Improv Quilting Basics with Cheryl Arkison

I thought Cheryl was a very good teacher. I had many reservations about such a "free style" methods but have to say I now sold and ready to start my first Improve quilt. Cheryl's green quilt is marvelous!

As an occasional quilter but more often a painter, I very much enjoyed this class, especially Cheryl's in-depth and thoughtful explanations of the hows and the whys of decision-making and play with all the elements of making quilts this way. One thing that was a bit off-putting, and I hesitate to bring it up because it's really not a criticism, is that Cheryl's teaching style involves using the word "right?" a lot, and she seems to be asking her students questions all the time, or asking their permission. For instance, saying "I do it this way?" sounds like a plea for agreement rather than a description. Small thing, though, in the overall scheme of things. She has tons of experience that she generously shares with students, and that is much appreciated. I would recommend this class to experienced and beginner quilters, and artists!

I loved your class. I can't wait to try this method. Thanks.

I have taken all three of Cheryl's classes and she is an excellent instructor. Amazing. She is clear, engaging, non-judgmental, informative and has a ton of quality suggestions. Can't say enough about her! I hope that she does more courses in the future. Thanks very much, Cheryl and Creative Live. Very inspiring.

Great class. Cheryl is a very capable designer. quilter and teacher. I thoroughly enjoyed (and benefited from) the emphasis on design in this class, where Cheryl presents how to achieve balance in improv quilting design making best use of fabrics. I like that she covers using low volume fabrics. I'm very impressed with this class.

So I've just watched this whole course in two evenings, and can say I got my money's worth. Cheryl is engaging, experienced and reassuring, and has enough information and samples to offer to make things interesting for those not sewing along in the moment. I do not have the opportunity to attend classes, so seeing others sew with shared intent is new for me; sometimes having only a teacher's example leaves more room for my creativity, but this "bee" atmosphere prompts other kinds of jumping-off. I had some trouble with the platform (longer segments took up to 20 minutes to load and crashed if I tried to start somewhere other than the beginning) and would like the camera operators to be more aware of each others' shot lines so they're not standing in the middle of the viewer's screen. Sturdier design boards would be great. Now my only question is who got to keep the collaborative class samples!