Slice of Improv LOVE & FUN!

LOVE of Teaching...LOVE of Improvisational Piecing

I absolutely LOVE teaching quilters new techniques and tricks to add into their quilters tool box.  I especially LOVE it when quilters venture outside of their comfort zone, take risks and try something NEW!!  And that is precisely why I LOVE teaching my Slice of Improv workshop!!  Yesterday, I had the delightful pleasure of sharing my LOVE of improvisational piecing with the fabulous Peninsula Quilters Guild and celebrating their progression over the course of our 6 hours together.

During the first round of piecing blocks, there were a few moments of panic as one quilter or another feared they had made a mistake.  One of the best aspects of improvisational design is there is NO such thing as a mistake!!  There are only "design opportunities" and more than one path to explore!!  In less than an hour...I started to see some interesting correlations:

• exciting collections of block designs were starting to emerge
• shoulders started to relax
• curiousity started to set in with a sense of wonder and excitement
• and lots of smiling all around the room!!  

Here are some snapshots from these adventurous quilters and their lovely works of art in progress!!

Pretty in Pink

Sizzling & Stylish Set

Zen Chic

Bold Warm Colors Pop Against the Cool Blue Hues

Cheerful Prints & Solids

Fun Thread Spool Print & Cherrywood Improv Patchwork

Exciting Fabric Combinations & Color Palettes

A Celebration of Ombre Fabrics, Dots & Confetti

Zen Cool Colors

By the end of class, everyone had pieced a fun assortment of block designs.  Several quilters brought their blocks up to the front where we experimented with different layout possibilities:  grids, colorwash/gradations, chinese coins, alternating pieced blocks with solid fabric and more!!     

More Exciting Collections of Blocks (Cutting Up Orphan Blocks for Inserts, Earthy Tones, Fun Prints, Bright Colors & Alternating Pieced Blocks with Large Scale Prints

What a FUN day, filled with FUN-loving quilters, super FUN fabric collections and so many FUN and absolutely fantastic block designs!!

FUN had by ALL!