Improvizational quilts
04-26-2017, 03:49 AM
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Sometimes the biggest stumbling block is where to start. Personally for me I find I tend to think/design symmetrically...I like 9P's....yes my symmetrical thinking is another stumbling block. Crumb quilts are improv like. Once the block is done, do you square it off and put it in a traditional setting? Can you call that improv? (I'm asking rhetorical questions.) With that being said, I try to hop out of my symmetrical box once in a while. This full size quilt illustrates a crumb quilt with a traditional setting. This is a mini I am working on. Here is yet another experiment, made with 3/4" widths and imprecise piecing...yet to be finished
04-26-2017, 06:21 AM
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Thank you...I too love to make crumb blocks...I hate to see fabrics go to waste. I also make miniature quilts. I try to use fabric leftovers that are the size I need rather than cut to size. I will make a bunch of tiny blocks, then create a setting for them. Oftentimes the blocks simmer on my design wall waiting for inspiration. Just like petthefabric indicated, it can take a while...
04-26-2017, 01:57 PM
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I had the opportunity to take a class with Kathy Schmidt, who wrote the book "Rule Breaking Quilts". It was a wonderful class and Kathy introduced me to her methods and she brought along books on the same subject from other authors. Here's her website if you're interested: https://quirksltd.wordpress.com/
I made the red, yellow and blue quilt as part of the class (it was a practice piece to learn the method) and the quilt with the pink border was my second effort. I'm hoping to get back to working improv soon and will keep up with this thread. I love all the work that's been posted!
I made the red, yellow and blue quilt as part of the class (it was a practice piece to learn the method) and the quilt with the pink border was my second effort. I'm hoping to get back to working improv soon and will keep up with this thread. I love all the work that's been posted!
04-26-2017, 09:20 PM
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Jean Wells has several books on improv quilting. I've done a lap quilt for a family friend's wedding and am working on a partially improv landscape quilt. I've found that the improv piecing is not as easy as just sewing pieces willy-nilly together. But very fun!
04-27-2017, 10:52 AM
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I highly recommend the experience.
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