The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters : : a Guide to Creating, Quilting & Living Courageously

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"A Melanie Falick book."
Improvising from a score -- Quilt scores -- Exploring color -- Patchwork techniques -- Finishing techniques.
Forget step-by-step instructions and copycat designs. In The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters, Sherri Lynn Wood presents a flexible approach to quilting that breaks free of old paradigms. Instead of traditional instructions, she presents 10 frameworks (or scores) that create a guiding, but not limiting, structure. To help quilters gain confidence, Wood also offers detailed lessons for stitching techniques key to improvisation, design and spontaneity exercises, and lessons on color. Every quilt made from one of Wood's scores will have common threads, but each one will look different because it reflects the maker's unique interpretation. Featured throughout the book are Wood's own quilts and a gallery of contributor works chosen from among the hundreds submitted when she invited volunteers to test her scores during the making of this groundbreaking work.

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Creative nudge submitted by Marian on June 17, 2016, 11:58am Early chapters ease the reader into more freehand techniques and complex shapes and combinations of shapes. Some techniques familiar to those who have sewn garments (e.g., tucking), might be proscribed in standard quilting texts, or simply not mentioned. A lot of the impact of Wood's quilts comes from color choice and large scale, but there's a wonderful feeling of freedom overall.