Maria Shell


Students will explore an assortment of traditional quilt blocks built with line and ways to individualize these blocks through cutting, color placement, repetition of blocks, and bit making. Students will also be given information about working with solid colored fabrics, piecing techniques, and ideas for taking their quilt blocks and creating original quilt compositions. Tuesday, August 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2021 2PM-5PM Alaska Daylight Savings Time Sessions will be recorded and made available for students use for approximately 30 days

A complete discussion of all the ways you can improvisation-ally PIECE circles and curves. From braided curves to log cabin circles, students will be lead through a series of demos about non-linear improvisational piecing techniques and ideas for taking these techniques and creating original quilts. During the class, students create a collection of circle and curve quilt blocks–great for a sampler. Tuesday, September 7, Saturday, September 11, Tuesday, September 14, and Tuesday, September 21, 2021
 2PM-5PM Alaska Daylight Savings Time Sessions will be recorded and made available for students use for approximately 30 days

Working from several sources of inspiration grounded in the natural world, students will work through a design process that emphasizes sketching, developing color palettes, creating pattern, and problem solving organic construction issues. Tuesday, October 5, Sunday, October 10, Sunday, October 17, Thursday, October 21, 2021 
 2PM-5PM Alaska Daylight Savings Time Sessions will be recorded and made available for students use for approximately 30 days

In this workshop, we combine the basic design elements of art with the traditional quilt block to create interesting, new, and dynamic quilt units. We will learn about basic design elements and study how individual quilt makers use these elements in their work. From there, students will begin to stitch their own quilt blocks based on design elements. Thursday, November 4, Sunday, November 7, Thursday, November 11, and Thursday, November 18, 2021  
2PM-5PM Alaska Daylight Savings Time for the Thursday, November 4 Session.
 2PM—5PM Alaska Standard Time (AKST) for the Sunday, November 7, Thursday, November 11, and Thursday, November 18, 2021 Sessions.
 Sessions will be recorded and made available for students use for approximately 30 days

Improv Patchwork is a quilting manual designed to empower quilters to work without rulers to build improv units that can be used to create original quilt compositions

This is a permanent document file of of my Artful Oven Mitt Pattern. You will recieve the Artful Oven Mitt pattern once I receive an email confirmation from Paypal that you purchased the pattern. If you want a hard copy. Please scroll down to the next item for sale.

Complete full size pattern with instructions to complete your very own Artful Oven Mitt. Price includes USPS shipping. United States orders only.

My most popular make-and-take workshop at quilt festivals is Artful Oven Mitts. Now, you can order all the supplies and the pattern from me to make your mitt at home. This kit includes everything you need to make ONE Artful Oven Mitt including personally curated vintage fabrics. These make great gifts! Price includes USPS shipping. I do not ship outside of the United States.

My most popular quilt festival make-and-take workshop is Artful Oven Mitts. Now, you can order all the supplies and the pattern from me to make a mitt at home. This kit includes everything you need to make TWO Artful Oven Mitts. I personally curate vintage fabrics for your one-of-a-kind oven mitt. These make great gifts! Price includes USPS shipping. I do not ship outside of the United States.

Do you already have the Artful Oven Mitt Pattern, but you would like to use the vintage fabric and supplies I use to make mitts? Then this is for you! Each kit includes, pre-cut vintage textiles, lining fabric, and Insul-Bright batting. Price includes shipping. I do not currently ship internationally.