GARNISH

A block study in curved improvisation

Garnish is a joyful deep dive into sewing curves and experimenting with color, proportion, and layout. Whether you're a seasoned improv quilter or just starting to explore ruler-free piecing, this workshop invites you to play, explore, and follow your own path.

This block study is part of the Block Studies Collective and includes both a downloadable PDF pattern and a full set of video tutorials.

The videos are packed with tips, techniques, and creative prompts to help you build your skills and create a quilt that feels uniquely yours.
Start sewing today!

What You’ll Learn in the Course

In this course, you’ll explore lessons on:

• Ruler-free and precision curved piecing

• Sewing melon and orange peel shapes with confidence

• Color and value placement

• How proportion affects composition

• Creating variations through pieced, striped, and improvisational melons

• Block variation lessons to explore design
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No right or wrong way to make these blocks

This course is designed to encourage creative exploration. Follow the pattern closely or use it as a springboard to invent your own variations—both approaches are equally valid.

Garnish is all about embracing possibility and seeing where your instincts lead you!
Start sewing today!

What's included in the course

Everything you need to explore improvisational
piecing and design!

  • Downloadable PDF with step-by-step written instructions

  • Lifetime access – come back any time, at your own pace

  • Design prompts and visual examples

  • Detailed color palette suggestions

  • A comment section to ask questions and get feedback from Tara

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Elizabeth M Coffey Coffey

My head is swimming with ideas of what I want to try with the Garnish block. Tara, you are the master of teaching how to do the blocks without the pressure of doing it "the right way". I am very pleased with the color palletes that you have picked...

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My head is swimming with ideas of what I want to try with the Garnish block. Tara, you are the master of teaching how to do the blocks without the pressure of doing it "the right way". I am very pleased with the color palletes that you have picked and I know that there will not be a bad on in the bunch. Thank you for your kindness and thoughtfulness in the process. I feel encouraged even though we have only met through the computer.

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Wayward arcs

Aparna Ewing

Great and inspiring!!

Great and inspiring!!

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Got me thinking in a totally new way

Christine H. Lee

Learned new techniques around piecing curves and also got me thinking in an entirely new way about layout! Instruction was so helpful, from details to "how to navigate offroad/mistakes." It made me want to learn more about color, too. One of my ve...

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Learned new techniques around piecing curves and also got me thinking in an entirely new way about layout! Instruction was so helpful, from details to "how to navigate offroad/mistakes." It made me want to learn more about color, too. One of my very favorite blocks.

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Course curriculum

    1. Introduction & Pattern Download

    2. The Color Palette

    3. Supplies

    1. Cutting Fabric

    2. Sewing the Basic Block

    3. Trimming the Block

    4. Tips!!

    5. Sewing One at a Time (and more tips!)

    6. Joining the Blocks

    7. Precision Piecing

    8. Variations on the Block

About this course

  • $42.00
  • 11 lessons