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Backing and binding chosen................. from Exuberant Color

I didn't even have this top on my list of ones to finish because I thought I was going to add a border. I made the decision yesterday to just finish it as is. I chose a gray leaf print for the back and there is a pebble or mosaic type fabric on the left edge that I'm thinking will be the binding. I need to carefully ditch quilt this one because I don't want quilting all over the top. This batik top was made 5 years ago using the Hattie's Choice die from Accuquilt. I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under accuquilt die cutter , batiks

One decision made................ from Exuberant Color

After a little prodding by a friend I realized I didn't want to find separator strips like I used on the original quilt I made 10 years ago. Last night I sewed the three sections together. After trimming the side points it will be about 46" x 62". I'm thinking about adding a border, but we shall see how long that takes.

I also cut 1.5" purple squares yesterday and added them to the few that were cut previously.

It was warm enough to open all of the windows yesterday and low humidity. We had a 1 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under accuquilt die cutter , batik , marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

Slow day................ from Exuberant Color

I didn't have anything lined up to sew, so I sorted the 1.5" batik squares by color and value so I could check on my inventory. Red, orange and yellow filled one tray.

Another tray was all blue and turquoise, and it looks like it is mostly turquoise.

This assortment was pulled from one box of batik scraps to do more cutting today.

Here are the remaining squares waiting to be sorted. It looks like I need to cut some more purple and green.

It was chilly and breezy yesterday so I spent the day inside relaxing. The ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under accuquilt die cutter , batik

Doing some cutting.................. from Exuberant Color

A lot of small pieces of batik fabric are now cut into 2" squares. Most of these are from previous cutting sessions but new ones were added.

I also added to the 1.5" squares. I made a lot of 9 patches from this collection over a year ago. I mostly used the ones that aren't good for colorwash. I will continue with some cutting while I make decisions on some other projects in progress.

We got 3/4" of rain from the storm Friday night. My rain gauge collections for the month total 4.25". Now we have ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under accuquilt die cutter , batik

First finish for April 2026.............. from Exuberant Color

I finally stopped avoiding the last 54" of hand stitching and finished the binding on this quilt last night.

It's hard to see the beauty of this quilt in a photo. I think the colors are prettier in person. The fabric is Wishwell's Weather Report, a line from several years ago.

The quilt ended up at 47" x 71" and I think it will be my recliner quilt.

I only had a couple pieces long enough to use for the back, also from the same line of fabric.

Storms rolled through around 10 last night. Chicago had over ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under accuquilt die cutter , binding

Sewing and garden..................... from Exuberant Color

I made the third block (not pressed) and added it to the other two for a table runner top.

I changed to 60 weight 2 ply thread and put the single hole plate on my machine to make a couple of the tiny bowties. I didn't turn on the iron yesterday.

I will need to cut some more pieces to make some more blocks. I was happy they really came out to the right size. Sometimes with tiny pieces the blocks come out a bit smaller than they are supposed to.

After 3 days near or above 80, everything ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under accuquilt die cutter , batik , nature , tablerunner

More about the new die.................. from Exuberant Color

I made several test blocks, using a layer cake 10" squares. On the first two I didn't keep the small pieces in the right place a couple times. If they were right, there wouldn't have been bias on the edge in a couple places. Once I realized that, the next 2 blocks were better....except the center pinwheel is spinning the opposite direction (2 blocks on the right). I should have known better but somehow it slipped past me. Look at the 2 blue blocks, darks shouldn't be touching darks when the 2 blocks are next to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under accuquilt die cutter

Some die cutting............... from Exuberant Color

I took my pile of small batik scraps and cut some pieces for the 2" bowtie blocks. I have pieces laying out for one block but I haven't sewn any yet. I need to change to a lighter weight thread on my machine.

I have always been intrigued with this traditional block and the die was 57% off and free shipping so I bought it. It is a 12" block so the largest pieces will work nicely with larger prints.

I sewed a sample block but haven't pressed it yet so I'll have more to show tomorrow ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under accuquilt die cutter , batik

Not much............ from Exuberant Color

My mind yesterday was busy with new project ideas and thoughts of what I should be finishing but all I accomplished was a little more stitching on the diamond quilt. I have about 2 1/4 sides finished now.

I was looking at the dies for my tiniest bow tie blocks. This one is the little corners that sew onto the pieces in the next photo.

There are 4 pieces on the die on the left. After I took this photo I marked them with a black permanent pen. This bow tie will finish at 2". I have some tiny ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , binding

Cutting and third layout................... from Exuberant Color

All three sets needed more pieces. I actually cut a few more than I needed so if I need to make a substitute block I'm all set. I ended up finishing the 2 partial blocks and made 6 new blocks last night. I haven't pressed them yet so they haven't made it to the design wall.

This is the assortment of new pieces plus the leftovers from the day before. I had a strip of fabric that I had previously die cut 6 triangles of each fabric from and I put the ends of the strips back ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

6 more blocks................. from Exuberant Color

I had to cut some more triangle corners before I could make any more blocks. That is 60 triangles in the stack, one pass through the Studio die cutter with a Studio die, 10 layers at a time. That is enough triangles for 15 blocks. There is very little waste when cutting with the triangle dies.

After that I cut 30 tall triangles in one pass through the cutter, enough for 15 blocks.

I also cut 6 of each of these Marcia Derse prints so I would have some more variety to choose from for both quilts.

While I was ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , kaleidoscope quilts , marcia derse fabric , triangles

Die cutting............... from Exuberant Color

I went through the small pieces of Wishwell Weather Report fabric to cut some half rectangle triangles for enlarging a quilt top. There are 44 pieces in these piles.

I will need 20 of them to add one column of blocks on a side, and I'm doing both sides, needing 40 of them. I have a little bag of leftover triangles from when I made the top, but it was in the basement when I was writing this post and I didn't want to go down there to get it. I don't think there are more than ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under accuquilt die cutter , triangles

Sample block................... from Exuberant Color

Another thing I want to do this year is make a test block for all of my dies and hopefully one a week. I started yesterday with this Pine Burr die. I remember a friend of mine made a quilt with this pattern back in the late 1990s and I liked the quilt.

I decided to use some small chunks of Cherrywood fabric for this one. I didn't have the gold fabric lined up quite right for the cut so it is short on 2 of the outside edges. I think I may be able to trim it into ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , hand dyed fabric

October 2025 Monthly Recap........................ from Exuberant Color

October was a good month with 4 finishes. Top left with 3 sizes of 16 patch blocks and a paper pieced star was started in 2017, the star pieced in 2008, and finally a finish. It is 38.5" x 51". Bottom left was started in 2011, the border added in 2022, and finally finished last month. I cut pieces with my new Bear Paw die and played with them for this layout. It is 47.5" x 58.5". In the center is a quilt that surprised me. It is simple piecing with 2 sizes of strips of Kaffe ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , kaffe fabric , monthly recap

A different project............... from Exuberant Color

After grocery shopping and putting everything away, I wasn't in the mood to turn on the iron and press the quilt top....so I started a new project. A while back I showed all of the precut flannel pieces I had and I decided to make another baby quilt with the 4" tumblers. This is just rows pinned to the design wall. I'll decide if I want to move any of the rows to a different position and then sew them together. This one should finish around 40" x 40".

There were 257 tumblers (cut with my die ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 1 week ago. under accuquilt die cutter , flannel quilts

Still quilting and some die cutting.............. from Exuberant Color

I'm still quilting this quilt and the lines of stitching are 5" apart. The batting recommends 4" or closer so there will be some diagonal quilting lines in addition to the ones in the ditch. I used a variegated thread for the ditch quilting so now I have to decide if I want to stay with it for the diagonal stitching, which will show.

I had a few charm packs (5" squares) of Kaffe fabric that I die cut into four 2 inch squares. I never use the charm squares as an accurate 5" cut because lots of them ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , kaffe fabric , machine quilting

August 2025 monthly recap......... from Exuberant Color

The finishes for August seem like so long ago because they were both at the beginning of the month. The border barely shows on the quilt on the left against a white design wall. It was made from 7 Martha Negley fabrics and I used my die cutter for all of the pieces. It is 67" x 83.5".

On the right is Australian Bars, all Australian/Aboriginal fabrics. It is 50" x 71".

It was a big month for quilt tops, more than I thought I would finish. On the left is a 16 patch made with many lines ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , monthly recap

Quilt top progress....................... from Exuberant Color

I pressed the top half of the quilt top and folded it to make it fit above the area where I was going to design the bottom half.

After designing the bottom half I started sewing it together.

There are 3 more seams to sew on it and then I can press it and add it to the top half.

I didn't choose most of these fabrics, they were just the chunks in the scrap bin large enough to cut a 3.5" x 6.5" rectangle with my die cutter. Then I cut a few more from yardage ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , kaffe fabric , nature

More cutting....................... from Exuberant Color

Almost all of the small pieces of Kaffe fabrics are now cut. There is no project in mind, just prep for when the whim strikes.

This was the first 2 hours of cutting, in the morning yesterday, 2.5" squares and triangles. I decide to not cut rectangles.

In the evening I spent another hour cutting 3.5" squares, 3.5" x 6.5" rectangles and 2" squares. There is another group of fabric I need to cut into 2" squares so maybe that will be today's project. I didn't feel like turning on the iron so I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 1 week ago. under accuquilt die cutter , kaffe fabric , nature

Not much to show................... from Exuberant Color

There isn't much to show for yesterday but it was a busy day. This is about an hour and a half's ironing. The stack at the top is large enough for 3.5" squares or 3.5 x 6.5" rectangles. The bottom stack is for 2.5" squares and 2.5" x 4.5" rectangles, and maybe some 2" squares from the longer strips.

After lunch was my second PT session and it is helping. I have a good therapist and she is training another person so I get to hear everything explained. That doesn't mean ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 1 week ago. under accuquilt die cutter , kaffe fabric

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