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Quilting and nature..................... from Exuberant Color

I have continued quilting on this baby quilt and am almost finished. It is all ditch quilting and I just need to put a few more stitches in the background. I hope to get it trimmed today and choose a binding fabric.

I went out early yesterday morning and watered everything and cut some volunteer tree/bushes that have been bothering me.

These are the Creeping Bellflower spires. All of these are in the grass line along the edge of my back flowerbed. It will be a mass of purplish blue flowers for a couple weeks and then they will ...

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

Hot, hot, hot............................ from Exuberant Color

I know most of the US is under this heat dome and it isn't fun. It's the humidity that is the worst part.

I spent most of the day working slowly, some quilting, some knitting, a little organizing in the basement. One good thing happened; I found my missing Kaffe Quilts in Italy book which has been missing for several months. I sewed 2 pieces of batting together with the triple zig zag for a piece 48" x 58". I will check and see if that works for any of the small tops waiting in line. If not ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under batiks , knitting , machine quilting

AQS Quilt Week Registration Now Open! from Christa Quilts

I’m super excited to be heading to Lancaster, PA for the American Quilters Society show this fall to teach a full load of machine quilting workshops. I’ve taught for AQS before, but this will be my fist time visiting this location. I will also be one of the quilt judges which makes the event even extra special!

I will be teaching the following workshops as listed below. Machines will be generously provided by BERNINA for all workshops, and they will be based on my best-selling machine quilting books.

Click here to register for my workshops now, before they ...

added by Christa 3 months ago. under christa's quilts , machine quilting (Comments)

99 Designs Episode 21 – Walking Foot Quilting Diagonal Crosshatch from Christa Quilts

We are back to walking foot quilting with another fun machine quilting video tutorial for you to watch. Check out Diagonal Crosshatch and Irregular Crosshatch. Click the image below to watch and let me know which design you prefer!

Click here to watch the complete 99 Machine Quilting Designs Video Series for free!!

Have You Checked out My Latest Kits?

It’s one thing to practice your designs on small samples, but you really get the hang of things when quilting them on a real, full sized quilt. I’ve been having fun putting together all sorts of fun kits ...

added by Christa 3 months ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

No more markers...................... from Exuberant Color

Do you see any safety pins marking centers not quilted? No, I don't either. I finished all of the quilting yesterday. Now I need to trim it and hopefully the piece of fabric for the hanging sleeve is still where I think it is. Right now I'm thinking some shade of green might work for the binding. That would go well with the backing fabric too.

I found 2 more small Peony blooms while roaming through the backyard garden. I didn't remember that I had a white one over by the southwest corner.

I'm seeing buds ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under batik , cobblestone series , machine quilting , nature

A little progress................. from Exuberant Color

A friend came over yesterday and we planned a quilt that we have both made before, both of us have gifted the quilts, and we both want another that we can keep. We had Subway sandwiches for lunch and had a lot of fun.

I got 8 more centers quilted after I wrote yesterday's post and then got 10 more quilted last night.

I'm just adding 3 closeups of some blocks in the quilt because there isn't much else to show.

Now I have more than half of the centers quilted, 86 done, 76 to go.

I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under batik , cobblestone series , machine quilting , nature

Quilting and digging in dirt................. from Exuberant Color

I was spending a lot of time looking for the centers of blocks that needed to be quilted around. I decided to mark all of the unquilted ones with a safety pin, all 94 of them. Then I counted how many I have quilted around and there were 68. I'm not even half done; I'm disappointed by that for sure. Those numbers were after I quilted around 8 centers last night.

When I dug up the largest of the volunteer tomato plants yesterday, I found out it was 4 plants growing very close together. I also dug up ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under cobblestone series , machine quilting , nature

A little quilting................... from Exuberant Color

I'm back to quilting my Crooked Cobblestone wall hanging. I'm ditch quilting around every center of every block. At the lower edge I'm ready to quilt 9 light color centers, quilting one and then dragging the thread over to the next, etc. Then I will trim all of the connecting threads when I'm done with that area. I'm using the backstitch feature on the machine and Invisifil thread so the tie off is almost invisible.

There are 3 tomatoes on this one plant and I got them all into one photo. The sun shining on ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under machine quilting , nature

99 Designs Episodes 19 & 20 – Free Motion Quilting Wavy Lines from Christa Quilts

Have you been watching my free series of domestic machine quilting videos? New episodes drop each week and you can watch them anytime, on your own schedule for FREE! This week I have 2 for you to catch up on. First of all, learn how to quilt fun free-motion wavy lines. They are fast and easy to stitch! Check it out below:

If you want to take your quilting up a notch, stitch this design in both directions and it becomes an interesting, organic wavy grid! You can stitch this as an edge to edge design, or in smaller areas ...

added by Christa 3 months, 1 week ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

Ditch quilting................... from Exuberant Color

I'm still cleaning and organizing so by evening I was ready to do some sewing. I ditch quilted around the border and around the dark shapes on this one.

I used matching beige thread both top and bottom.

While cleaning off table tops I found this one that had its backing and batting with it so it got quilted too. I just ditch quilted both sides of the black strips in each block. This one is a small placemat size.

I used black thread on top and orange thread in the bobbin. I'll get both of these trimmed ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under machine quilting , tablerunner

There’s a Whole Lot of Teaching Going on!! from Christa Quilts

My goodness summer is already flying by! I’ve had a banner year of teaching domestic machine quilting so far in 2025 and I plan to continue a robust travel schedule into 2026 and beyond. So with that said, here are highlights of the big events coming up this fall and next spring. Be sure to click the links below each event to register or get more details. They sell out quickly!

American Quilters Society – Lancaster, PA Sept 10-13, 2025

Registration is open for members of AQS, with a discount on all workshops! General registration opens to the public June ...

added by Christa 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , machine quilting (Comments)

Twilight in the Bronx & @play from Terificreations's Weblog

Quick update: I made a note at the bottom of this post for clarity…these quilts are for sale…no set price at the moment. Sometimes it’s time to let go to make room in the creative part of who you are for whatever is coming next. Twilight in the Bronx and @play are such great companions… Continue reading Twilight in the Bronx & @play

added by Teri Lucas Terificreations 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under #colorthreadandfreemotionquilting , @play , machine quilting , quilt , quilting , superior threads , teri lucas , twilight in the bronx , uncategorized (Comments)

99 Designs Episodes 17 & 18 – Free Motion & Walking Foot Designs from Christa Quilts

Today I’m playing catchup with 2 new videos from my 99 Machine Quilting Designs series. These are free videos I’m sharing each and every week, from my book of the same name. I like to teach a variety of walking foot AND free motion designs to make the best use of your home sewing machine! First, check out this fun pebbles variation called Cobblestones:

This is a dense design that I would use sparingly, and it looks great as a background fill surrounding other, less dense designs.

Walking Foot Wonders

If walking foot quilting is more your thing ...

added by Christa 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day from Terificreations's Weblog

Happy Monday Quilty Peeps! It is a little cloudy and rainy here in Central Texas and from what I can tell it’s going to get kinda warm today and stay kinda warm through the week. My sewing machine made the return trip to the studio this morning so that once I’m done with writing and… Continue reading Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

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99 Designs Episode 16 – Pebbles Variations from Christa Quilts

My latest episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs covers three variations of one of my staple designs: Pebbles. This is one of my favorite designs to use in my quilts, as it’s easy to quilt once you get the hang of it and endlessly versatile. Check out the video below if you want to give it a try:

Featured Quilt: Beaded Lanterns

This week’s featured quilt comes from one of my free quilt patterns, titled “Beaded Lanterns.” I originally made it in solid fabrics to really show off my free motion quilting. I quilted pebbles in the background ...

added by Christa 4 months ago. under christa's quilts , fabric , machine quilting (Comments)

99 Designs Episode 15 – 3 Ways to do Straight Line Quilting with a Walking Foot from Christa Quilts

Tired of stitching in the ditch? Try out these three variations of straight line quilting from my youtube series, 99 Machine Quilting Designs! Don’t be deceived by their simplicity–these designs are easy to stitch with a Walking Foot but they add a lot of complexity to your quilt. Check out how to do it below:

Featured Quilt: Rain

The quilt behind me in the video is titled “Rain, from my first book, Machine Quilting With Style. This book includes 12 quilt patterns as well as how-to instructions on how to quilt them! You can purchase the PDF version ...

added by Christa 4 months ago. under christa's quilts , machine quilting (Comments)

Small projects................. from Exuberant Color

I finished quilting the second table topper last night and will get it trimmed today and get the binding sewn on. This one is more scrappy where the first one had matching strips at the corners.

I pulled out all of my trays of 2" x 3.5" rectangles and worked on feeding the new cuts (shown at the center on top of the trays) into their color group. The trays were all a mess, not straightened up after making the last quilt.

This is what they all look like now, ready for the next project.

Now I need to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under batik , colorwash , machine quilting

99 Designs Episode 15 – How to Free-Motion Quilt Leaves from Christa Quilts

This week for 99 Machine Quilting Designs I’m showing how to free-motion quilt a dense design called Leaves. Take a look by clicking below:

Watch the Entire Series over on My YouTube Channel!

Each week when I share a new video tutorial, it gets added to my playlist. As you can see, I’ve shared 14 videos so far, and there will be 60 of them in all. Click below to start at the beginning and watch them all in order. The videos will stay up indefinitely so you can watch the over and over again, as much as ...

added by Christa 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under christa's quilts , machine quilting (Comments)

Upper Blanco Textile Studio: Free-Motion Quilting – An Introduction from Terificreations's Weblog

Are you ready for a Free-Motion Quilting Class? Well, friends, wait no longer! Join me at Upper Blanco Textile Studio Friday May 16, 2025forFree-Motion Quilting An Introduction 10 AM to 4 PM Bring your lunch or visit Uptown Blanco Restaurant for some really amazing food! Free-Motion Quilting: An Introduction covers all the important things like… Continue reading Upper Blanco Textile Studio: Free-Motion Quilting – An Introduction

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Table topper................. from Exuberant Color

Since I hadn't finished any small projects in April, I decided to finish one table topper. Last night I got this one ditch quilted. I have another one like this with some of the same fabrics that I will probably finish in May. To the left of this piece is 2 choices for binding. They look a little darker in real life.

I'm using the same backing on both pieces. I think gray is a good choice for the binding and looks good with both sides. I like the stripe but I'm leaning toward the cheetah print ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under binding , machine quilting

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Have You Checked out My Latest Kits?

American Quilters Society – Lancaster, PA Sept 10-13, 2025

Walking Foot Wonders

Featured Quilt: Beaded Lanterns

Featured Quilt: Rain

Watch the Entire Series over on My YouTube Channel!