binding

Binding finished..................... from Exuberant Color

The binding was finished around 9 last night but I decided to wait until today to take its photo.

That gave me time to piece 2 more stars before I was done sewing for the evening.

Today I need to cut more light squares and triangles for the star blocks which will happen while I'm doing laundry.

The temperature was in the 20s again yesterday so the only time I was outside was to get my mail. 20s will continue all week except Wednesday when they are promising us a day in the mid to high 30s. I think ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 days, 9 hours ago. under binding , star quilts

A little sewing................ from Exuberant Color

I'm not a football fan but I turned on ABC to watch 10 p.m. news last night and there was still 2 minutes left in the game, Georgia vs Georgia Tech. At 11 p.m. they were in their 8th OT. So....I got more stitching time in because I had to see who won and it was Georgia. Those guys must have been so tired...31 straight home game wins, score 44 - 42. I scored half of a long side and half of a short side in stitching, so I have 1 1/2 sides left to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 days, 9 hours ago. under binding , star quilts

More stars and binding................. from Exuberant Color

Five more stars are added to the design wall. These are 12" stars so 35 blocks would make a 60" x 84" quilt top. I could stop at 24 blocks for a 48" x 72" quilt if I get bored making blocks. There is always the option of a border too. I have 5 more combinations ready to sew and I might get them done today.

I worked on the hand stitching of the binding on this one a couple times yesterday. I have one short side and a half of a long side done. I already have 2 finishes ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week ago. under binding , star quilts

Starting one quilt, finishing another.................. from Exuberant Color

The first two star blocks are made and I love them. I didn't get any more pieces cut yesterday but I did pull some more light fabrics.

After cutting for 3 floral quilts I still have this much left. None of this is Kaffe collective, it is mostly florals purchased from the 1990s to 2005.

This is a top view of the 2 big bins. I need to sell a lot of it, probably for $5 a yard but need to decide how to group it and what size pieces to cut. Any suggestions would be appreciated, especially if ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 1 day ago. under binding , star quilts , stash

Odds and Ends from Becca's Crazy Projects

I don't have any charity quilts to share this week so we'll start off with some random things. I pieced this fun hat using the Harico pattern from Feerie Telle. Piece with some pretty small pieces from my giant bin of fleece scraps.

I created my November cover sheet for my diary. Colored pencils and ink.

I used my long arm to create some fun texture to create fabric for a costume for an upcoming gaming event. This project is still in the works.

I also pieced this basis for a fur mantle.

I did some hand-finished binding ...

added by Becca 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under 2024 , binding , costume , fleece , garment , long arm , longarm , quilting , sewing

2 goals.................. from Exuberant Color

I had 2 goals yesterday: renew my driver's license and finish the binding on the pink/gray quilt.

First the driver's license; Illinois is the only state in the country that requires adults over 75 to do a driving (road) test every time they renew their license. I was 78 the first time I had to do the road test, 82 the second time and now I will be 84 in a week for the 3rd time. So I got a 4 yr. license the first time, over 80 they only give a 2 year license and starting ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 weeks ago. under binding , kaffe fabric

Sunday Only finished........................ from Exuberant Color

I named this quilt "Sunday Only" because it was a project in 2022 that I worked on just on Sunday evenings. I did do cutting of triangles on other days but all of the sewing was on Sundays. If you check back to this post and scroll down you can see the antique quilt that was my inspiration. I was about a third of the way into the quilt when I realized that all of the triangles in the antique one were marching right and I had been making them marching both left and right. At that point I knew ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under binding , kaffe fabric , machine quilting

Binding done, next in line..................... from Exuberant Color

The binding was finished a little before 10 last night. I'm looking forward to seeing it open and checking out the scrappy binding. Photo shoot today.

Earlier in the day yesterday I trimmed the pink/gray zig zag quilt and cut the binding. I'll start prepping this one today for the hand finishing of the binding.

There was almost 2" of rain in my gauge from 3 days of storms. I'll check it one more time this morning. We really needed the rain and I'm thankful we got that much.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under binding , kaffe fabric

Many different fabrics in binding............. from Exuberant Color

I have about 60" left to hand stitch on this binding. Six of the different fabrics in the binding are shown here. There are 3 more fabrics in the last 60". I hope I can finish this one today and then start on the binding on the pink/gray quilt.

I decided to open up the panel that came with the Charley Harper fat quarter selection I showed a few days ago. It might end up as part of a backing for a quilt. It is 36" x 45".

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under binding , kaffe fabric

Easy Mitred Binding from Daisychain Quilter

Another quick easy tutorial for binding. Each time I vlog I learn something new. Still be kind with your comments.

This tutorial is slightly shorter than the last binding vlog as I did not repeat some of the steps.

I quilted this wall hanging but unpick it as I did not like it. That was many years ago!

During 'lock down', I thought it just needed a simpler style of quilting and to be finished.

After quilting it, just sat in my UFO box. I have decided that this winter I am going to tried and complete as many UFO ...

added by Deborah, Daisychain Quilter 1 month ago. under binding , my quilts , you tube , youtube

Backing, binding................... from Exuberant Color

I was happy to find I had enough of this print for the back of the butterfly quilt. It is used as the large wings on 2 of the butterflies.

I trimmed the 'Sunday Only' quilt and found the group of partial width Kaffe strips. Some are over 30", others as short as 10".

After sorting through them, this the batch I decided to use. I pieced one long strip and when I sewed the binding onto the quilt, I didn't need the last 3.

I originally planned to sew the binding on this quilt all by machine, but ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under binding , kaffe fabric

Binding audition................... from Exuberant Color

This Kaffe stripe fabric is the one I had been thinking about using for binding on my pink/gray zig zag quilt. I looked last night and found 2 small pieces of it.

I think it will work OK and just add to the quirkiness of the quilt which is titled "1956". The pink/gray combination takes me back to my sophomore year in high school in 1956 (yes, I'm really that old!). The flowers will be in parts of the binding and other areas might just have the gray/white wide stripe. This binding will probably be hand ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under binding , kaffe fabric

You need space to bind a quilt from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I thought about the stride thing yesterday with my KMs, and it's NOT the stride. I did measure that way back when I got a FitBit. I tried to verify it last night, but do you think I could find that in the app? Nope!

The big issue is the translation from my FitBit records to the data on the Virtual Challenge site. It's sporadic, and I have no idea what's happening, but have a look and see what I mean.

The data from the Virtual Challenge website for the last two days

For comparison, my FitBit ...

added by Elaine 1 month ago. under binding , charity quilts , cleaning iron , exit game , irons , mending , neighborhood , quilting , trendtex challenge

New stash................. from Exuberant Color

One of Charley Harper's newest lines is Michigan Audubon. I thought it was cute enough to purchase a fat quarter pack. There is a panel included in the pack too.

Yesterday afternoon became a social time so most of my effort in the studio was cleaning off tables. If I could learn to not make so many piles I wouldn't have to do the clean up so often.

I got this quilt back from my longarm friend Robin yesterday. Since the quilt is so scrappy I'm thinking about making the binding scrappy too. I have lots of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under binding , machine quilting , stash

Top Tools for Quilt Binding: A Quilter’s Guide from Dueling Threads

I was finishing up some quilts today and I want to highlight a couple of my favorite tools that I use when making quilt binding.

First, I LOVE my June Tailor Shape Cut Pro ruler. It is a monster-sized ruler at 20″ x 23″ and allows me to efficiently cut 8 – 16 (probably more) 2 1/2″ strips for binding at one time from my yardage without needing to continually adjust a ruler. It is also great for crosscutting squares of any size with 2 1/2″ increment measurements. I am so sad that it has been discontinued! I have ...

added by duelingthreads 1 month, 1 week ago. under binding , gadgets , quilt show , quilting , quilts , tools , uncategorized (Comments)

How to care for your iron! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Dilemma!!! I struggle with the microphone on my laptop. The microphone could be better because you must be directly in front of the laptop before it picks up my voice. Yet I see people on Zoom calls, and they are at the other end of their room, and we can still hear them. Not so with me, except if I happen to be on the phone at the other end of the room, and then it picks up my voice clear as a bell!

I've been using Jabra earbuds, and the first pair (hand-me-downs from DH) worked very well ...

added by Elaine 1 month, 1 week ago. under 2024 classes , binding , neighborhood , technology

Hey Friends from Terificreations's Weblog

Cooler temps are beginning to drift down like autumn leaves in New York, at first one at a time here and there and then whoosh! before you can blink the trees are nekked for their winter rest. Well, almost, this is Texas and seasons are not the same here. A few things for you today… Continue reading Hey Friends

added by Teri Lucas Terificreations 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under #colorthreadandfreemotionquilting , #sewpink , #terilucasquilts , binding , blog hop , blog roundup , by annie , c&t , c&t publishing , creative spark , machine quilting , quilt fusion , quilters rule the world , quilting , teri lucas , the book report (Comments)

Coronacrazy Made it to the Totally Finished Up Stage! from Quilty Folk

Finally got the Coronacrazy quilt completely finished up! It's one that I started just after the lockdowns happened in 2020. Basically just went out on a limb with the rows of arcs or 'hills'. Really no clue what was going to happen from there!

Another 2024 finish!

Lots and lots of applique in the quilt. It was so very time consuming. But what else did I have to do at that time? ha!

The outside flowers are my fave

Later on, after adding on the leaves in the outside border, I discovered that one of the fabrics used was ...

added by audrey 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under #bramblebloomsqal , 2024 finish , applique , bbii , binding , coronacrazy , gold crossroads quilt , old fashioned , old fashioned wildflowers

Binding progress.................... from Exuberant Color

In two sessions of hand stitching yesterday I finished one short side and 2/3 of the second long side. (One long side finished Sunday.) 1 1/3 sides left to do. I want to have this done and photographed by Wednesday.

I had pulled all of the dead pansies out of my porch pot after one of the hot spells. I was surprised to see these two pop up a few weeks later. They are officially Johnny Jump Ups, also called Viola, and they were planted in the center with all of the large yellow pansies surrounding them. The ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under binding , kaffe fabric , nature

Time for a binding............ from Exuberant Color

I chose the binding fabric for the pink/green triangle quilt about 2 weeks ago and thought I needed to get busy and cut it.

I decided the binding just needed to blend in and not be too obvious. I started the hand sewing and have one long side done.

The Redbud trees aren't happy with a dry summer again and there are many branches with yellow leaves.

There are lots of leaves on the ground too. I have 6 Redbud trees in the backyard so the final mowing this year should chop a lot of leaves.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under binding , kaffe fabric , nature

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