Where Improv Meets Intention
2026 November 10-15 — International Quilt Festival Houston TX “Exquisite Curves” Workshop (10th at 2-5pm) SOLD OUT | “Almost in Church: Stained Glass” Workshop (15th 2-6pm) July 1-5 — BRMQG Retreat Baton Rouge LA June 22-24 — Quilters Paradise Fast & Easy Summit “Make an Improv Bag Without a Pattern” [online] June 22-24 — Pensacola […]
My approach to workshops is that of a teacher who taught high school and junior college courses for 30 years. I use the same approaches to teaching quilting: I model a technique, we work on it together, and then students practice it on their own. We make sure everyone is ready to move on to
Hello Improv Piecing Workshop easy to advanced intermediate; domestic machines; 3-4 hours; $35 per student with 12 student minimum. Improv quilts have their own ideas, voices, and needs. Toss in unique improv makers and improv becomes almost incorrigible, don’t you agree? Yet quilters have methods that “tame” improv quilts. Do you ever wonder what quilters
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Improv Workshop intermediate to advanced; domestic machine; 3 hours; $25 per student with 8 student minimum. Reimagine new ways of dealing with old problems: scraps and discarded blocks. We all have them and we all need to DO SOMETHING with them. While I will have several quilts available to show, the goal here is for
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Three Hour Improv Piecing Workshop advanced; domestic machines; 6 hours; $50 per student with 10 student minimum. Are you ready for curves? Are you ready for the crazy ones? In this workshop Mary will demonstrate curved piecing, beginning with shallow indentions and moving on to more difficult curves. By the end of class you
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