{"product_id":"the-improv-handbook-for-modern-quilters-a-guide-to-creating-quilting-and-living-courageously-9781617691386","title":"The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters: A Guide to Creating, Quilting, and Living Courageously","description":"\u003cb\u003eForget step-by-step instructions and copycat designs. In \u003ci\u003eThe Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters\u003c\/i\u003e, artist Sherri Lynn Wood presents a flexible approach to quilting that breaks free of old paradigms. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherri Lynn Wood \u003c\/b\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stewart, Tabori, \u0026 Chang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592781893906,"sku":"9781617691386","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7ba00eb3-9cae-4664-9da6-ef498d19a44d.jpg?v=1732107777","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-improv-handbook-for-modern-quilters-a-guide-to-creating-quilting-and-living-courageously-9781617691386","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}