Creativebug

In September 2018 I taped my first three online classes with Creativebug. My hope is that makers all over the world will have an opportunity to explore, and practice improvisational process as applied to the craft of patchwork. Patchwork Improv asks us to experience patterns and the relationships we make in the world and with others as flexible, responsive, and always evolving.

Patchwork improv has different aesthetic rules from the fixed pattern paradigm and requires a radical new way of creating and thus engaging with the world. Flexible patterns ask us to receive, listen, respond and engage, rather than to plan, direct, control or consume. The ways in which we craft flexible patterns —being present within, while in response to what is— serves as a reflective model. As a creative life practice it has the power to shift the living human systems in which we participate —from the relationship patterns we form with ourselves, our partners, families, communities, government, environment and world.

This series of online patchwork improv classes are a great place to start if you are a beginner. For more experienced improvisors and readers of The Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters these online video classes perfectly supplement and reinforce the basic teachings in my book. They serve as great refreshers for those who have studied with me in person.

Learn Patchwork Improv Online

The editors at Creativebug did a terrific job of capturing the improvisational process as it unfolded in the studio. No plans were made for any of the outcomes beyond the limits or parameters of working with strips, squares and angles. Start your free trial with Creativebug and see how each class unfolds. I can guarantee you will be surprised and delighted!

Patchwork Improv: Working with Shapes

My second of three online classes with Creativebug is now available online. Squares are the most fundamental building block of quilt patterns. Have fun, play, be curious and discover your way of building shapes and patterns with squares. Check it out!

Patchwork Improv: Working With Strips

So many of the basics are covered in this workshop, including how to ruler-free strip piece, the importance of following internal cues and saying yes to stay in the flow, how to commit one step at a time, working with natural shapes, darting on the seam and cutting through wobbles and bubbles to make things lie flat, the evaluation process and so much more! Including a great little color lesson working with value. This online class is available to view now. If you aren’t already a part of the Creativebug learning community, subscribe and start your free trial and watch the class today!