When: Saturday, January 30, 10 am to 4:30 pm (pacific)

Log on at least 10-15 minutes early to settle in, resolve tech issues

30 minute lunch break is scheduled around 12:30 pm

 Location: Zoom 

      Link will provided to participants with 7 days of workshop

 Cost + Registration Dates:  

Members: $50 
Registration Opens: Sat 12/19/2026 9 am pacific
Scholarship Available

Non Members: above price, plus $10 non-member fee
Registration available: Sat 1/2/2027 midnight pacific (space permitting)

 Instructor: Sarah Goer

Class: How Do I Spell That? Improv Pieced Letters

Join us for an opportunity to play while building your improv skills!

Sarah will teach a variety of improvisational piecing techniques and show numerous ways to put those skills together to create improv pieced letters. Students should come to class with a short word or phrase in mind that they would like to create. Skills introduced in this class can be used beyond the creation of letters. 

Skill Level:  All levels- Confident Beginner to Advanced

Participants should know the basics of quilting, such as cutting, sewing a straight line and how to operate their sewing machine.

Supply List [download the supply list here]:

REQUIRED:

• Sewing machine (with foot, power cord, and needles)
• 1/4-inch presser foot
• Neutral thread
• Scissors
• Rotary cutter
• Cutting mat
• Acrylic cutting rulers (one long ruler + one square ruler)
• Small design wall (optional)
• Straight pins
• Pencil and paper for notetaking
  
  
• FABRICS:

• Minimum of two fabrics with good contrast, one for letters and one for background.

• Choose solids, blenders, and/or small-scale prints.
• Consider value (the relative lightness or darkness of fabrics).
• Option 1: lights for background and darks for letters
• Option 2: darks for background and lights for letters
• Option 3: choose a wide spectrum of values for scrappy compositions
• Scraps of all sizes, layer cakes, or jelly rolls can be utilized.
• No precutting is necessary.
• For a more scrappy style, please choose 6-12 fabrics in fat quarters or larger.

Lecture Offered? 

No.
This is a stand alone workshop from member requests after Sarah's Building an Improv Toolbox 2026 workshop.

More about Sarah Goer:

I help quilters build their improv piecing skills in a fun and playful way, so they are inspired to create their own unique designs.

My classes are a bit of a choose your own adventure, packed with tips and tricks as well as permission to play. Part of my joy in teaching is to see the many unique perspectives that develop from the same prompt.

Based in San Jose, California, I learned to sew as a child and was drawn to the color and geometry of quilting after college. As a former middle school math teacher, I combine my eleven years of classroom experience with my nearly two decades of quilting experience to bring clear instruction to my quilt students. Students appreciate my easy going, nurturing style.