Improv quilting ideas

As a teacher, one of the questions I get most often from students in my Improv classes is “how do you know what to do?” followed closely by “how do you know when it’s finish…

The Quilting Edge: Wonky Curves Tutorial

Met the man behind the improv quilting movement, Nicholas Ball. Discover his beautiful quilts, techniques and tips on finding inspiration.

In October, Allie asked us to make ladders for her Quilts Unscripted Bee. She asked that we make blocks that are at least 8" on each side with a ladder going all the way across the block, edge to edge. "The ladder can be curved, straight, leaning, have mismatched rungs, be missing rungs, anything. It ...continue reading →

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make an improv quilt? This article from world-renowned improv quilter Cindy Grisdela can get you started. Once you read about her inspirations and techniques f…

Do you enjoy a quilting challenge? Need to use up fabric scraps? Put down your measuring tools and come explore improv! Improv piecing doesn't need to be scary. Sign up for my free One-Week Improv Challenge where I will give you a variety of ways to approach improv so you can create without restraint. Learn how to get started in improv even when you don't know where to begin!

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stack improv curves tutorial

Don't worry...it's only fabric. Things were starting to look way too botanical for my taste, so the option I chose was, get the rotary c...

My improv pieced curve quilt is finished. In my bid to practice sewing pieced curves, I got out a bunch of 5" squares that I had left over from a previous project and took to them with my rotary cutter. It was a little scary at the beginning, but I'm so glad that I made it... and finished it. I learned a lot about curved piecing along the way - the right ways of doing it, and the wrong. After watching a bunch of YouTube videos, it seems that I sewed my curves together the 'wrong' way. I had…

Cindy Grisdela is a quilt artist and teacher who has also written two books about improv quilting. She was the speaker at our recent guild meeting, and also taught two different workshops. I was lucky enough to take part in her "Artful Improv" class, and today I am happy to share my finished quilt top from that class. We learned about several different improv techniques that Cindy uses regularly including improv blocks, angled stripes and improv curves. At the end of that first day, I had…

Crumb Quilt VS Crazy Quilt, both patchwork techniques are made with scraps of fabric, but which one is better and easier to make? When you love to make quilts or to sew, sooner or later you will end with a basket full of scraps of fabric, small and big, and as any other quilter these

Let's go a little wonky with an improv quilt block! Mister Domestic teaches his fun technique | Art Gallery Fabrics-The Creative Blog | Bloglovin’

Playing with Scraps – Cindy Grisdela Art Quilts

Here we are at Day Two with my second No Sneaky Peeky class sample. This hangs in my daughter's house. Actually, ALL of these quilts (in...

Out of the Box: An Improv Piecing Workshop

"Time to laugh and play, no rulers, no neutrals, all the colours, maximalist improv.... Just have fun and make a block or two that make you ...