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by Sherri Lynn Wood

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Forget step-by-step instructions and copycat designs. In The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters, artist Sherri Lynn Wood presents a flexible approach to quilting that breaks free of old paradigms.

Instead of traditional instructions, Sherri Lynn Wood presents 10 frameworks (or scores) that create a guiding, but not limiting, structure. To help quilters gain confidence, she also offers detailed lessons for stitching techniques key to improvisation, design and spontaneity exercises, and lessons on color.

Every quilt made from one of Wood's scores will have common threads, but each one will look different because it reflects the maker's unique interpretation. Featured throughout the book are Wood's own quilts and a gallery of contributor works chosen from among the hundreds submitted when she invited volunteers to test her scores during the making of this groundbreaking work.

"Wood offers a series of techniques, guidelines and lessons on color choice for those ready to explore improvisational quilting. Her book is loaded with full-color photos and examples to inspire." --Dallas Morning News

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  • Title The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters: A Guide to Creating, Quilting, and Living Courageously
  • Author Sherri Lynn Wood
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
  • Publication date 2015-04-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781617691386 / 1617691380
  • Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 8.9 x 0.8 in (25.15 x 22.61 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: New Age
  • Category Crafts / Hobbies
  • Library of Congress subjects Quilting
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014942998
  • Dewey Decimal Code 746.46

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  • Library Journal, 05/15/2015, Page 83

About the author

Sherri Lynn Wood is an artist working in Oakland, CA. She is the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors, and a two-time MacDowell Colony Fellow. She has been making and improvising quilts as a creative life practice for 25 years and blogs about it. Teaching credits include Penland School of Craft, QuiltCon, and numerous modern and traditional guilds across the country.
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