Here we are again!
While waiting for our new challenge, we found that someone of you discovered our first game and decided to try it! What a wonderful idea, our games are on our site and they can always be played!
By the way… this is the moment to present our new game!
After many shades of orange and blue, we thought to play with something drastic, with a high graphic visual impact: black and white. We know this is a combination that one may love or hate, but this is what we want to do here: to stop and to think how to go beyond our usual comfort zones, to try something new or to improve our skills.
So many are the possibilities, that there will not be rules limiting the design elements to be used: you will be free to choose your improvisation area! Sewing in black and white is a great occasion to focus on mark making, to experiment with rhythm, and to think about composition. We suggest trying many different layouts on your design wall and to take several pictures that you can post on Instagram to continue in our intent of sharing and exchange.
We want you to know that we introduced a difference compared to the other games. It concerns the size of the quilt: it will have a constraint only for the minimum (you can participate with a square mini quilt of 24”x24”), but the maximum will be open to your choice: a new feature that allows different purposes for the final work!
As for the previous game, some rules will be chosen together with quilters interested to participate. In the next days two polls will be published in the Instagram stories of @quiltimprovstudio profile: stay tuned, and express your preference soon to decide how to create your challenge!
To conclude, here below you can find some links to start looking for inspiration:
- Giovanna has collected examples of black and white improv quilts in her Pinterest board at this link: https://www.pinterest.it/jonikquilts/blackwhite/
- If you don’t have a Pinterest account, some selected sources are collected here below:
https://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-minimum.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/piece__of_me/9115889971/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/floribunda52/4023440544/in/photostream
https://www.flickr.com/photos/artisania/28768739174
We think this video-tutorial by Rebecca Bryan on improvised curves and shapes is very interesting, because she uses black and white fabric underlining the construction of the shapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6wcvHMB6tP0
After the polls, you will find all the related info on our dedicated challenge page .
Enjoy, stay safe and sew with us!
Giovanna, Carla and Paola
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