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| 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!!
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| Pretty in Pink |
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| Sizzling & Stylish Set |
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| Zen Chic |
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| Bold Warm Colors Pop Against the Cool Blue Hues |
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| Cheerful Prints & Solids |
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| Fun Thread Spool Print & Cherrywood Improv Patchwork |
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| Exciting Fabric Combinations & Color Palettes |
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| A Celebration of Ombre Fabrics, Dots & Confetti |
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| 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!!
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| 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!!
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| FUN had by ALL! |
Congratulations on seeing another class of quilters improvise.
ReplyDeleteThanks--this was a really fun and adventurous group!! Makes for a fun teaching experience and really awesome blocks!!
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