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Decision................ from Exuberant Color

All of the blocks were finished and pressed yesterday morning so I had to make a decision on the layout. I needed to clean off my work table. I decided it will be sashing, but wider than I originally tried. I was thinking 1" finished when I first showed the fabrics, but I decided yesterday that the blocks need a little more space between them. Now I'm planning on 1.5" finished sashing. I haven't decided if there will be cornerstones yet. I'm putting this aside now and will work on something else, plus I'm still ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 day, 7 hours ago. under 9 patch , black and white , kaffe fabric , knitting , triangles

First quilt top for August 2026................ from Exuberant Color

I finished sewing and pressing this top by early afternoon yesterday. As a comparison with the pattern photo, I'm not completely happy with my fabric selection. Not comparing, it's OK. I wish I could have found a lighter orange fabric for next to the yellows. I forgot to measure it but the pattern says 60" x 80.5". I'll get the actual measurement today and update this post.

I knew I had some 6.5" squares of floral prints left from a previous quilt that I could use for a mock-up. I cut one strip of quarter ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 1 day ago. under kaffe fabric , quilts made with triangles

Two more seams................. from Exuberant Color

I finished sewing all of the B blocks and then sewed 2 blocks together for 7 long rows. In the afternoon I started sewing rows together and continued later in the evening and got 4 out of 6 sewn.

While I was in the basement in the morning I was looking for one particular stripe which I didn't find. I saw this charcoal and white stripe and thought it might work as quarter square triangles around the little 3" nine patches as the first found in Economy blocks. I think it would also look good just as alternate squares ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 2 days ago. under kaffe fabric , quilts made with triangles

Good progress............... from Exuberant Color

I finished piecing all 8 of the Block A and 2 of the Block B. I pinned 4 of them up on the design wall to get an idea whether my fabric choices worked.

A couple pinks could have been a little lighter, but overall I'm happy with it. I'll finish sewing the last 4 B blocks today and get the 2 sections of each row sewn together. Then I can press all of the seams before I add the rows to each other. With a little luck I may be able to finish it today,

The rain ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 3 days ago. under kaffe fabric

Decision made........................ from Exuberant Color

I decided to go with the wildcard fabric staggered. I stacked all of the pieces for 8 block A and layered them on a cover of a plastic bin so I could carry them up the stairs.

I did the same for 6 block B. Now I have some sewing set up for a couple days.

Since I was not using fat quarters, but instead cut a 10" strip selvage to selvage, I had room to cut 2 more stacks of each group. These are stacks of 5 pieces in the order they would be sewn. Maybe I can use ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 4 days ago. under christmas , kaffe fabric

Pieces cut.................... from Exuberant Color

All of the strips were pressed and cut into segments yesterday. There are 2 blocks in the Kaffe zipper quilt so I laid out 1 of each. My wild card fabric is at the exact center and this is how they would be sewn together. That would made a stripe of it from top to bottom 2 places in the quilt.

I wasn't sure I wanted that so I rearranged 3 of the fabrics to stagger it. I'm leaning toward this version but haven't made the final decision. I think this way it might cause more attention ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 5 days ago. under kaffe fabric

More sorting fun.................... from Exuberant Color

Here is the whole rack that I showed a portion of in yesterday's post. Yesterday I sorted the reds, what fun, and there weren't any I wanted to get rid of. To the right of them is the overflow of Brandon fabrics (which you can see the edge of on the right) and a couple Kaffe yarn dyed wovens. There is a pile of fat quarters in front of the stack. So the second shelf from the top was sorted Saturday and the reds on Sunday. The 2 unsorted shelves are the Philip Jacobs prints. On the bottom ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 6 days ago. under kaffe fabric , knitting , organization , stash

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 2 weeks ago. under food , kaffe fabric , organization

A little cutting.................... from Exuberant Color

I had to turn on the iron yesterday to press the Aboriginal Dot fabric. All 15 strips are cut now so I can start sewing on this project. While the iron was on, the 13 little 9 patches got pressed too.

The Zinfin Doll Hydrangea blooms are just starting to turn pink. I hope we get the rain they are predicting for this afternoon through tomorrow. Otherwise I will have to start watering this bush.

There is one tiny Tiger Lily in the front flower bed. I'll have to dig it out because it is right next to the ...

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

Turned on the iron................... from Exuberant Color

The basement had cooled off with those few cool days we had so I had a pressing session yesterday morning. All 20 little 3" nine patches are pressed and trying their layouts. Edge to edge always makes an interesting design.

I also thought about adding 4 plain squares (a floral print) for 9" blocks. I'll make many more before I decide.

I knew I had a little drawer full of strips so I pulled it out and went through them. I'll cut some squares from them for variety for the project.

While the iron was hot I pressed ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 5 days ago. under 9 patch , kaffe fabric , nature

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 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under binding , food , kaffe fabric , nature

Changes..................... from Exuberant Color

All of the photos yesterday have the fabrics overlapped so you only see 2" of them, which is the width of the finished strip in the quilt. Here is a full view of the wild card.

In this photo are 3 new pink prints and a purple to replace the 3rd from the left.

In this one the wild card is removed and another pink is in the center. Still not quite right.

In this group one of the pinks has been removed and the orange swirly added, and then I switched the dotted and the large plaid with each ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under kaffe fabric

I'm not sure..................... from Exuberant Color

I thought it might take between a half hour and an hour to find the fabrics to make this Zipper quilt. It took me an hour to get from 12 fabrics to the 15 I needed and I'm still not sure I'm done. This was the first group of 15 and I thought I might be done but when I saw the photo I didn't like the 3rd piece in from the left. I think it is too dark.

I had another purple to try and it is a little better, but I kept looking.

I changed ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under kaffe fabric

Sorting scraps...................... from Exuberant Color

There were 2 project boxes full of Kaffe collective scraps plus a pile I had collected in the basement. This is a 12" x 12" project box opened, with strips in the left side. On the lid on the right is a bag of scraps large enough to cut 2.5" squares, a bag of tiny scraps, and a bag of scraps with a seam, cut offs from projects. I have no interest in working with these. I have too much yardage calling my name right now. The good news though is that it is sorted and hopefully I can ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , nostalgia

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

I misjudged how many day in a row I could stand on the basement floor so I only cleaned 8" more on the workbench surface. This wood thread holder had a thick layer of dust on it so that was the first job, cleaning it. When I worked at Quilting Books Unlimited, a man visited our store and showed us these racks that he handmade. We ordered some and this is the one I bought. I think the only place I might use it now is near my embroidery machine, and I use that so seldom that this would just ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , nostalgia , organization

5" blooms, more organizing.......................... from Exuberant Color

From the 6" strips I showed on Monday I got 12 fussy cut blooms. These are cut 5" to finish at 4.5", 2 to match up with the 9" blocks. There is lots more cutting to do so these will go in the box with the others previously cut.

Back to the basement for more cleaning and organizing. The next thing in line on the workbench was the box of Christmas fabric. I will be going through this and pulling out the few pieces I might need for future Christmas stockings or other small projects. I will sell the ...

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

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

Finally a beautiful low humidity day in the high 60s, windows open, time to be lazy.

I started going through the 6" strips of Kaffe collective fabrics looking for the ones I'll cut into 5" squares for my fussy cut floral quilt. I forgot to bring my 5" square up from the basement so cutting might take place today.

Other than that I filled the bird feeders and checked on my tomatoes, then a trip to the grocery store 7 blocks from my house for a few items. Oh, and many games of Spider Solitaire.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under kaffe fabric

One off the wall, another up...................... from Exuberant Color

I needed one last photo of this group of blocks because I needed to take them off the design wall. I can continue to cut more squares and when I have enough, I will put all of them up on the design wall again, and then it can be sewn.

I got the seam sewn in a backing for a flannel quilt and got the fold line and seam pressed. Then I had 3 errands to take care of.

I took the 4 stratas for the William Morris Trip Around the World to my ironing table (30" x 60") in ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , trip around the world

Miscellaneous................. from Exuberant Color

As promised yesterday I took a photo of the lock screen on my cell phone with my Canon camera. This is the close up photo of one of my Peony blooms. Before the last update on my phone I didn't see the possibility of using one of my own photos. Now I can enjoy the Peony year round.

For several years I have been dropping photo Christmas cards, loose photos, folders from funerals, obituaries cut from the newspaper, etc. into the top drawer in the guest room. I wanted to find my grandparents' obituaries to see how old they ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under batiks , kaffe fabric , miscellaneous

Floral progress and nature............... from Exuberant Color

I did trim 2 of the 3 blocks mentioned yesterday, changing them from 9,5" to 6.5" squares. I also cut a few more 3.5" and 6.5" squares from different fabrics. I think this is about 1/3 of the squares I will need.

I took a close up photo of one of the pink Peony blooms. When I went to change the lock screen photo on my cellphone, it was one of my options. It is a rectangular section of the center of the flower and it is beautiful on the phone. My Canon camera was ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , nature

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