Improvizational quilts
04-23-2017, 02:10 PM
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Improvizational quilts
I've noticed several books and multiple authors on Improv. Maybe it has just peeked in my interest column. So I've been trying these methods.
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Anyone else have thoughts on Improv. Would love to see photos.
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Anyone else have thoughts on Improv. Would love to see photos.
04-23-2017, 04:43 PM
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My favorite part of making a quilt is designing. Improv keeps the designing going until the quilt is pieced and quilted. Most are small, less than 10x16. So there's not a lot of fabric investment (although my stash will last longer than my lifetime). Time.... well that depends upon how long I enjoy working on it. If it's going smoothly, it can take 2-3 hours. If it's not going well-it's time for a break until maybe next week. This is suppose to be fun, so if it's total frustration, I may cut it up in little pieces for dog bed stuffing.
04-23-2017, 08:31 PM
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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.[ATTACH=CONFIG]571998[/ATTACH] This is a mini I am working on.[ATTACH=CONFIG]571997[/ATTACH]. Here is yet another experiment, made with 3/4" widths and imprecise piecing...yet to be finished[ATTACH=CONFIG]571999[/ATTACH]
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04-23-2017, 09:09 PM
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We need improvisational quilters here! All kinds of quilting is intriguing to me, so I, personally, wish we could see more and more pictures of modern, improv, reproduction, and crazy quilts with embroidery, here on the QB!
Jan in VA
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04-24-2017, 04:02 AM
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I'm with you, Jan. Really enjoy seeing what people can do that's a bit "out of the box".
I'm not very original or creative...I have to see things in order to get ideas to work from so new techniques always spark my interest.
Watson
I'm not very original or creative...I have to see things in order to get ideas to work from so new techniques always spark my interest.
Watson
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