Improvising Tradition: 18 Quilted Projects Using Strips, Slices, and Strata - Softcover

Ledgerwood, Alexandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620333376 ISBN 13: 9781620333372

Publisher: Interweave, 2014

Synopsis

Improvisational piecing methods anchored within traditional quilting designs.

Improvising Tradition pairs improvisationally pieced elements with more structured, and perhaps more familiar, quilt patterns to create projects that share a fresh, clean, and modern aesthetic. Author Alexandra Ledgerwood introduces readers to three basic improv piecing techniques: strip sets, piecing improvised strata, and slice and insert, then marries them with traditional quilting designs such as log cabins, coin and bar quilts, and even Hawaiian quilts.

By using improvised elements within traditional patchwork quilt designs, Alexandra merges new and old quilting styles into projects that will appeal to a wide range of quilters. Eighteen original and modern quilting projects combine the beauty and familiarity of traditional techniques with the fresh, fun spirit of improvised quilting.

About this title

About the Author

Alexandra Ledgerwood is a modern quilter and a member of the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild. Her work has been published in Stitch, Modern Quilting Unlimited, Machine Quilting Unlimited, and Quilting Quarterly. She enjoys working with scraps, baking, and a good cup of tea. She lives in Overland Park, Kansas, with her husband and two sons.

Review

"Improvising Tradition, by Alexandra Ledgerwood of Teaginny Designs, is a gentle, refined, thoughtful introduction to the delights of improvisational quilting." --A Few Scraps

"All of the projects are really pretty and enticing, the color choices are spot on (Alexandra Ledgerwood either really knows her color wheel or has exquisite taste--or both), and the quilting, in the case of many of the projects in the book, took my breath away..." --Mark Lipinksi

" ...a great resource for improv quilting. She uses small manageable cuts which make piecing easy and quilts less wonky. The patterns are perfect for a beginning quilter or a beginning improv quilter. The tone on tone solides make the improv piecing give texture without creating a distraction with every seam and new fabric." --Cut to Pieces

"New quilters will be able to dive in and get started on making beautiful modern improv quilts with ease. They will find the sewing tips in the beginning of the book very useful. Experienced traditional quilters will be able to use familiar skills to easily venture into modern improvisation." --Portland Modern Quilt Guild

"Oh yes, this whole book was inspiring. All 17 projects are inspiring, in fact. I found myself flipping through the pages because I wanted to see how they did that funky awesome herringbone thing again, or re-read the instructions on needle-turned appliqué once more." --Schnitzel & Boo

Edition details

• Publisher: Interweave
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1620333376
• ISBN 13: 9781620333372
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 136