Virtual Workshop - Michelle Trimble

Virtual Workshop 

 Planning Improv with Dramatic Negative Space

          This is a one day 3 hour workshop    

     Sign-up starts: Members - Open Now; Non-Member -  7/29/2026

Design a high-impact improv quilt! Incorporating dramatic negative space with improv-pieced blocks can generate striking quilts with plenty of visual interest. Embark on your own design journey as Michelle guides you along the process every step of the way. Michelle will show you how to achieve these great designs with just paper, pencil, and a scientific calculator you can use on any smart phone! You will leave this class with a blueprint and plan of attack for your very own wedge improv quilt, as well as the skills necessary to plan any number of quilts based on a modified wedge layout. This is a no sew workshop for INTERMEDIATE quilters.

Student Outcomes:

● Students will learn how line and value can impact the composition of a quilt

● Students will gain confidence in the math skills needed to design and plan a quilt based on a modified wedge layout which can be applied to planning a quilt of any size, using wedges of any degree.

● The math knowledge students learn will allow them to determining the length of improv required to create the wedges, as well as the number and size of improv blocks needed to achieve the layout of their choice.

● Students will also learn valuable information on selection and sourcing of tools for cutting large wedges if they do not wish to make those cuts free-hand.

● Students will learn methods to handle long bias edges to minimize distortion when they piece any top that includes bias.

Required Materials:

● Scientific calculator (calculator on smart phone is fine)

● pencil/pen