Design in Motion: Improv with Invisible Appliqué Quilting
Online Art Quilting Course
Course Summary
In this workshop, you will learn how to improvise and design using an easy, invisible curved applique technique, so that you can make truly unique art quilts, and finally feel free and confident with improv.
Who’s it For?
An experienced art quilter who is hungry for growth, but feels intimidated by improvisation and gets overwhelmed at where to start, and wants to feel free and creative. They want to break through to the next level of creativity, and needs guidance.
- you want to learn improv design and techniques in a guided, supportive group
- you get excited about using color and design to create your own unique ideas in art quilting
- you want to break free of only working realistically, predictably and feel the freedom of improv
- you love to learn online and with a group of like minded artists
- you want a reliable way to work with your designs so that they are cohesive and not a hot mess
Important Dates: Each class will be released on these dates
Class #1 January 3, 2026, Saturday
Class #2 January 10, 2026, Saturday 2 pm EST LIVE SESSION
Class #3 January 17, 2026, Saturday 2 pm EST LIVE SESSION
Class #4 January 24, 2026, Saturday
time for working
Class #5 January 31, Saturday
Class #6 February 7, 2026, Saturday 2 pm EST LIVE SESSION
Class #7 February 14, 2026 , Saturday
What's Included & Why It Matters
- 3 Live Zoom sessions——Get questions answered in real time, connect with fellow students, get personal coaching on WIP, one at the beginning, middle and end of the course
- Pre-recorded videos——Learn at your own pace, and re-watch each step as needed, several included in each lesson
- Design guide PDF’s——guides to help you use the elements and principles of art when you work improvisationally , saves time, helps with editing and eliminates the chaos and confusion
- Supply Lists——Know everything you will need with links where to order, saves you time, available once you sign up
- Community space——Great support and inspiration from the group, share your progress photos, get new ideas
- BONUS: Optional landscape pattern PDF——a way to practice the technique using more representational art
- Ideas for gift giving——ways to use your samples for the Holidays
This workshop may not be for you if:
- you’re looking for perfection and a pattern, this process is a bit unpredictable (but that’s what make is fun!)
- you’re not willing to play, experiment and bring an attitude of fun
- you’re looking for a super polished Hollywood production- this is a beta workshop and we’ll be working together to make this a great course
- you don’t like learning online
But what if...
Worried you’re not creative enough?
Everyone can be creative with the right guidance, this is just a limiting thought we often have. This class will be more about play and getting back to our inner creative self that is just there waiting for us.
Don’t have enough time?
Each lesson will drop at the beginning of the week, and if we you need more time, you can absolutely take it. The lessons will be there for when you can watch them, and the live sessions will all be recorded for you if you can’t make one.
Feel nervous /fearful/ uncomfortable without a plan or a pattern?
Completely understandable, but you can do this. The lessons and the live sessions are there to support you, because although you maybe new to this, I am not. I will be there to guide you and you can help guide me as to what you need to know.
Worried it will be a waste of time and fabric, will turn out a mess, look thrown together/be an utter failure?
This one is related to the one above. Once we dive into the designing part of the course, you will understand why some designs work and others look like a mess. You will understand, and be able to edit your own work with confidence (and the help of the group).
Don't know how to construct an improv piece
You will get detailed video instructions for the curved applique technique and how to use it for improv work (or anything else).
I can’t afford this right now
And that’s why the beta pricing is perfect for you, so you can get all the good stuff before it doubles in price.
Here's what you need to know
- Format: hybrid online lessons with video and 3 live Zoom sessions
- Length: 6-8 weeks
- Start Date: January 3, 2026 , Saturdays 2 PM EST
- Delivery Platform: Zenler and Zoom
- Price: Beta-$197 with payment plan option
- Access: Live Zoom/recorded + pre-recorded lessons dropped each week
Here's what one of my student's had to say:
Patricia Marchionno " I appreciate all you have shared and find you to be an awesome fiber artist who is compassionate and committed to share your knowledge , with a very unique style of teaching . I appreciate the attitude and attention you give to the learning process as you put yourself in your students shoes knowing we are beginning a process and we bring all levels of experience to the class. You frame yourself as also one who is learning. Love everything about your class."
What will you create?
Small samples and units to learn the technique and later a larger improv piece to learn about balance and design.
What's different about this course?
The curved applique technique that allows for freely creating without templates and patterns. The personal coaching and live sessions to help with designing as you go.
A personal invitation from me to you
If you love the excitement of creating something that’s never been seen before, then you should join me in co-creating this class. If you’ve been feeling the frustration of being bored by the same old projects and want to break out of that pattern, then join me! Paralysis, fear, self-doubt and overwhelm, begone! Let’s design this thing together and in the process open up a new freedom and joy in your art quilting practice. This will be a safe and non-judgmental space where we can learn together in a nurturing framework for creativity. I’m so excited to bring this creative playground right to your inbox.
Roxane Lessa
Roxane Lessa/The Art Quilter's Coach
Roxane was a professional ballet dancer in her youth. Now she enjoys creating movement with color, line, and shapes, using textiles as her muse.
She has exhibited her work in many group and solo shows abroad and in the US. Known as The Art Quilter's Coach, Roxane specializes in coaching quilters to master design so they can make their own amazing art quilts. Her 3-D Textile Painting technique (copyright) was featured in Quilting Arts Mag. Dec/Jan 2014, and Quilting Arts TV, Series
1500. Roxane has been a BERNINA ambassador, and recently won a First Place Ribbon for her pictorial art quilt, Wisteria Wonder at the prestigious Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival. She has also taught and lectured for 2 years at the Houston International Quilt Festival. Oh, and she still loves to dance!
