marcia derse fabric

Busy hands, happy life.............. from Exuberant Color

I like to keep busy with fabric whether I have a project or not. I have 2 project boxes full of Marcia Derse scraps and I keep looking at them and they don't look inspiring in the mess in the box. I decided to loosely sort the strips by several lengths and slip them into plastic bags. The odd shaped pieces will go in another bag.

Then if I decide to make blocks similar to this mock up, I will have an easier time selecting the strips. Sorting is an easy job while watching TV.

There were a lot ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 2 days ago. under batik , marcia derse fabric , nature

Last finish for March 2024............. from Exuberant Color

This Marcia Derse Stars quilt top was finished in November 2018 and now it is a finished quilt, thanks to Robin Diaz who quilted it for me. It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and I hand stitched the binding.

The front, back and binding are all Marcia Derse fabrics from the beginning of her fabrics up through November 2018.

It is 65" x 80".

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric

40" left to hand stitch............. from Exuberant Color

Almost done, just 40" left to hand stitch on this Marcia Derse Stars quilt. I may do a second post today with the stats for this quilt on it.

I think this will be the very last bloom on the pale pink cactus for this winter/spring season.

There is one more white bud to bloom. There is another small bud but I can't tell if it is going to grow or dry up.

Happy Easter!!

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 weeks ago. under binding , marcia derse fabric , nature

First quilt top for March.....and the only one.......... from Exuberant Color

The first order of the day yesterday was to sew this top together. Spa Quads free pattern from Windham fabrics. The fabrics are by e bond. I had to go to Free Spirit's website to see the correct spelling of her name. The lines are Root and Ravel and I used most of the medium and light fabrics. The dark narrow strips are dark teal and 2 of them are Marcia Derse fabrics. This top is 60" x 80". This was a fun fast quilt top.

I got the binding cut and sewn onto the Maria Derse quilt and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under binding , marcia derse fabric

Another quilt trimmed................ from Exuberant Color

I decided to trim this Marcia Derse Stars quilt to prepare for binding so I could get it off my work table. Once again black could be a choice for the binding but so could a shade of brown work on this one.

I tried several shades of brown and beige and this one is the best choice. It had to be a piece that was at least 1/2 yard which eliminated some other choices.

I'm pretty sure this is the winner. I had hoped I had more of the stripe in the second border but didn't ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under marcia derse fabric

All rows sewn............... from Exuberant Color

I tried to straighten the rows many times but they still ended up on a slant. The good news though is that all of the rows are sewn. I put a few gold triangles in the spots at the right side but still am not sure how I will finish this. It may linger on the design wall for a few days... I think maybe it needs dark triangles and maybe a border.

For the last 2 days I have been working on batting and backings for 2 more quilts to send out for quilting. The pattern for this quilt ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under batiks , marcia derse fabric

Still sewing diagonal rows................. from Exuberant Color

3 more rows sewn, 5 to go and the best part is each row from here on is shorter as I work toward the bottom left corner. I haven't made any decision for the color of the outside triangles.

It got up to 18 degrees yesterday so I put on my boots and went out and filled the birdfeeders. Crunch, crunch through the deep snow that had freezing rain on it twice and froze and then fluffy snow on top. It's going to take a lot of warm days to melt all of that snow.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under marcia derse fabric

Figuring it out as I work............... from Exuberant Color

I cut more gold/yellow/orange triangles and placed some on the design wall. Then I decided to sew the corner row together.

Three more rows were sewn together as I tried to decide what color the edge triangles will be. And, what size the triangles should be. I could put 2 half square triangles which would be easy to figure out but I would rather add one quarter square triangle.

We finally got up to 0 yesterday afternoon and it stayed at 0 all the way to 11 p.m. I didn't check again after that. It was ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature

Tying to decide on size................. from Exuberant Color

I'm designing this one sideways so it will fit on the design wall. I have been figuring out estimated finished sizes. As it is seen here, it would be approximately 44.5" x 72". If I add one more row for the width, it would be approximately 55" x 72". Another option would be to take off one row on the end and it would be approximately 44.5" x 63.5".

So while I think about that I searched for more gold toned Marcia Derse fabrics for the triangles. I got 3 of them cut to try out ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature

Relaxing day................. from Exuberant Color

There was a pile of strips I had cut a couple years ago to cut some more elongated hexagons so I die cut 2 from each strip. I put one of each up on the design wall and also added more triangles for the centers. I need to decide how many different centers I want. Maybe just 2 types would be best but I'm not sure I could stick with that. Other than this I made a placemat top with the left over triangle squares left from the last 2 baby quilts. I attempted to consolidate the info in ...

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

#4 quilt top for 2024.............. from Exuberant Color

The last seams were sewn by noon yesterday and then the zig zag baby quilt top got its final pressing. It is 34.5" x 40".

These 2 will be a nice addition to my available baby quilts when I get them quilted next month. Right now I'm thinking a white with black print for the back of both of them will keep them gender neutral.

Two or three years ago I cut a pile of elongated hexagons from older Marcia Derse fabrics. I saw this layout somewhere online and decided to test it. This is one that would ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles , zig zag

How about a no guilt free day?................. from Exuberant Color

I really needed a day (or more) away from the red quilt so I pulled these 2 project boxes off the shelves so I could see what was actually in them.

I knew there were lots of straight strips leftover from previous quilts but was surprised how wide some of them were. The widest are 4.5" and there is a good size stack of them. The plastic bag at the top right is full of fairly small pieces of Marcia Derse fabrics collected over several years after making eight quilt tops with those fabrics.

I pulled a few scraps ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric

Marcia arrived early.............. from Exuberant Color

I love it when fabric is delivered earlier than tracking predicted. Here are several photos of all 14 of Marcia Derse's new line called Marble Run. I would say this is my favorite but then I would say that over and over as I show the rest. I love all of it. The name of this print is Marble Run.

This one is called Stick Stacks. They are both vivid colors.

This is one group called Splash.

These are the final two colors of Splash.

Then I grouped some I might use together.

This is a more subdued group ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 1 week ago. under marcia derse fabric , stash

Miscellany............ from Exuberant Color

Yesterday was a day of rest and recharge. So here is a post of miscellany.

In a recent order I added 1/2 yard of this fabric. I don't have any idea how I will use it but I had to have it.

Here is the info on the selvage. I love the variety of colors and the intensity of the design.

I recently ran across these trays of triangles, all Marcia Derse fabrics, 2" finished size. I have accumulated more scraps since I cut these so I may continue cutting while I decide what I will make with ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 2 months ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , stash

Gridlock finished................. from Exuberant Color

I loved making this Gridlock quilt with Marcia Derse fabrics. The original quilt is in a Kaffe Fassett book and I studied the quilt photo for ideas for piecing the blocks. The original quilt was made by Liza Prior Lucy with the idea coming from a knitted garment that Kaffe designed and knitted. There are suggestions how to make this one, but not specific directions. I just had fun experimenting with the fabrics.

The backing and binding are Marcia Derse fabrics too. It is 65" x 91".

The fun of making this quilt is that each block was a unique ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 4 months ago. under marcia derse fabric

Almost done............. from Exuberant Color

All 4 corners are stitched but I have 27" left to stitch on the last side. I worked on this several times yesterday.

I noticed this frayed thread near an edge as I was hand sewing the binding. It is a spot where the thread frayed but didn't break but it caused a skipped stitch. With all of the trouble I had quilting this one I can see I am going to have to follow every stitching line and see if there are more spots like this. I can stitch over these spots on my Pfaff with matching thread ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 4 months ago. under binding , christmas , marcia derse fabric

Binding started........... from Exuberant Color

I decided on a 2 tone purple print for the binding on the Gridlock quilt. The backing fabric is a grayed lavender so they look nice together. I have almost half of the hand stitching done.

I also sub cut the last 5 sets of stratas for the 9 patch block and got them sewn. This is 20 blocks. Since they are going to finish at 4.5" I will need to sew some more stratas for the next batch of blocks.

The weather channels I watch on TV are in Chicago and they mentioned no sun for the last ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 4 months ago. under 9 patch , binding , marcia derse fabric

Gridlock quilted............... from Exuberant Color

I got brave and turned on the longarm. I got up to the third section of approximately 15" before the problem started. I was actually thinking about what I would load next because it was going so well. About 5" in, the thread shredded. It's not unusual to have that happen once or twice in a big quilt so I rethreaded and checked my bobbin. It was pretty low and there was a little piece of lint under the arm on the bobbin case. I took care of that and started up again. The thread shredded again, I checked ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 4 months ago. under machine quilting , marcia derse fabric

Playday........ from Exuberant Color

It was raining off and on most of the day yesterday. My rain gauge had 2.15" in it for a 24 hour total.

That made it a playday for me. Of course I could have cleaned the house......

The first thing I did was sew 10 more scrappy log cabin blocks. They will finish at 7" and I now have 40 made. I think I will need close to 80 for a throw quilt.

I still had a small pile of backgrounds cut for the original size Arboretum blocks so I did some prepping for future sewing.

Two more ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 8 months ago. under kaffe fabric , marcia derse fabric , stash

Fun sewing........ from Exuberant Color

I had a good sewing day yesterday. I found 10 centers to match up with the strip piecing to complete these 10 tops. These are all oversize, not trimmed right now. I need to cut more of the heavy interfacing and fusible batting now so I can proceed.

There are still strips remaining and if I make any more of these they will be multicolor. I'll see where my attention span is after doing the finishing on the 10 above.

This pile is all of the small scraps narrower than 2.5" and shorter than 9". I will add ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 4 months ago. under marcia derse fabric

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