Quilts * Art * Social Practice
Ever since improv quilting author and artist Sherri Lynn Wood unwittingly defied the sexist dress code at Wiley Junior High School with a modest sundress of her creation, she experienced sewing as a source of creative expression, subversive resistance, and personal empowerment.
Quilts * Art
Social Practice
Ever since improv quilting author and artist Sherri Lynn Wood unwittingly defied the sexist dress code at Wiley Junior High School with a modest sundress of her creation, she experienced sewing as a source of creative expression, subversive resistance, and personal empowerment.
Awaken your creativity with improv quilting
“I’m Sherri Lynn Wood, the author of The Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters. I have been teaching an improvisational approach to quilting as a creative life practice for 30 years.
Change your mind and your life with the liberating art of improv quilting. Learn how to make a quilt YOUR way. No matter your experience, you have the FREEDOM to begin where you are and continue to grow. Come learn with me!”
Find Your Flow! Join the SQuad!
January - June 2025
6-Month Community Course
Enrich your quilting practice and revitalize your creative spirit. Improvising a different classic quilt block each month from January to June. Join us in the Squad — where tradition meets innovation, with a restorative dose of radical acceptance!
Register early and save!
What people are making and saying about Improv That Block
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Thank you for a wonderful class. I really needed to get out of a design rut, and you helped shift that blockage. I appreciate you immensely, Sherri.
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I was so ready for a new direction and you have truly inspired me - loved the freedom of this simple technique - takes you right back to the basics and makes you create so uniquely. Thank you for a fabulous 3 hours!
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What Sherri teaches goes way beyond the workshop, extends out from the quilt into the everyday life of a maker, showing us the kind of paths we might improvise for our own lives.
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Lots of fun and so inspiring! I'm definitely signing up for Sherri's upcoming series of these workshops!!
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I made a new quilt! Man it's been a long time. I began this one in Sherri's Rail Fence class. I love making things like that. It's what feels the most energizing.
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I loved this Rail Fence block! I love working with simple repeating patterns so I found this very exciting. The colors are inspired by my backyard fence and the colors that peek through my black fence are greens and orangey-browns.
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It's always quite humbling but also extremely empowering to participate in a group of quilters that come from so many different places in their quilting journeys. Thank you Sherri, for sharing this amazing practice with the world, it has truly given me the language I was searching for.
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This quilt started in Sherri's Improv That Block Flying Geese class. I wanted this quilt to reflect how happy and better I feel when Autum rolls around.
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I had a great time today playing with Flying Geese. Thanks Sherri Lynn for the pathway to exploration and new possibilities with this traditional pattern.
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I quickly got into the flow and thoroughly enjoyed creating my version of improv Churndash blocks. Learning from Sherri's various "pivot" suggestions helped me try new things! And I love what I made!
Improv Quilting From The Heart
Quilt Art Shop
Abstract art, conceptual craft, and modern quilts for sale. Buy the art that you love!
Modern improv quilting blog
Modern improv quilting tutorials, sew-alongs & inspiration to help you improvise a quilt.
The Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters
A Guide to Creating, Quilting & Living Courageously. Learn some of my Improv piecing techniques.
Creative Community Mentoring In the Brave Patch Groove
The Brave Patch School encourages a heart centered approach to improv quilting, and recognizes it’s restorative value as a creative life practice.
In the Brave Patch GROOVE we get your improv quilts and value the unique vision and voice that you bring. We welcome you into this space as both mentee and mentor. Find connection and inspiration with other improvisors inside the GROOVE.
Individual Workshop Registration is OPEN!
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SEPT 17, 2022 – OCT 9, 2022
Get Rhythm Fall 2022 Mini-Series
LIVESTREAM IMPROV QUILTING CLASS
11am–3pm ESTEquity Pricing
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SEPT 17, 2022 – SEPT 18, 2022
Rhythmic Grid Field of Jeans
LIVESTREAM IMPROV QUILTING CLASS
11am–3pm ESTEquity Pricing
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OCT 8, 2022 – OCT 9, 2022
Building Rhythmic Structures
LIVESTREAM IMPROV QUILTING CLASS
11am–3pm ESTEquity Pricing
Workshop Series coming soon!
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