Forget step-by-step instructions and copycat designs. In The Improv
Handbook for Modern Quilters, Sherri Lynn Wood presents a flexible
approach to quilting that breaks free of old paradigms. Instead of
traditional instructions, she presents 10 frameworks (or scores) that
create a guiding, but not limiting, structure. To help quilters gain
confidence, Wood also offers detailed lessons for stitching techniques
key to improvisation, design and spontaneity exercises, and lessons on
color. 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.