Improv Quilting Classes
“The liberating practice of improv quilting has the potential of changing how we show up in our creative lives and in our relationships, in more flexible, authentic and responsive ways.”
SHERRI LYNN WOOD
Join the Improv That Block Squad Early and Save
Ignite your sewjo
January - June 2026
6-Month Community Course
Enrich your quilting practice and revitalize your creative spirit. Join us in the Squad — where tradition meets innovation, with a restorative dose of radical self-acceptance.
Early Bird:$329 thru DEC 16
2026 In-Person Improv Quilting Retreats
Blossom / Organic Abstract Quilting
May 2-9, 2026
Jurançon, Pau, SW France/ Makers Retreat
Experience a restorative week of organic abstract piecing at the beautiful Atelier Clos Mirabel in the French Pyrénées. Translate inspiration from the bloom of spring into freestyle quilts.
Learn ruler-free improv curve piecing techniques including bias-strip piecing on the curve and S-curves. Experiment and innovate original curve piecing approaches, to tell the story of your own creative blossoming.
The Art of Sustainable Quilting
July 6-10, 2026
Madeline Island, WI
A Sustainable Quilting primer. Learn ruler-free piecing techniques to improvise patchwork from discarded clothing and materials scavenged at the Island Closet in La Pointe. Activate a level of receptive creativity that may only be possible when we are free from unlimited choice.
Online Quilt-Alongs designed for Guilds!
Bring your guild together online to discover new techniques, enhance their abstract piecing skills, and deepen their connection to each other through these playful, restorative quilt-along classes designed to get everyone flow-sewing in fresh new ways.
Quilt Classes For Beginners
Whether you are new to improv quilting or more experienced, we all have the freedom to begin where we are and continue to grow. My workshops encourage ALL participants to tap into their beginner’s mind.
My goal as an improviser and teacher is to hand to you a range of pattern possibilities, so that you can discover YOUR way of making patterns. The beauty of improv is you can’t do it wrong!
When you sign up for any of my online improv quilting classes, you will receive access to Improvise! Creating, Quilting and Living Creatively, an introduction to improvisational process, as a foundation for your workshop experience.
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.