Liberated Quiltmaking
Gwen Marston
Improv QuiltingThis is the original volume where Marston first laid out "liberated quiltmaking" — piecing freehand, without rulers or templates, rooted in the folk-art quiltmaking tradition rather than the later modern-quilt movement. One reviewer credited it with having "launched a movement" among quilters who trace their improv lineage back to her specifically. The sequel, Liberated Quiltmaking II, elsewhere in this catalog, continues the same philosophy with new projects.
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