Stack & Cut Mirrored Improv Curves

1-Day 6hrs / Intermediate & All Levels

Learn how to how to create mind-blowing mirror images from template free improv curves with a simple stack & cut technique. Composition options include working with blocks or sections to create optical grid patterns, and/or a grid busting structure.

Skills & Techniques

Basic ruler free piecing technique
Stack & Cut improv curve technique
Darting on and across the curve when patchwork bubbles
Order of sewing / composition engineering
Cultivate a “what if” experimental mindset
Working with value
Grid busting optical mirror curve blocks
Grid free compositions with mirrored curves

Materials

Solids or woven prints, like plaid and striped men’s shirts, are recommended because there are many more mirroring options when there isn’t a right or wrong side to a fabric. If you want to use single sided print fabric, mirroring is still possible only more limited.
Amounts: Equal amounts of two colors in a high or low contrasting value, just as long as there is a noticeable contrast. How much depends on how big you want to make your quilt. You don’t have to go out and buy yardage. For example, if you only have a yard of white and only a 1/2 yard of black, you can always substitute a dark brown or a navy for the other half yard, as long as it’s close to the same value.
Bring one or two fat-quartered size scraps to share with the class. It can be something you are ready to destash.
Note on washing: If my intention is to wash a quilt made from up-cycled materials, I pre-wash all my materials, if they haven’t been washed recently.