Ever since improv quilting author and artist Sherri Lynn Wood unwittingly defied the sexist dress code at Wiley Junior High School with a modest sundress of her creation, she experienced sewing as a source of creative expression, subversive resistance, and personal empowerment.
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Ever since improv quilting author and artist Sherri Lynn Wood unwittingly defied the sexist dress code at Wiley Junior High School with a modest sundress of her creation, she experienced sewing as a source of creative expression, subversive resistance, and personal empowerment.
“I’m Sherri Lynn Wood, the author of The Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters. I have been teaching an improvisational approach to quilting as a creative life practice for 30 years.
Change your mind and your life with the liberating art of improv quilting. Learn how to make a quilt YOUR way. No matter your experience, you have the FREEDOM to begin where you are and continue to grow. Come learn with me!”
Join the Improv That Block Squad or the FAN Quilt-along.
Registration is open for the 6-month community course or the stand-alone FAN class.
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6-month Community Course / Jan-June 2026 25 hours of live events + Pre-recorded demos & Content
5 Improv That Block Quilt-Alongs (Starting with the FAN)
Improv Quilt Composition Class
Monthly Office Hours Jan-Jun
Evergreen Access
$369
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Improv That FAN Quilt-Along / Jan 31, 2026 12-3pm et Monthly Office Hours: Jan 20 & Feb 17
Pre-recorded Demos & Content
Access Content through Jun 30, 2026
Access Squad Community thru Feb 18
Apply class payment towards full Squad membership
$79
May 2-9, 2026
Jurançon, Pau, SW France/ Makers Retreat
Experience a restorative week of organic abstract piecing at the beautiful Atelier Clos Mirabel in the French Pyrénées. Translate inspiration from the bloom of spring into freestyle quilts.
Learn ruler-free improv curve piecing techniques including bias-strip piecing on the curve and S-curves. Experiment and innovate original curve piecing approaches, to tell the story of your own creative blossoming.
July 6-10, 2026
Madeline Island, WI
A Sustainable Quilting primer. Learn ruler-free piecing techniques to improvise patchwork from discarded clothing and materials scavenged at the Island Closet in La Pointe. Activate a level of receptive creativity that may only be possible when we are free from unlimited choice.
Abstract art, conceptual craft, and modern quilts for sale. Buy the art that you love!
Modern improv quilting tutorials, sew-alongs & inspiration to help you improvise a quilt.
A Guide to Creating, Quilting & Living Courageously. Learn some of my Improv piecing techniques.
Individual Workshop Registration is OPEN!
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SEPT 17, 2022 – OCT 9, 2022 Get Rhythm Fall 2022 Mini-Series
LIVESTREAM IMPROV QUILTING CLASS
11am–3pm ESTEquity Pricing
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SEPT 17, 2022 – SEPT 18, 2022 Rhythmic Grid Field of Jeans
LIVESTREAM IMPROV QUILTING CLASS
11am–3pm ESTEquity Pricing
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OCT 8, 2022 – OCT 9, 2022 Building Rhythmic Structures
LIVESTREAM IMPROV QUILTING CLASS
11am–3pm ESTEquity Pricing
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The Brave Patch School encourages a heart centered approach to improv quilting, and recognizes it’s restorative value as a creative life practice.
In the Brave Patch GROOVE we get your improv quilts and value the unique vision and voice that you bring. We welcome you into this space as both mentee and mentor. Find connection and inspiration with other improvisors inside the GROOVE.
