Create Whimsy
Inspring makers and sharing their stories
Improv quilting is the process of making a quilt without a pattern and little-to-no preplanning. Inspired by a single piece of fabric or left over pieces from other projects, each design decision influences the next as the artist adds fabric along the way, creating a unified piece of textile art.
Improv quilts can include curved piecing, strip piecing, appliqué and more! Today we think of Improv as a genre of Modern Quilts, but many historical quilts also have improvised designs.
With a commitment to creativity as an attribute that develops best when nurtured and encouraged, improv quilt artist, teacher and author Cindy Grisdela works on improving her art quilting skills...
With a background in photography and an admiration for the Gee's Bend quilters, Shelby Skumanich mixes her trained compositional eye with the freedom of improvisation. The resulting quilts are striking...
Initially trained as a painter, textile artist Irene Roderick came to quilting when she was looking for ideas for a bed quilt (her first), and discovered the work of Denyse...
