marcia derse fabric

Sewing two rows.................... from Exuberant Color

I had little ones visiting early last evening so I spent a lot of the day straightening, cleaning and putting all sharp objects up high. After they all left I started sewing 2 more rows together. I like the combination of colors in this beginning of a row.

By 10 p.m. I had two rows sewn but was too tired to sew them together.

We had lots of storms roll through yesterday morning and again in the evening. I had 1.5" of rain in the gauge from the morning rain. I'll check it again today to see ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 0 minutes ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

Assembly started.................... from Exuberant Color

I needed to start sewing this quilt together before pieces start fluttering off the design wall. I had the window open a couple days ago and found 2 pieces on the floor when I returned to the room. I can sew 2 rows at a time because the triangles are pointing in opposite directions from one row to the other as I work my way across the rows. While sewing I have the 2 piles in the position they are in, in this photo. When I start the first row I have a little flag attached that reminds me that ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 20 hours, 35 minutes ago. under knitting , marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

March 2026 monthly recap.................... from Exuberant Color

Three quilts were finished in March. On the left a flannel quilt, the top made 2 years ago. It is 53" x 70". In the center is Kaffe Strippy 2, the top was finished last December. It is 47.5" x 71". On the right is Floral Hourglasses, made with mostly 1990s floral fabrics in December 2024. It is 53" x 64.5". They were all quilted by Robin Diaz.

I worked on several quilt tops but only two made it to the finish line by the end of the month. The top on the left is all Marcia Derse ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 day, 20 hours ago. under marcia derse fabric , monthly recap , tablerunner

Quilting the table runner............................ from Exuberant Color

Finally I tackled the machine quilting on the table runner made with Marcia Derse fabric. I ditch quilted the four crazy pieced blocks and the seam where the borders were sewn on.

There is usually one large print that is offered with each of her lines of fabric. I had just a half yard of this one and it makes an interesting backing. I need to put a couple lines of quilting in the borders and then trim and do the binding.

It got up to 80 degrees yesterday and was still 68 degrees at bedtime. One quick storm came ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 days, 20 hours ago. under crazy piecing , machine quilting , marcia derse fabric

All twelve Kaleidoscope blocks............ from Exuberant Color

Since I'm out of room on the main floor design wall, I put these up on the double wall in the basement. After seeing this I can see I don't want to stop at an uneven number of blocks so 5 x 7 = 35 is out and I'll probably make it 6 x 8 = 48 blocks.

Here is my Sunday progress, 5 more Kaleidoscope blocks and the second section of the quilt above them is filled in. I can see some that I want to move.

From the pile of tall triangles on the sewing cabinet I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 days, 20 hours ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , 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 4 days, 20 hours 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 5 days, 20 hours ago. under kaleidoscope quilts , marcia derse fabric , triangles

Something new................. from Exuberant Color

This project has been on one of the design walls in the basement for about 8 months. Here is the post where more of the layout is shown. I decided it was time to start sewing some of the blocks to see if it would be an enjoyable project. I need to cut a lot more of the light prints. These are all Marcia Derse fabrics.

This is how the center of the first block turned out after 3 tries at it. That is about 1/16" of an inch off.

The second block turned out better. I used to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 days, 20 hours ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature

Third finished quilt in March 2026........ from Exuberant Color

This is another quilt made with mostly 1990s floral fabrics, with a few newer ones worked in. I also added Kaffe Fassett Spot fabric. It is made of Hourglass blocks with rectangles used as the border.

It is 53" x 64.5".

I bought the 59" wide black and white fabric many years ago. It was nice to not have to piece a backing. The quilt has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. It was quilted by Robin Diaz.

This finished quilt top is made with all Marcia Derse fabric, from many years of her collections. There are 35 different ...

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

Top sewn and binding on another................. from Exuberant Color

This top is sewn but needs its final pressing so I'll do that today and then photograph it.

After that was done I sewed the binding on the floral hourglass quilt. I was happy I had more of the same fabric I used for binding on the other 1990s floral quilt.

You can see the print better in this photo. It will be machine finished so I hope to get it done today too.

My two cacti plants by the east picture window are finally blooming. This is the third time for the white with pink edging, but just ...

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

12 blocks and sewing columns.................... from Exuberant Color

The last 6 blocks have been pressed and trimmed and have joined the first six on the design wall. I have several thoughts about these blocks. First I thought they would be nice sewn together like this as the center of a medallion quilt. But then, the more I looked at it, I wondered how they would look with sashing between them and a wide border all around. I removed them as stacked columns so I could use the design wall for my other project.

I went down to the basement, looked one last time at the layout of this ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 2 days ago. under crazy piecing , marcia derse fabric , strip piecing

More blocks and a layout................ from Exuberant Color

I finished the 5 blocks I showed in progress yesterday and added them to the one left over from the table runner.

Last night I didn't have anything else lined up to sew, so I made 6 more blocks. I will get them pressed and trimmed today and add them to the other 6. They will all finish at 8".

While I was in the basement doing laundry I decided i needed to get the Marcia Derse fabric blocks up on the design wall. I was a little disappointed with the result. There were 2 blocks left over.

I ...

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

My choice.................................. from Exuberant Color

My choice for the sashing and borders was the busy print. Surprised? I love busy quilts. The binding will cover the outer edge so the borders won't look quite as wide when it is finished. I'm not sure what color will go on the back but I'm thinking a red binding might be nice. I ended up just using 4 blocks instead of all 5. I didn't want to piece the long border strips. It is 43" long.

I was going to sort and bag all of the rest of the scraps, but they told me ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 4 days ago. under crazy piecing , marcia derse fabric , nature

Down to three................... from Exuberant Color

I removed all of the fabrics that had a stripe pattern from yesterday's choices. That narrowed it down to 3.

This one might show the best contrast between the light edge strips and the sashing fabric.

This is the original fabric I showed a couple days ago. Now I just need to study these photos and make my decision.

My niece was in town visiting her parents so I invited her over to choose a couple baby quilts for her first grandchild, a little girl. This was her choice for the baby's house.

And this was her choice ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 5 days ago. under baby quilts , marcia derse fabric

Finding more choices................... from Exuberant Color

There were more black/irory Marcia Derse fabrics that I thought I should audition for the sashing on the table runner.

I put 4 of the 5 crazy pieced blocks on top of them. I may have to remove the light strips on the edge of 2 of the blocks and replace them with something darker.

I turned the two with light edge strips to touch other fabrics.

I had pulled this fabric for the first photos thinking it was too dark, but I still had to try it with the crazy pieced blocks. No decisions made.

It got up ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 6 days ago. under black and white , marcia derse fabric

A little sewing.................... from Exuberant Color

I added some pieces to the partially assembled crazy pieced blocks, pressed and trimmed them. This will be a long table runner with the blocks measuring 8": 5 x 8" = 40", and that is before adding sashing or borders.

I tried this Marcia Derse fabric as a possible choice for sashing and border. With both light and dark strips on the outside edges of the blocks it becomes trickier to choose the fabric.

I also sewed the six half blocks for the 'other 16 patch' quilt, 2 of each that are shown. I need to press them and then I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks ago. under crazy piecing , marcia derse fabric , strip piecing , triangles

Pressing, cutting, sewing.............. from Exuberant Color

I decided to take the larger pieces of Marcia Derse scraps out of the project boxes and cut 3" finished triangles out of them. I pressed all of the strips and the other things piled on the ironing table.

Last night I sorted the triangles into piles of the same fabric. I'll do lots more cutting before I decide a use for these.

I sewed these 3 stratas which will become half blocks for the 'other 16 patch' quilt.

After pressing the blocks I made on Monday night, I trimmed them to 8.5".

Yesterday afternoon I remembered there ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under crazy piecing , marcia derse fabric , triangles

Sewing on two................ from Exuberant Color

There was a large pile to press yesterday, including these 4 Marcia Derse fabrics for the last 2 blocks. I will get them cut today. I also pressed all of the finished blocks that were in the test layout yesterday.

I pressed the 14 stratas from the day before and got them cut into 2 columns. Later in the afternoon I sewed them into blocks, so they are ready to press now.

I had 2 hours of TV to watch and nothing set up to sew, so I grabbed a box of Marcia Derse fabric scraps and started making crazy ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 2 days ago. under crazy piecing , marcia derse fabric , strip piecing

Sunday sewing............... from Exuberant Color

Some of the pieced scraps from the orange basket got made into four 5.5" crazy pieced blocks.

They will go into this box of 5.5" batik squares. I counted over 300 plain squares and about 30 pieced blocks.

I got a bunch of blocks made for the 'other 16 patch' quilt project made with Marcia Derse fabric and tried 2 layouts. The blocks are horizontal in this layout. I need to cut 6 or 8 more fabrics depending on which layout I choose.

I rotated the photo for a vertical block layout. I will probably leave some future ...

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

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

I didn't do much yesterday, but did decide to make the 'other 16 patch', the one with rectangular pieces. That meant I could cut the strip sets in half again and then sew the 2 pieces together.

I hope I'm going to like this.

After I cut these stratas into 2 columns and sew those together I'll know if I want to add more blocks and make it larger than my original plan.

These photos show all I got sewn last night. I need to turn on the iron and press some more of the stratas that ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 4 days ago. under marcia derse fabric , strip piecing

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