I mentioned last week that I had forgotten to blog about my improvisational quilt, so here’s the whole story.
Last summer I took part in an improv quilt-along hosted by Shannon Fraser Designs. I made a bunch of blocks in response to her prompts.
Eventually, I used my signature little black strips to combine them into a final design.
And then I forgot to blog about the finished product. So here we go:
Quilt Stats
Name: Improv 2022
Finished size: 42″ x 57″
Designed, and made by: me, in response to improv prompts from Shannon Fraser Designs
Quilted by: Linda Nichols
More recently I made another raid on the scrap drawers and put together this top. 
It’s from an old book from Cozy Quilt Designs, entitled Strip Clubbing: Fast and Easy Quilts with 2 1/2″ Strips. I was pleased with the pattern and directions. Instructions were such that every one of those seams nested!!! How great is that? Because of that, almost all of those intimidating-looking intersections were close to perfect! Woo!
This is only about 36″ square, so it will be a donation quilt to cover a premie incubator at a local medical center. If you’re interested in the book, your best bet probably is a used book site like Abe Books. Sure it’s available new, but it’s old enough that there are plenty of used copies out there at a fraction of the price.
Have a good week!
Zippy Quilts 
You’re so very productive! I admire your self-motivation to piece, finish and donate quilts, as you do. The quilt made as a result of improv prompts is my favorite, but then that’s a reflection of my changing tastes in quilt styles, during the past decade. I enjoy seeing all your quilts.
Thank you. And I enjoy seeing all your quilts, too!
I am not an improv quilter, but I certainly admire your quilt! There is so much to look at! Well done! 🙂
Thank you 😀 And who knows, you may be an improv quilter in the future!
These are wonderful! I love the bubbly quilting on the improv quilt–it contrasts with all the straight black lines. And I love the black and white latticing in the strip quilt. So satisfying to the eye!
Thank you 😀
Oh my goodness that improvisational quilt is so brilliant! The color scheme you chose – wow! The blocks would have been amazing on their own but then you took it to the next level with that setting! I can’t stop staring at these photos!
Thank you so much! It’s one of my favorites, too.
Wooo indeed. Those perfect nesting are remarkable. The black and white fabrics emphasise just how perfectly the seams meet
Thanks. It’s a good pattern 😀