Improv Piecing Retreat Class Samples

First, Get comfortable with very gentle curves and make an improv pinwheel quilt.

Next, Learn to make free-cut undulating strips and join them making a improv waves quilt.

Reuse your wavy strips and learn to make asymmetrical mitered blocks and borders

Make deeper, more aggressive improv cut curve blocks. We will make three at a time and assembling a larger quilt if desired, however the lesson can be applied to just two fabrics and make an improv "drunkard path" block.


Then, advance to a full project of improv frames. Purchase an optional class kit and receive unique imported silk shibori fabrics or imported Japanese cotton indigo to use as accent pieces and golden silk dupioni for appliqué.

Learn foundation machine appliqué as a bonus feature, and make them glimmer with the optional kit fabrics of custom try-weave silk dupioni, or source your own fabrics.

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