Artful Improv

Cindy Grisdela is an award-winning fibre artist with over 30 years of experience creating eye-catching quilts. She travels extensively, showing and selling her work and her quilts have been published in books and magazines. She lives in Reston, Virginia. cindygrisdela.com

Cindy has put this book together to help inspire you to create your own quilts.She has designs that you can follow but she also gives you the inspiration to create your own. She teaches you simple design principles that help you create your own unique art quilts. She empowers you to let go of rigid rules and to make inspirational quilts. She teaches you simple design principles that help you create your own unique art quilts. She empowers you to let go of rigid rules and to make inspirational quilts. I love the fact she doesn't use precise measurements.This means you are able to create spontaneous designs that are more like art. It's so inspirational that she says it's okay to make mistakes and gives you the support you need to get better and better at making this artful quilts. The free design of the quilts and the idea of just going with it and creating something unique. Making a present is special but making a unique present is something else. Cindy takes you through the whole process and gives you everything you need for you to create your own amazing quilts.  I love her use of colours and how you canuses small pieces of material to make an impact on a block of colour. Once you have read the different sections of learning how to design your own quilt, you can then go on to follow some of Cindy's instructions to create different parts of the different designs. Each of the types of design come with step-by-step instructions of how to create them. You can use them to create Cindy's designs or your own. The book is full of inspiration and colour. It's full of beautiful designs and support for you to create your own.

• How to Use This Book What is Improvisation? Getting Organized Sorting by Size and Color What to Do with Scraps Saving the Leftovers Creating a Color Recipe The Color Wheel Using a Color Recipe Increasing Your Color Confidence Elements and Principles of Design Elements of Design Principles of Design Using the Elements and Principles of Design as You Work Working Improvisationally Creating a Design Wall Auditioning Designs Give it Time Building Blocks for Improv Angled Stripes Improv Circles Improv Blocks Curved Strips Inset Strips Putting It All Together Learning to Love Negative Space Creating Balance Adding Texture Quilt as Desired Hand Stitching Machine Stitching A word About Thread Finishing Touches To Bind or Not to Bind? Facings Dealing with Irregular Edges Alternatives to Sleeve and Slat Hanging Resources About the Author