Monthly Archives: May 2011

Improv Requires Courage

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood

Welcome to Improv Mondays, a weekly series exploring improvisation in quilt making. This weekend I experienced improv comedy at the Pan Theater in Oakland, CA. The main show consisted of two actors doing a series of short sketches. Limits or … Continue reading →

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Maker Faire Bay Area Review

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood

Last Saturday I attended the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo with my friend Tam and her daughter Sonia, above right – checking out the cool Pantone patterned fabric at the Spoonflower booth. It was a beautiful day for … Continue reading →

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Linen Swatches

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood
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The Role of Play in Improv Quilting

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood

Welcome to Improv Mondays, a weekly series exploring improvisation in quilt making. Great comments last week on the Myth of Randomness in Improv, so let’s look at another common, and perhaps misunderstood, approach to improv. Just play! This is the … Continue reading →

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ready for quilting

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood

The Dolores Wolfe memorial quilt is basted and ready to be quilted. Ruth Anne, Dolores’s daughter, will be joining me in June to begin the hand quilting as part of her bereavement process. Ruth Anne also wants to explore adding … Continue reading →

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YOSS2011 MAY 9/24

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood

5.1-5.15.2011 Attended a Giants day game, and a Kentucky Derby party, lots of studio time… and knitted the ninth (hand) sock of 2011. Share a personal highlight from the first half of May to enter the Year Of Stash Socks … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Randomness in Improv Quilting

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood

Welcome to Improv Mondays, a weekly series exploring improvisation in quilt making. One of the better posts I found on topic was from The Quilt Engineer on Measured Improv. Latifa talks about “allowing for improvisation within specified constraints or parameters”. … Continue reading →

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the remains

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood

Most of the time my studio is clean and in a state of readiness. But once I start on a project, look out. There’s no going back… to pick up the pieces. I like a messy work room when I’m … Continue reading →

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details

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood

Lots of hand piecing going on, because I completely ignored my rule of thumb to avoid insets… but it’s worth it. The Love is in the details. Follow the evolution of the Wolfe memorial quilt.

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What is Improv Quilting?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Sherri Lynn Wood

Welcome to Improv Mondays, a weekly series exploring improvisation in quilt making. So I’ve been doing a search on the internet and have discovered a real lack of conversation about the nature of improvisational quilting. In 2009 Tallgrass Prairie Studio … Continue reading →

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