Hi friends! I am sharing about my most recent finish quilty finish, my improv quilt!
My Improv Quilt – the backstory
So, in June of 2020, I took a quilt class through my quilt guild via Zoom. I believe it was our first Zoom class. The class was called Wedge curve Improv and it was taught by Sherri Lynn Wood. It would be a stretch for me as I don’t do a lot of improv.
I decided to use fabrics that I had hand dyed with a friend a few years ago and just see what happened!
Th quilt mostly pieced and then, well, it sat. Folded up in a small basket. It was a folded mess.
It sat until a few weeks ago when I decided that I would finish the quilt and so I could put it in my guild’s quilt show in June.
The Quilting
I planned to quilt it myself which, if you know me, I don’t quilt many of my quilts. I quilt by checkbook so this would be interesting to see how it came out! The plan was to do a lot of straight line quilting and I wanted to quilt each section with a different color thread.
The different wedges were colored to represent different seasons- summer, fall, winter and spring.
In the spring section I quilted with a pale variegated green, summer was a bright pink and turquoise variegated, fall was orange and winter was a pale lilac.
In the background areas I quilted using a pale peach and a beige variegated.
The Improv Quilt
I LOVE how it came out.
The quilting is straight(ish) lines and not even but I like their wonkiness. Yes, there are starts and stops and missteps so this quilt would never get very far in a judged quilt show but it is my improv quilt and I am happy with it.
I called is Seasons of a Pandemic since it was started during the pandemic and I worked on it across a few seasons. The wonky quilting reflects how I feel about the last few years and all the changes we have had to go through. At the end, to me, the quilt feels bright and happy which is how I want to approach my life- happy and grateful for all I have.
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I can’t wait to see.
Happy quilting!
Kate
Hi Kate, congrats on finishing up your improve quilt. It is definitely worthy of being in your quilt show! Good for you for quilting it. Thanks for hosting TGIFF! You are welcome to link up to Free Motion Mavericks if you would like. Take care.
What a fabulous quilt! Yay for a finish, and thanks for hosting TGIFF!
Thanks Sandra!
Wow, your quilting really makes it zing, Kate!!! Thanks for hosting TGIFF this week!!!
Thanks Nancy!
It was fun to do the quilting!
Kate, I think it is fabulous, pretty colors, great design and perfect quilting!
Vicki- thank you so much!
I love how you represented seasons with your pretty hand dyied fabrics, and pattern. The quilting straight lines complete so well your modern quilt, it’s going to be a lovely project for the show!
Frédérique,
Thank you. I hope they like it! It is wavy but that adds to the wonkiness we all experienced at that time. Seems fitting actually!