kaleidoscope quilts

Cleaning up, designs from the past, nature............................ from Exuberant Color

Do you remember the Reader's Digest Condensed novels, 4 to a book? I always intended to read them.

I have another use for them though. I am starting to clean off the workbench at the far end of my basement. It has been several years since I have gone through everything there. I made it all the way to 3' in from the left end. Back to my use of the books. I don't like this window uncovered at night.

I use the books to prop up a 30" x 40" foam core board to cover the window ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 4 days ago. under kaleidoscope quilts , nature

Wandering around............... from Exuberant Color

First I wandered around the basement. While attempting to clean off the die cutting table, I found this big stack of 2" x 3.5" (1.5" x 3" finished size) batik rectangles. They need to be sorted and placed on trays with the previously cut pieces. I left them on the ironing table.

I have had this top and backing on the cutting table many times and yesterday I finally sewed the 2 pieces of backing together. Now I just have to find a piece of batting the right size. It will likely be 2 pieces joined to make ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 6 days ago. under batik , kaleidoscope quilts , nature

Lots of progress.............................. from Exuberant Color

I took the three sections to the basement and gave all of them a final pressing. There are different lights down there so the color looks a little different from previous photos.

Then I started working on the Kaleidoscope blocks using the same triangles of Marcia Derse fabrics.

I got 6 blocks completed before I ran out of corner pieces but got 2 more blocks partially made before I also ran out of variety of the tall triangles.

This is all that was left when I finished sewing last night. Today I'll be cutting more pieces of both shaped ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under kaleidoscope quilts , 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 3 months ago. under accuquilt die cutter , kaleidoscope quilts , marcia derse fabric , triangles

Playing with triangles.................... from Exuberant Color

I should have been working on the finishing of the Marcia Derse fabric table runner. Instead I did my grocery shopping and then went back out to get birdseed that was on sale for a couple more days.

Last night I didn't want to go down to the basement where the table runner parts are waiting for me so I made a few more of the Kaleidoscope blocks. I need to cut some more corner triangles before I can finish any more blocks. I'll take these down to the ironing table today and press them and while I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under kaleidoscope quilts , marcia derse fabric , triangles

Kaleidoscoop quilt. from M. Brito de Campos

In december heb ik bij Hilde Hoogwaerts, via zoom, een workshop gevolgd om een Kaleidoscoopquilt te maken.

Het was heel erg leuk!

Ik vind het altijd erg leuk om te vertellen hoe ik een en ander gemaakt heb, maar dat ga ik nu niet doen, want dan verklap ik het geheim van de smid. En ik ben niet de smid!

Ik heb er ontzettend veel van geleerd.

De techniek om dit zo te maken op de eerste plaats. Maar ook om los te gaan met de stof keuze. Ik had geen idee wat het effect zou worden. En er was ...

added by Marina Brito de Campos 5 years, 5 months ago. under afrikaanse stoffen , kaleidoscope quilts , ricky timms

The other Winding Ways quilt top............. from Exuberant Color

The friend who cut the hand dyed fabrics for me with her die cutter also cut batik fabrics. There were enough pieces to do 2 quilt tops but I just made one and a friend took the others. I made this top in 2011 and a friend bought it from me to finish for her daughter.

This is my preferred pattern to get the circular look. I have made more than these 3 but the others were before digital cameras and I don't think I have a photo of them. These are all strip pieced Kaleidoscope quilts made before ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 years, 9 months ago. under kaleidoscope quilts , winding ways

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