It's a branch that promises to evolve the movement even as it attracts more of the mainstream public to the delights and expressive potential of quilt making.”

Visit the exhibit at the Texas Quilt Museum from Jan. 7–March 27, 2016, and see more information at texasquiltmuseum.org. General admission to the museum is $8 for adults and $6 for seniors and students.