Improv Quilting
3 keys at the heart of Improv Quilting
Abstraction, connection and flow are three keys at the heart of developing a restorative improv quilting practice. How do these keys interact and why is it important to develop them?
Celebrating Improv Quilter Carole Lyles Shaw
Carole had a love and passion for improv quilting and I greatly appreciated her unique approach, influences and style. Her commitment to and presence in the Modern Quilting community uplifted and inspired many. Here is a video replay of Carole's guest presentation at a Making Do online workshop in 2021.
2024 Sustainable IMPROV Quilting SERIES: Found COLOR
Discover your natural connections to color through memory, mood, and place. Explore key aspects of color such as value, intensity and hue with eco-friendly materials through old clothes and your existing quilting stash. Learn techniques for piecing with knits, satins, wool, linen, denim and more!
Quilts Acquired by The International Quilt Museum
Four of my quilts and their stories are headed to The International Quilt Museum’s permanent collection! I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the opportunity to be included in their permanent collection.
Practice Makes Practice = nourishing flourishing quilt making
Explore the five essential elements for establishing a nurturing and sustainable creative quilting practice with Sherri Lynn Wood and the BravePatch Groove in 2023.
Modern Improv Curves Online Quilt Classes 2023
This NEW intuitive curve piecing series is about embracing the unpredictable nature of the curve, finding flow and strength in the challenges and surprises that arise when we create on the edge of the unknown. Piecing curves requires trust in ourselves and the choices we make even when we can't see what's around the corner… in our patchwork and in life.
Improv Quilting and Nature's Sustaining Gestures
It was deeply restorative to acknowledge and incorporate that beauty of Madeline Island into the sewing studio, and the improvisational quilt making process.
Support Gee's Bend Quilters
Black Lives Matter! Help the Gee's Bend Quilters bridge the racial digital divide by donating to a resource center enabling them to direct market their improv quilts online.