Intro to Improv
April 16, 2025
9am to 4PM
Trini Mendenhall Community Center
1414 Wirt Rd./Houston, TX 77055
Improvisational patchwork is fun and freeing! In this adventure-lover’s class, we’ll break it down into manageable steps that are easily understood. You’ll learn to make a variety of units which then lead to blocks and quilt designs. I provide enough structure but also enough freedom to make improv both achievable and challenging. Your improv project can be made to look modern or traditional or anything in between. My quilts are usually bright but yours will be made according to your tastes, Learning the basics of improvisational patchwork will open up a new world for you—a world full of accidents, experiments, adventures and fun!
The quilt we'll use as inspiration is my Night Lights. You may create something as small or as large as you like. In the workshop, you'll gain confidence to make several styles of stars and then see how other common blocks can also be improvised. And together we'll explore how to make everything fit together into a flat and quiltable top for a great finish.
We'll also talk about the unusual borders of Night Lights and I'll show you how they're made. Other concepts we'll cover include value, contrast, color, scale and density. More than anything else, my goal is for you to fall in love with improvisational piecing and have the confidence to go forward on your own and make something you adore.
Use your own stash and supplies, no purchase needed.
Intro to Improv supply list.pdf
