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Taking it easy.......... from Exuberant Color

I had another steroid shot to my SI joint yesterday morning and they said to take it easy for one day and then resume normal activity. I decided to sort the extra strips one more time by dark and light. I could make 'the other 16 patch' with them if I cut a few more light strips. I could also make 9 patches and do a layout with an alternate plain block (Single Irish Chain). I could just put them away and do nothing with them but they would make a good sharing quilt to put into my inventory.

This ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 0 minutes ago. under food , nature , strip piecing

Working on a quilt top................. from Exuberant Color

This is the first quilt top I needed to work on. I cut enough sashing strips to sew one to each of the 40 blocks. I'm not sure how many blocks I'm going to use in a quilt but any left over will be made into a small project.

I haven't decided if there will be cornerstones or if I will cut the sashing strips for the tops of the blocks longer. I hope I know what my decision is this morning so I can get to it.

My granddaughter was craving some Chex Mix so I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 6 days ago. under food , quilts made with triangles

One more day needed...................... from Exuberant Color

There are four corners finished in this photo. I have 52" left to stitch on the 4th side. I worked on it 4 different times yesterday.

I also baked the chocolate chip cookies and shopped for groceries at two stores.

The humidity was up a little but still tolerable with the windows open.

When I could see I wasn't going to be able to finish the binding I picked up my knitting. I was thinking about which quilt top I might be able to finish before the end of the month while I knitted. Some years August is a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 2 days ago. under binding , food , knitting

Still hand stitching......... from Exuberant Color

A couple more days will be needed to finish the hand stitching on this binding.

This is the pile on the sewing cabinet as I stitch. I get to enjoy all of the fabrics....for hours.

I mixed some chocolate chip cookie dough but it was too late to bake the cookies. It will be cooler this morning so that worked out OK. I put the dough in the refrigerator for the night.

It was another beautiful day so I took my clippers out and cut some trees that are popping up everywhere, and also cut down two peony plants ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 3 days ago. under binding , food

Relaxing Sunday............... from Exuberant Color

My plan was to get at least one side hand stitched on the binding of the Wm. Morris Trip Around the World quilt. I got one short side stitched and then went on to stitch 22" on a long side. Then I took a break and went out to trim dead leaves off the tomato and cucumber plants and fill the bird feeders.

The only other thing planned was baking cookies. I was going to make chocolate chip but changed my mind and baked shortbread instead. I could swear my eyesight was clearer after eating 2 cookies.

Yesterday's weather ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 4 days ago. under binding , food

Keeping busy.................. from Exuberant Color

While I was waiting for clothes in the dryer I took down all of the fabric on the top shelf and reorganized it. I found a few more pieces in other places that belong on that shelf too. It is a miscellaneous group. The 2 lower shelves are mostly Philip Jacobs fabrics. I started organizing it by color a few months ago and never finished.

We finally got some rain yesterday. I checked it around 9 a.m. and there was 1.75" in the rain gauge. It rained a little more after that so I'll check the gauge ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under food , kaffe fabric , organization

Me in My Thrift Find, Hand Stitching Progress and Cake Too from Canadian Needle Nana

The only constant in my days is that they are flying by. Does time speed up in the summer months I wonder. We had Tony's birthday celebration last week and he is now 87 and counting. It was a somewhat sad day as he reflected on all the people he has lost including another good friend in recent months. Things brightened up though when we went out for a meal to a nearby restaurant with Beth and Brad. Beth made him a beautiful chocolate cake, his favorite. She uses Barry's recipe found at his site, Rock Recipes, and ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under applique , cross stitch , dogs , epp , flowers , food , thrift shopping

Binding completed................ from Exuberant Color

After I took this photo, I continued sewing the binding on the floral stars quilt. I finished it at 10:30.

It's getting close to the end of the month so I'll have to see what else I can finish.

Yesterday morning I went out to check the tomatoes and this is what I found on the biggest tomato out there. I had picked tomatoes the night before at 5 p.m. and this one had barely a tinge of orange on it so I left it to check on later. The squirrels had their party and took ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under binding , food , nature

Another project.......................... from Exuberant Color

While cleaning off a table in the main level studio, I found a stack of batik 2.5" x 4.5" rectangles. I carried them to the basement to join the others in one of the boxes in the basement. As I tried to open the blanket box on the left I decided it was one of the "difficult to open" ones and I pulled some easy open ones from the storage area to exchange them.

The first day my helper came we put all three of the large bins with trays of cut pieces in one place, under the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under colorwash , food

The great yellow takeover.............. from Exuberant Color

Two years ago there were 2 Black-eyed Susan plants that somehow migrated from the back garden to the front. This year they have multiplied and have taken over the front garden. It's colorful, I will say that.

After an hour or so of playing with this group of fabric, this is the final batch. I removed one purple and like that end much better. Now I have to read the directions and decide if I will follow them or devise my own directions. I know the directions are for fat quarters and I'm not sure I want to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under binding , food , kaffe fabric , nature

Snail's Trail progress.................. from Exuberant Color

I ended up only moving one block from the layout on the design wall and then I sewed those 4 rows together.

Late in the afternoon I designed the bottom 3 rows. I had to stop and use the dust mop before I could lay the final row on the floor.

Last evening I decided to start sewing the bottom 3 rows together and this is how far I got. Just one more seam and pressing it and it can have its portrait taken.

In the garden, finally some color. They are still orange so they have a few days ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under food , snail's trail

Done but no formal portrait.................. from Exuberant Color

I finished the binding yesterday morning but my design walls in the basement are still on their sides, leaning against a table. The design wall on the main level isn't quite large enough to display it. Rain is forecast for today so I'm waiting to see if more water seeps into the basement before I put the walls back in place.

I cut 8 of the blocks for the Snail's Trail quilt and got 6 of them sewn yesterday. Most of these print fabrics are from the 1990s.

I noticed the first bud has bloomed on the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under binding , food , nature , snail's trail

Pressing........... from Exuberant Color

I had to turn the iron on yesterday to press the binding fabric for the current finish so I paired the fabrics for the Snail's Trail and got 4 pairs pressed while I was at it. Hopefully I'll get some blocks cut today.

While outside checking on my tomato plants I noticed some of the buds on the Tiger Lilies are turning orange. It won't be long now for the first few blooms.

Thanks to a friend, I had blackberries on vanilla ice cream last night for dessert. Yummy!

I got the binding strips cut yesterday so ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under food , nature , stash

Started sewing stars...................... from Exuberant Color

After thinking too hard about this quilt, I am sewing it together with my original plan. I'll explain that when I get it all sewn and pressed, hopefully today. I made the blocks in December 2024. I have the rows all webbed, just need to sew in the other direction now.

Two of the tomatoes have ripened on the half price plant that had 10 tomatoes on it. All of my other plants have lots of little tomatoes on them but nothing near ripening. Next week is supposed to be in the high 80s and 90s with high humidity ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under food , nature , star quilts

Summer life at the home on top of the ridge, and retirement goals! from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

Here we are at the cusp of summer and progress is being made.

No news today and no completed projects, but just wanted to share some glimpses of our "outdoor" life. In the summertime, my mind is always on staying cool, but now that I've entered my "sometimes-gardening-and-piddling" phase of life, I look forward to seeing what's happening in our little splotch of land.

Either last Wednesday or Thursday I picked four cucumbers; Hubs found another lurker. We picked the first one a few days earlier, immediately ate it, and declared it to be the best cucumber we ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , food , gardening , naps , quilting , the puptarts

Top sewn, waiting for border................. from Exuberant Color

The vertical seams are all sewn now and it needs its final pressing. I fingernail pressed seams to the left in each of the 4 vertical sections as I was constructing this William Morris fabric Trip Around the World.

I started the day by walking to the end of the driveway to pick up the newspaper. On my way back to the house I saw something was starting to bloom so I got my camera and came back outside. I think we decided this variation of Rudbeckia is Gloriosa Daisy. Several plants have come up from seed this year.

I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under food , nature , trip around the world

A busy day............... from Exuberant Color

As I started sorting pieces I'm trying to decide how to divide them up for storage in the project box. Also is a strip 3" or shorter a chunk instead of a strip?

While I was in the basement doing a load of laundry, I pressed the binding fabric for this quilt and cut the 7 strips needed. Maybe I'll get it sewn onto the quilt today.

When I went out to get the mail, I noticed the Weigela bushes are in bloom. There is a Redbud tree growing right next to it on the back side of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 1 week ago. under batik , binding , food , kaffe fabric , nature

Photos of Lucky, Interesting,Yummy, and Stitchy Things from Canadian Needle Nana

It has been raining all night and all day. But that's good; it will help clean up the ground. The wetland on one side of the pond is finally free of ice and I flushed a pair of ducks when taking this photo last week. The Peepers are finally making their spring calls early morning. They can sound quite raucous and I read why...the females choose their mates by the volume of their sounds.

Yesterday I spotted these two on the pond so took this photo from a great distance and I wonder if they are the pair ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 5 months ago. under birds , dogs , food , quilting , thrift

Stitching Progress and A Spring Photo Too from Canadian Needle Nana

It's early spring which I think in some ways is the saddest and ugliest time of the year here. There is not a single hint yet of all the glorious green to come and I've been out there looking. But more about that at the bottom of this post.

Sewing progress first... I worked on my appliqued Quarter Dresdens and finished the March reds. It will be nice to move on to pinks, the RSC April colour.

I've also spent lots of quiet time cross stitching on my current piece, What Remains is Love. An alphabet was ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 5 months, 1 week ago. under applique , cross stitch , food

Online Inspiration, Wool Applique, 3 Ingredient Squares from Canadian Needle Nana

We were plunged back into Christmasy looking winter on Saturday. It was beautiful outside in my woods.

I tramped about while the dogs ran madly around, sniffing new tracks here and there. The air was so cool and fresh and enjoyable. Below is the woods at the back door with a glimpse of the old tree house.

This Wednesday morning is cool, windchill making it -18C but the sun is shining so another very pretty wintry looking day. But staying this cool means no melting today.

I've been trying to choose which of my quilt tops to get to ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under applique , books , food , free patterns , quilting

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