In 2019, after making a couple of Color Strip and Chunk donation tops, I started an improv part of this color project. I wanted to use up all of my scraps not just those cut into strips.
So far, I have ended up with 2-3 donation quilts of each color. It brought my attention to two things:
- how many scraps I have AND
- how little fabric it takes to make a quilt
This is a great project. It always feels interesting to me and is a wonderful way to use up my small scraps. I also feel like my skills in design are challenged.
The Quilts
![Green Thing donation top](https://www.artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wp-15494929653602224138522189886067-300x248.jpg)
Green, for some reason, was the first color that I worked on. Even though I don’t use a lot of green, that scrap drawer is filling up again. I know that I can make at least one more quilt with them.
![Purple Improv Donation Quilt](https://www.artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/wp-15616786522705794349536595140715-300x300.jpg)
The purple version was the second color I worked on, because a friend told me purple was a favorite color.
![Red Improv donation quilt finished](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231118_150431_wm-sm-300x283.jpg)
I also made a red one which, for red, I find very calming. I feel like this one is much better in terms of design than the previous the original green and original purple.
![Orange Improv Donation quilt finished](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231118_150459_wm-sm-300x288.jpg)
The orange might be my favorite. I also used the most orange scraps.
![White Improv Top](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wp-15794079111467408882619998920638-300x280.jpg)
The white version was not one of my favorites. I think it looks good, but it was not interesting to piece because most of the pieces were of a similar size and fabric. Finished in January 2020. More information can be found in the post about the donation.
![Blue Improv Donation Quilt](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210606_070703_wm-sm-300x295.jpg)
I finally got to blue. This improv version is the third (of four) quilt top I have made from my blue scraps! I finished it in October 2020. Tim quilted it in December 2020 and it was finally finished by March 2021. A good COVID project.
![Yellow Improv donation quilt - finished](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221120_115046_wm-sm-269x300.jpg)
I started this yellow piece right before I redid my workroom in July of 2021. It languished for quite awhile while we procrastinated putting up my design walls. I finally finished the piecing in March of 2022. Erin M. finished the quilting in November of 2022.