crazy piecing

Rainy day sewing........ from Exuberant Color

I loaded this quilt on the longarm on Tuesday but I didn't change the needle until yesterday morning. I quilted it shortly after lunch. I didn't even have this one on my 'to quilt' list. A friend pieced the top and left it with me along with her flannel scraps when she moved away. I had it tucked into the garment bag with other small projects and when I spied it I thought it would be a great 3rd finish for this month.

I pieced the batting using the 3 step zig zag to hold the butted edges ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 years, 10 months ago. under baby quilts , crazy piecing , flannel quilts , nature

Still playing............ from Exuberant Color

I have filled in the space between the panel and the blocks which are sewn together as 2 side panels and a top and bottom row. I still haven't decide which panel or for sure what fabric will fill in the space around the panel. I hope to decide all of that today.

Both of these panels have the same fabric surrounding them. I surprised how different the intensity of color is in the crazy pieced blocks in the 2 photos. The camera is adjusting for the contrast between the panel and the blocks.

This is the early Peony ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 years, 10 months ago. under batiks , crazy piecing , nature

7 batik panels, which one?.............. from Exuberant Color

Luckily I had just looked at these panels recently and knew where they were. We had them at a quilt shop I worked at and when they went on sale half price I bought several of them.

#1 zebras on orange

#2 three masks

#3 elephants

#4 zebra landscape

#5 packed zebras

#6 two masks

#7 rainbow zebras

The panels are in the 17" - 19" size range and the spot they need to fill is 20" x 20" so a border would be needed to make them fit. Some would need light borders and other dark borders so the look ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 years, 10 months ago. under crazy piecing

African crazy piecing progress......... from Exuberant Color

I made 2 more blocks and took them down to the ironing table. This is what they look like before trimming.

This is the rest of the batch that was waiting to be pressed before trimming.

Here are the new trimmed blocks with the original six that I made earlier. They are 10" finished size blocks so I'm not sure where I'm going from here on the project. I do have several batik panels with African scenes on them that might look great with these blocks.

This is a leftover block which will probably get used somewhere. It ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 years, 11 months ago. under batiks , crazy piecing

African fabric crazy piecing............ from Exuberant Color

Yesterday I opened the box of finished African crazy pieced blocks, partially made blocks and lots of scraps. I decided I would make more of those blocks before I pressed and trimmed the yellow/black/white ones from yesterday. Then I can press and trim all of them at once.

I now have 6 finished blocks previously made and 5 new ones ready to trim. The scraps left in the box will be sorted by size now so I can make a 12th block.

This is my happiness photo for the day. Many of these quilts will be shared when ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 years, 11 months ago. under crazy piecing

Sunny day project............ from Exuberant Color

I guess sunshine was on my mind yesterday when I chose a project to work on. It was a beautiful sunny day and I got some more garden cleanup done.

Last night I pulled out the box of yellows and black and white scraps and continued making blocks for a project started in January this year. I haven't pressed and trimmed the blocks yet but I made 6 new blocks that will be 5" finished, one that will be 7.5" finished and one 10" finished. I already had 7 10" blocks and 1 5" block made. I will ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 years, 11 months ago. under batiks , crazy piecing

A little more playing........ from Exuberant Color

I have an 8' bulb burnt out in my main floor studio so I took the yellow blocks to the basement to play on a design wall. I had one smaller block that just needed one more strip so I added that and trimmed it. I pulled that black with white print that looks like it would be a good addition to the mix. I'll continue playing.

I sewed the table runner top that I showed in pieces about 2 weeks ago. I think I have about 5 or 6 table runners waiting to be quilted. I know I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 years, 2 months ago. under crazy piecing , kaffe fabric , stash

Continuing on........... from Exuberant Color

Wednesday night is another TV night and since the yellow, black and white scraps were still spread out on my cabinet I just continued working on them. 3 hours, 3 blocks finished from the beginnings the night before. There isn't much contrast with yellow so I had to add in gold and a couple that were almost yellow-orange. I think this project has just shrunk in size. Since I only want to use batiks in this project I don't have enough variety to keep my interest.

I will figure out what I'm going to make with 7 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 years, 2 months ago. under crazy piecing

Tuesday night sewing.................. from Exuberant Color

Yesterday was the make up eye appointment in Chicago for the one I cancelled on Oct. 30 because we had an icy storm. It is always a long day because the driving time is over 3 hours both ways combined. Traffic was good yesterday. Everything was good and I didn't need an injection. The tumor is stable (and shrunk). It has been 7 years now since I had the radiation treatment on that eye. The dilation didn't wear off until about 5 p.m. so I wasn't able to do much in the afternoon.

Last night I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 years, 2 months ago. under crazy piecing , nature

Yellow, black and white............. from Exuberant Color

I finally got all of the yellow and black and white scraps together in 2 containers so I can make some more crazy pieced blocks. I think Sunday when I have 2 friends coming over would be a good time to work on it.

My next pop-up shop will open in a couple days for the people on my email list. The following day it will be open to everyone. I had lots of proofreading and photography to do yesterday. My email list sign up box is on my right side bar. If you view this on a smartphone scroll ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 years, 3 months ago. under crazy piecing

2 quilt tops............ from Exuberant Color

Here is the finished 48 block pink and green 16 patch with scenery fabric inserts. I have staystitched the edge so there will be no popped seams or strectching of the edges. It is approximately 48" x 64".

I decided I should sew the baby quilt top also using all of the really pastel pink and green blocks. It is 36.5" square.

This is probably the best true color photo. Hanging on the chair are the 2 backing fabrics. Now that I added rows to the larger one I will have to piece the backing.

Yesterday morning I decided ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 years, 4 months ago. under crazy piecing , strip piecing

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