Improv That Block Squad

An Improv Focused Classic Block Practice

 

Registration Opens December 1. Sign up below to get the very best price.

 

January’s Improv That Block Quilt-along will be all about the FAN block, chosen by vote at the close of the 2025 Improv That Block Squad.

January - June 2026
COMMUNITY COURSE

Registration Opens December 1st:
$329 Early Bird / Dec 1-15
$369 Standard / Dec 15-Jan 31

The 2026 Improv That Block Squad includes:

  • 25+ hours of Live Demos, Guidance & Support w/video replay

  • 4 Improv That Bock Quilt-Alongs

  • 1 Improv Quilt Composition Workshop

  • Improv That Block DIY Guide

  • Pre-recorded Technique Demos & Improv Mindset Tools

  • Illustrated Improv Pivot Points For Each Classic Block 

  • 6 months of Vibrant Community Support

  • Monthly Member-led Sew-alongs

  • Monthly Office Hours

  • Monthly Centering Meditations and Doodle Prompts

  • Evergreen Access to Course Content

Discover new techniques, enhance your abstract piecing skills, and deepen your connection to your creative practice. Let go of perfection, stop overthinking and experience flow in this mindful, heart-centered approach to improv quilting.

What to Expect:

  • Improvise Classic Blocks: We’ll dive into 4 different classic block—beginning with the FAN— to stretch your imagination and expand your technique, January through April.

  • Innovative Patterns: Experience abstract piecing in fresh new ways that challenge tradition while cultivating a mindful approach to quilting.

  • Ruler-free Technique Demos: Let go of perfection and enjoy the freedom of piecing without a ruler.

  • Community Connection: Engage with fellow improvisers in our vibrant online community. Share your creations, ask questions, and inspire one another.

  • Improv Quilt Composition Class, for more in-depth guidance on how to bring your blocks together as individual quilts, or as a combined sampler of all your blocks - in June

  • Guidance and Inspiration: Office Hours, Pre-recorded tutorials, mindset tools, intuitive color tips + a downloadable DIY Guide to help you improvise any classic quilt block YOUR way.

Enjoy more piece Flow Joy and alignment in 2026

 

  • Nurture your emotional well-being through heightened experiences of creative flow as you witness your patchwork unfold in surprisingly fresh & authentic ways.

  • Access color intuitively and harness your emotional energy by tapping into the present moment, using the materials and scraps you have on hand. No new fabric purchases required.

 

  • Enrich your quilting practice. Ground and revitalize your creative spirit. Join us in the Squad — where tradition meets innovation, with a restorative dose of radical acceptance!

  • Align intention with intuition. Become more receptive to serendipity, revelation and meaningful, narratives that emerge to guide your composition, effortlessly through mindful attention to your unique rhythm of abstract piecing.

 
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Improvise like no one’s watching

What folks are saying & making…

  • I quickly got into the flow and thoroughly enjoyed creating my version of improv Churndash blocks. Learning from Sherri's various "pivot" suggestions helped me try new things! And I love what I made!

  • Thank you for a wonderful class. I really needed to get out of a design rut, and you helped shift that blockage. I appreciate you immensely, Sherri.

  • I was so ready for a new direction and you have truly inspired me - loved the freedom of this simple technique - takes you right back to the basics and makes you create so uniquely. Thank you for a fabulous 3 hours!

  • I loved this Rail Fence block! I love working with simple repeating patterns so I found this very exciting. The colors are inspired by my backyard fence and the colors that peek through my black fence are greens and orangey-browns.

  • I made a new quilt! Man it's been a long time. I began this one in Sherri's Rail Fence class. I love making things like that. It's what feels the most energizing.

  • Lots of fun and so inspiring! I'm definitely signing up for Sherri's upcoming series of these workshops!!

  • It's always quite humbling but also extremely empowering to participate in a group of quilters that come from so many different places in their quilting journeys. Thank you Sherri, for sharing this amazing practice with the world, it has truly given me the language I was searching for.

  • This quilt started in Sherri's Improv That Block Flying Geese class. I wanted this quilt to reflect how happy and better I feel when Autum rolls around.

  • I had a great time today playing with Flying Geese. Thanks Sherri Lynn for the pathway to exploration and new possibilities with this traditional pattern.

  • What Sherri teaches goes way beyond the workshop, extends out from the quilt into the everyday life of a maker, showing us the kind of paths we might improvise for our own lives.

✺ Frequently asked Questions ✺

  • My flow-sewing quilt-alongs emphasize restorative process over results to increase your creative flow, happiness, and motivation, while reducing stress and overthinking. Flow-sewing sessions are designed to activate not only your mind, but also your heart and hands as you make. You'll experience creative breakthroughs and make some impressive patchwork along the way.

  • Yes! You will get key tips for using colors in each block. You'll also learn to connect with your true and instinctive use of color. We won't follow strict rules to pick colors beforehand, but if you have a method for choosing colors, feel free to bring it! Working with color intuitively will improve your understanding.

  • YES! We love beginners, whether making a quilt for the first time or trying flexible patterns. We value the beginner's mind energy you bring to the group.

    No matter your experience, we all have the birthright to begin where we are and continue to grow.

    The Squad offers extra pre-recorded resources and a community to both support beginners and engage more experienced improvisers.

    Monthly Zoom office hours will be available for Q&A, giving you a chance to get personal guidance from Sherri Lynn and other members.

  • We will work intuitively with pattern and color using the materials you have at hand —quilting stash, scraps, discarded clothing — SORRY! You aren’t required to purchase color coordinated fabric bundles each month - I know you’re sad about that ;-)

    Tools: sewing machine, sharp scissors or rotary cutter and mat, ironing station, pins, fabric marker.

  • In January, we will start the Squad with the Tumbler block, selected by community vote at the Improv That Block Churn Dash in October 2024. Five more blocks will be nominated and voted on by the community. You can suggest and advocate for the classic blocks you'd like to explore.

  • Yes. I will not be teaching hand-piecing technique, but if you prefer to piece by hand, and you have the skills to do so, you can still benefit from the flow-sewing practices and the community. It will just take you longer — which isn’t a bad thing!

  • That’s entirely up to you. You may choose to make a quilt from each quilt-along, or you may choose to combine all of the blocks from several quilt-alongs into one quilt. What you make with your blocks will be your choice, but the course will conclude with an Improvisation Quilt Composition which will help you upgrade your composition skills no matter what you decide.

  • The Squad community opens January 5th and closes on June 30, but you will have evergreen access to the course content.

  • Monday, January 5 / The Squad Community Course opens

    Tuesday, January 20, 3-4:30 pm / First Live Event: Office Hour Welcome

    Office Hours are 3rd Tuesdays January-April & June 3-4:30 pm
    Quilt-Alongs & the May Sew & Share are on LAST Saturdays of the month, 12-3 pm et

    Saturday, January 31, 12-3 pm et / First Quilt-Along (FAN)

    Saturday, February 28, 12-3 pm et / second Quilt-Along (Block TBD)

    Saturday, March 28, 12-3 pm et / Third Quilt-Along (Block TBD)

    Saturday, April 25, 12-3 pm et / Fourth Quilt-Along (Block TBD)

    Saturday, May 30, 12-3 pm et / Special Sew & Share Together

    *Saturday, June 6 (First Saturday), 12-4 pm et, Improv Quilt Composition Workshop

    Tuesday, June 30 / Community Course interaction closes but you will continue to have evergreen access to all of the course content and live event recordings.

  • YES! All live sessions will be recorded and available to replay inside the community course. This includes the Saturday Quilt-alongs, Sew-together, & Composition workshop and the monthly 3rd Tuesday Office Hours with Sherri.

  • All members paid in full will have continued evergreen access to the archived community and ALL the course content and live event recordings, for the lifetime of the course — and guaranteed access AT LEAST one year after the course completes.

  • Insider & Early Bird Pricing is already at my equity level pricing.

    If you are a standard and pay-it-forward participant I welcome and greatly appreciate your additional support by paying full price for the course, and/or you could pay-it-forward through my donation link here.

    Your gift of money directly supports the creation of new work, which allows me to thrive, grow and pass my learning and experience to others.

  • Yes you can join the first Improv That Block (FAN) Quilt-Along on Saturday January 31st. Registration will open in January.

    This will give you access to the zoom link and supplementary materials for the FAN Quilt-Along only.

    Subsequent Quilt-Alongs will not be available individually, but you loved it and want more, you will have the option apply your single class fee to the purchase of the entire Squad Community Course at the standard price.

  • All deposits and payments are non-refundable. You will have evergreen access to the Squad even if you can’t attend live.

  • In case the instructor’s internet service is disrupted by storms or other issues out of her control, there may be a ‘delay of workshop’ as follows:

    1. If the workshop is interrupted or unable to start on time, the workshop may be postponed for up to two hours. Check for the course materials for a message on the half-hour as needed for an update.

    2. If the workshop cannot continue within two hours, it will be rescheduled the following day at the same time as originally scheduled. Check the course materials for updates.

Join me for a season of meaningful pattern making and presence—where each stitch becomes an act of healing, protection, and restoration. Through mindful, improvisational quilting, we’ll explore how creative flow can nurture not only ourselves but also the communities we cherish. Embrace this journey of abstract piecing as a powerful life practice, awakening innovation and connection stitch by stitch. REGISTRATION OPENS DECEMBER 1!

if YOU …

✺ Are new to improv quilting or a more seasoned improvisor

✺ Want to incorporate more mindfulness and play into your creative practice

✺ Can’t find your sewjo and haven't made a quilt in a while

✺ Are fascinated by abstraction and love classic quilt blocks

✺ Like to disrupt the system and make fresh patterns - hello pattern designers

✺ Desire a more authentic connection to quilting

✺ Struggle with perfectionism and overthinking when you create

✺ Just want to have a bit of fun using up some scraps

✺ Are looking for a wonky community that let’s you do you

You belong In the Block Squad!