Quilts * Art * Social Practice
Ever since improv quilting author and artist Sherri Lynn Wood unwittingly defied the sexist dress code at Wiley Junior High School with a modest sundress of her creation, she experienced sewing as a source of creative expression, subversive resistance, and personal empowerment.
Quilts * Art
Social Practice
Ever since improv quilting author and artist Sherri Lynn Wood unwittingly defied the sexist dress code at Wiley Junior High School with a modest sundress of her creation, she experienced sewing as a source of creative expression, subversive resistance, and personal empowerment.
Awaken your creativity with improv quilting
“I’m Sherri Lynn Wood, the author of The Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters. I have been teaching an improvisational approach to quilting as a creative life practice for 30 years.
Change your mind and your life with the liberating art of improv quilting. Learn how to make a quilt YOUR way. No matter your experience, you have the FREEDOM to begin where you are and continue to grow. Come learn with me!”
In-Person Improv Quilting Retreats
Piece Flow Joy / Quilting FRom The Heart
July 21-27, 2025
Sprucedale, Ontario, Canada/ Makers Retreat
Experience a restorative week of abstract piecing with Sherri Lynn Wood at the beautiful Workroom in rural Ontario, designed to get you out of your head and into your hands and heart. Learn ruler-free piecing techniques and how to harness your rhythm of attention and emotional energy into shape, color and pattern to tell the unfolding story of being you!
Blossom / Organic Abstract Quilting
May 2-9, 2026
Jurançon, Pau, SW France/ Makers Retreat
Experience a restorative week of organic abstract piecing at the beautiful Atelier Clos Mirabel in the French Pyrénées. Translate inspiration from the bloom of spring into freestyle organic abstract quilts.
Learn ruler-free improv curve piecing techniques including bias-strip piecing on the curve and S-curves. Experiment with curves and find your unique way of piecing them, to tell the story of your own creative blossoming.
Improv Quilting From The Heart
Quilt Art Shop
Abstract art, conceptual craft, and modern quilts for sale. Buy the art that you love!
Modern improv quilting blog
Modern improv quilting tutorials, sew-alongs & inspiration to help you improvise a quilt.
The Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters
A Guide to Creating, Quilting & Living Courageously. Learn some of my Improv piecing techniques.
Creative Community Mentoring In the Brave Patch Groove
The Brave Patch School encourages a heart centered approach to improv quilting, and recognizes it’s restorative value as a creative life practice.
In the Brave Patch GROOVE we get your improv quilts and value the unique vision and voice that you bring. We welcome you into this space as both mentee and mentor. Find connection and inspiration with other improvisors inside the GROOVE.
Individual Workshop Registration is OPEN!
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SEPT 17, 2022 – OCT 9, 2022
Get Rhythm Fall 2022 Mini-Series
LIVESTREAM IMPROV QUILTING CLASS
11am–3pm ESTEquity Pricing
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SEPT 17, 2022 – SEPT 18, 2022
Rhythmic Grid Field of Jeans
LIVESTREAM IMPROV QUILTING CLASS
11am–3pm ESTEquity Pricing
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OCT 8, 2022 – OCT 9, 2022
Building Rhythmic Structures
LIVESTREAM IMPROV QUILTING CLASS
11am–3pm ESTEquity Pricing
Workshop Series coming soon!
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