Improv-inspired

Some Project Improv fun...just because.

Cross scarf, inspired by Bettyninja's.


Loosely following Betty's how-to, I rotary cut my fabric without a ruler. Fabrics include flannel, linen and recycled white cotton gauze which provide a lot of texture. The pink plaid lining is a recycled skirt. It's hand-quilted in the spirit of Project Improv, too - without a plan and random. Just wanted to see how it would turn out. It's funky and I like it ok. My husband does not.

Scrappy quilt, wip.

I made the four 8" blocks on the top earlier in the week without a plan for their use. I decided to frame them in some muslin scraps and will probably use it in a pieced backing for the Spiderweb Quilt I've been itching to replicate. I'm using a modified version of quiltville's instructions, but with large and small spiderwebs (like the background on her web page) pieced on a white foundation fabric. I think there are stringy scraps from every 2008 project in this one 15" block.

Project Improv

My 12.5" orange/pink donation block for Project Improv. I definitely stretched myself on fabric and color combinations. Perhaps there is too much going on in this block? I like it, though.



I am glad I decided to join in on this fun. Improvisational-piecing is a style I love, but have done very little of myself. You see, I love scrappy quilts, but that has been my main hold back. As much as I envy stashes like this, I keep my fabric supply small: 1.) because I don't have the space for it, 2.) in the event that I suddenly lose all interest in sewing and 3.) because I'm overly practical (to a fault) and try not to spend cash on things I don't have a plan for. I keep reminding myself that the more I quilt, the greater stash of scraps I will have to choose from. Now it seems my scraps have grown to an adequate size, so that this first Project Improv block included scraps from at least 9 different previous projects and there was much more to choose from. So, here we go...I'm not sure what my personal project(s) will entail, but I know it's going to be fun.