Review from Make Modern Magazine, Issue 21

Improv quilting is a fabulous way to use all your fabric and it's increasingly popular in the modern quilting world. But many of us don't want the visually overwhelming effect improv often provides and would prefer unity in our quilts--if this is you, this book is your gateway to the joy of improv!

Kelly uses 'structured improv' to create amazing improv quilts that aren't completely out of control. Each of the quilts in this book has a pattern to follow (hallelujah!), and uses both improv piecing and background fabric to create a uniform foundation. She offers three different methods of improv--panels, strips and blocks--so you can use the best technique for the quilt you're working on. Her techniques are virtually waste-free and you can use any kind of fabric and any size scrap. The whole process of improv is freeing, and while Kelly offers detailed technique directions, she also encourages you to set aside your seam rippers, pins, rotary cutters and rulers while piecing--how liberating!

The 12 quilt projects featured all have a modern feel and use a range of techniques to great effect. They're organised in sections that ease you into the art of improv, starting with colour play, moving to a less organised palette with a unifying background, and through to quilts that use improv for the background with solid blocks.

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