The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters

A Guide to Creating, Quilting & Living Courageously  Break free from the copy-this-pattern structure. Sherri Lynn Wood introduces an innovative approach to patchwork not found in other books: the first comprehensive guide to the process of improvisational quilting. The Improv Handbook presents a flexible approach to quilt making that breaks free of old rules and expectations in a fun, accessible way. It’s a comprehensive guide to improvisational patchwork featuring: over 15 innovative ruler-free sewing techniques tips for accessing intuitive color mind tools that cultivate presence, spontaneity, and risk taking experiential design exercises on scale, line, borders and more 10 “scores” for improvisation that free quilters to create quilts unlike anyone else’s The “scores” are not step-by-step instructions like a traditional quilt pattern, but parameters, leads and limits that allow improvisation to occur—much in the way a lead sheet provides a jazz musician parameters for improvis