Improv Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Design [Paperback]

Love to create repeating blocks in your quiltsbut tired of the same patterns? Step away from the ordinary and try your hand at a new technique-based approach to improvisation. Gorgeous photographs illustrate 10 beautiful projects where Amy Friend seamlessly bridges the gap between improvised design and technical execution. Discover a unique approach to creating one-of-a-kind blocks with guided exercises that explore scale, symmetry and alternate gridwork. Then, with Amy's help, you'll have the opportunity to design your own patterns. You reallycanhave a dash of the unexpected through improv with the precision ofpaper piecingand still create those secondary patterns we all love in quilts made using traditional blocks.

With a modern spin,Improv Paper Piecinggracefully guides the reader, step-by-step, through improvisationally designing your own paper piecing patterns to strategically setting the grid---so that the end result is a masterful, unique quilt of repeated blocks.

If you're looking for a fun exciting challenge, the party ishere. Step over and stitch outside the box.

InImprov Paper Piecing, Amy erases all fears of trying something new with chapter after chapter of lessons to help you branch into her freeform, improvisational-style paper piecing techniques. Her lessons are a jumping off point to make the design your own. She also includes versions of each quilt layout that will knock your socks off!

The projects inImprov Paper Piecingare appealing, and the peek inside Friend's design process will resonate with creative quilters.

• 52 weeks of prompts to challenge quilters of every level
• Fun and interactive consumable annual
• Great for gifting!
• The first diary in the popular journaling market

Improv Paper Piecingfinds the perfect balance between the freedom of improv design and the stl3e