Free Scrap Quilting Class

“The liberating practice of improv quilting has the potential of changing how we show up in our creative lives and in our relationships, in more flexible, authentic and responsive ways.”

SHERRI LYNN WOOD

FREE 2024 IMprov Scrap Play Quilt Class

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For this year's scrap play we celebrated our 4th year of BravePatch with a playful dose of scrappy improv strip piecing!
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A Flow Sewing Quilt-along

Improv That Block: Flying GEESE
LIVE ON ZOOM
JUN 8, 3-6 PM Cincinnati (Eastern)
JUN 8, 8-11 PM London
JUN 9, 7-10 AM New Zealand
A fun, contemplative flow-sewing, exploration of the Flying Geese quilt block!

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Ateiler Clos Mirabel

Piece Flow Joy / Quilting FRom The Heart
**Aug 30 - Sep 6, 2025**
Jurançon, Pau, SW France/ Makers Retreat
Experience a restorative of week abstract piecing at the beautiful Atelier Clos Mirabel in the French Pyrénées, designed to get you out of your head and into your hands and heart. Nurture a receptive approach to freestyle quilting where you become the conduit through which creativity and patterns flow and are expressed. 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!

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Quilting By The Lake

Flower Power Bias-Strip Curves
July 14-20, 2024
Aurora, NY / In-Person Retreat
Learn a variety of grid-busting tricks for improvising and piecing large-scale, nature inspired compositions with the innovative ruler-free technique of bias-strip piecing on the curve.

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What people are saying…

"The first time I took a workshop from Sherri, I came away changed. I had no idea that making a quilt could be so effortless and fun!"

Sarah Atlee
“In Sherri’s improv classes I developed the confidence to play with color, lines, and shapes which has spread to all my sewing projects. Sherri’s improv approach has encouraged me to recaptured a childlike joy and pleasure in the process of sewing! No mistakes! No right or wrong!”

Connie Wood
"Sherri's improv quilting workshops are life-changing! I "tried" improv quilting while still engaged in painting, drawing and print-making and have never looked back. Improv quilting is my only art and my lifeline to creative, intuitive play. I've learned how to make quilts (I'd never made a more traditional pieced quilt before trying improv) and after much seeking found a medium that nourishes my soul in the making."

Mary Harman
“It’s always pure delight to take a workshop with Sherri. Her joy is contagious and her teaching style promotes finding your own joy, voice and peace. I feel a lot more confident in my improv after being in Sherri’s presence.”

Candi Lennox
"Sherri’s workshops are engaging and support the direction of my quilting practice. Every workshop that I have taken with Sherri I have been able to apply the knowledge to the work that I am doing as a quilter. Sherri’s wealth of knowledge and down to earth approach to teaching creates the perfect atmosphere for me to grow in and I appreciate that."

Kianga Jinaki
“I was looking for a workshop series that could evolve my art quilting into something more professional and that is exactly what I got from both Sherri and her excellent guests. I’ve incorporated her approaches in my continuing work with much success. Time to sew and get feedback in the workshop itself was also important to me.”

Margaret Grottenthaler
"Sherri's workshops have taught me to expect the unexpected, to let go of my preconceived goals and open myself to whatever happens. This may sound fluffy, but it really is a journey of selfexploration as much as a creative process. My initial urge to control, perfect and power on towards a pre-defined goal is quickly derailed by Sherri's workshops prompt me to explore new routes, dare detours and unknown alleys. Always arriving at something totally new, but still totally me."

Karolina Lidin
“Sherri's workshops are the best I've taken online. They are well organized, technically as perfect as online workshops can be, and then there is the content. The workshops are about creative courage. They work for the rank beginner (me) and people who have been quilting for years. These workshops are not just about craft. There are short but inspirational talks by guest quilters, small group breakouts that allow a participants to interact with other quilters, and real time techniques and prompts. And an online followup. It has been an extraordinary experience and a major part of my creative life.”

Susan King
"Zoom opened the doors and of all the wonderful people who came into my life Sherri Lynn Wood has had the greatest impact. Sherri Lynn is the rare kind of teacher who changes and heals you by opening you up. During the workshop series I have gained confidence in my own process through listening to my own creative voice. I have learned I can use fabric to tell a story."

Helen Roth
"My participation in the Sherri's workshops allowed me to develop my creativity when I had reached a plateau in my quilter work. Sherri is a benevolent leader who helps me overcome my fears in creation and brings up new questions: what surprises me in my discoveries, what is the element that drives me forward, etc."

Brigitte Gagnon
"I have Sherri's book and loved the series this year. I liked being able to look at the chapters and review some of the material again after a session. I really enjoyed the resource people she brought in. I found them to be inspiring and very different from one another. Sherri's teaching style exemplifies a phrase we heard from Mary Margaret Pettway: DO YOU! Sherri didn't try to get me to do anything "her way," but rather provided practices and suggestions that opened up lots of possibilities for what I might try. Sherri is warm, welcoming, lively, knowledgable, and encouraging. I find he kind and inspiring to quilt with and learn from."

Jeanette Stokes
"I have technical mastery of a broad range of quilting skills, but what I have learned the most from Sherri's workshops is how to tap into my heart when I make a quilt. The joy of being connected to my flow is something I have only felt with a few quilts until I started the workshops with Sherri. Now I want that feeling, pursue that feeling with each quilt that I make. Sherri has a very positive and affirming teaching style. The use of "yes, and..." has made me so aware of how often as quilters, as artists, as humans, we second guess ourselves and our ability to pursue our joy. I look at every quilt I make or that someone else makes with a completely different outlook now, a chance to find joy in the making."

Victoria Nelson
"I don't know if I can ever use a pattern or template again after taking Sherri's improv workshops. Months later, I am still processing what I learned. I'm always thinking of ways to use my new skills and tap into creative reserves I didn't know I had. The guest speakers were awe-inspiring. I can't say enough about the wisdom they shared and their unique approaches to quilting. Sherri's own patience and positive approach give me confidence to deal with things I once considered mistakes. Her centering techniques and intention-setting go way beyond quilting. They are guideposts for living. I highly recommend Sherri's workshops for a mind-opening experience."

Lori Hashizume
"I usually tell people that everything I know about quilting I learned from Sherri. For almost 20 years now I have looked to Sherri for inspiration and instruction--not just in improv patchwork and quilting, but in creating and maintaining a sustainable artistic practice and life. What Sherri teaches goes way beyond the workshop, extends out from the quilt into the everyday life of a maker, showing us the kind of paths we might improvise for our own lives. Sherri is generous, playful, nurturing, innovative, warm, embracing, and profoundly wise. It would be impossible to overstate the influence Sherri and her transformative teaching have had on me, as a quilter, and as a human. I am grateful to her beyond all words."

Thisbe Nissen

Equity Pricing

Sliding Scale fees with equity and pay it forward pricing is an option incorporated on the registration page for each workshop.

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Programs For Guilds

Check out my updated online quilting lectures and demos and in-person quilting classes for guilds & conferences.

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The Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters

Provides modern quilters with frameworks for piecing flexible patterns and creative exploration, along with practical instruction in stitching techniques and intuitive color.

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