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July 12, 2025
Red................. from Exuberant Color


In 2018 I bought the red 40th year anniversary Olfa rotary cutter but I never opened it.  You know, saving it for later.  Yesterday was the day to open it.  Next to it is the 25th anniversary silver Olfa rotary cutter, my favorite one that I keep in my main floor studio.


Here are closeups of the labels on the 2 cutters.  The silver one is reflecting light so it isn't showing its true color.  I have always had several rotary cutters.  I know some people only have one.  I have 2 studio spaces so I have one of ...

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July 11, 2025
Sewing stratas..................... from Exuberant Color


Even though I'm not done cutting strips from the Marcia Derse fabric, I had to start sewing pairs together.  They all need pressing now before I can cut them into the segments for the blocks.


I like some pairs better than others, but the overall look is what I need to be concerned with.



These 24 stratas will produce 48 blocks (if I don't make any cutting mistakes) and that would only be a 48" x 64" quilt.  I have a large piece for backing that I scored on sale so I need to make it larger.


The ...

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July 10, 2025
Cutting.................... from Exuberant Color


A friend and I are making a Marcia Derse fabric quilt so while I have all of the fabrics out, I'm cutting 2.5" strips for a 16 patch.  I'm cutting duplicates of lots of them so I will have extras if I don't find enough variety for just one strip of each.  Each pair of fabrics makes 2 blocks so it is easy to figure how many strips you need.  If you are making 80 blocks you need 80 strips, with 2 strips paired making 2 blocks you will end up with 40 pairs, or in ...

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July 6, 2025
New fabric.................... from Exuberant Color





There is a new line of Marcia Derse fabric, just released.  I had to have a few new ones to mix in with my older lines.  The line is called Sketchbook 21.  Chris at Dye Candy Fabrics was the first to send an email that it was available so I ordered from her.


This is my favorite print in the new line.





And here is my second favorite.






I always love circle fabrics mixed into a project.





These 3 have possibilities so I didn't want to leave them behind.  I didn't get any of 3 of the new ...

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June 15, 2025
Prepping................... from Exuberant Color


I went through my Marcia Derse fabrics and pulled a selection for the next quilt.  I cut a 7" strip off each of them since that is what I need for the die I will be using.  Now I need to press all of them, and then cutting can take place.  Actually I think I'll be cutting for 2 quilts which both use the same shape.

I checked out my tomato plants and there are 10 tomatoes now.  The largest ones are about the size of a marble.  Three cucumber plants are up but are taking their time growing ...

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January 13, 2025
Discoveries and an idea.......... from Exuberant Color



My post today will be in reverse order to explain how I get ideas.

This is sewing from 2 nights, 82 blocks.  (total number from several days = 269).  As I was sewing them, I was considering an all triangle square center of a baby quilt.  I was trying to decide if all of the ones with the same 2 fabrics would be grouped together or if I would spread them out in a random grouping.  Then I started thinking about how else I could use them: a small center with a border around it and then another round of triangle ...

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October 23, 2024
Sorting scraps............. from Exuberant Color


Since I didn't have anything lined up to sew last night, I decided to sort through my Marcia Derse scraps that were in 3 project boxes.  The box on the left is now all strips of various widths and lengths and the box on the right is scraps large enough to cut 2" finished triangles or larger.  In the plastic bags are small irregular shaped scraps in one, and pieced strips left from previous projects in the other.  Now I'm down to 2 boxes.  I will reserve the empty box for any new MD scraps that I create ...

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September 2, 2024
Triangles................. from Exuberant Color


Not much happened here yesterday.  We had beautiful weather and it was a good day for relaxing.

I have 111 of 143 triangles squares sewn, none pressed yet.  I need to cut a few more pink triangles to continue.  I was able to get 144 6" triangles out of 2 1/2 yards of the grey and white dotted fabric that is paired with a variety of pinks, leftovers from 2 other projects. 


I rarely buy panels with Marcia Derse panels being the exception.  This one could be cut up in used in many blocks or maybe as a section ...

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August 9, 2024
Thinking more than doing.............. from Exuberant Color


One of my readers wondered if Marcia Derse fabrics would work with the Terrie Mangat fabrics.  Marcia's newest line, Marble Run, does have some that will work and will give me the almost solid look for some of the pieces.


This Nancy Crow black/white stripe might work.  I have the opposite piece also, white/black.






This uneven black/white check might work too.  I will cut some pieces to do some mockups.






I may not use all of the Marcia Derse fabrics but I have a good selection to choose from.






I also found 3 black/white prints ...

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July 30, 2024
It's a finished quilt top!............................. from Exuberant Color


Surprised?  I am!  I sewed the rest of the triangle blocks and cut a few more spacer blocks yesterday.  All Marcia Derse fabric. When I started arranging them on the design wall I had exactly enough pieces to make a  40" x 40" quilt top.  I took that as a sign that I was ready to sew it together.  I finished it in time to take a daylight photo.  It could be a wall hanging or baby quilt.



Did I use all of the triangles?  No.  Most of the ones left are 1, 2 or 3 alike with just a ...

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July 29, 2024
Finally a peek at what I'm doing............ from Exuberant Color


These pieces are up on the design wall in no particular order right now.  I just wanted to get a feel for what I have been planning to do and see if it is going to work.  I have a lot more triangles to sew together but now I feel like I know where I'm headed with this.

So far I'm only using scraps; I have lots of yardage I could dip into.

At this point I think I will have enough pieces to made a baby quilt.  When I give someone a choice between 3 - 5 baby ...

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July 28, 2024
Sewn and pressed....................... from Exuberant Color

Finally I have a few more of the triangle blocks sewn.  There are more to sew, little by little.

I spent part of the day yesterday going through everything in a big desk.  I found some things I can take to the thrift store, some I need to shred, more that I need to find a place for.  Not an exciting day but necessary.
 

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July 25, 2024
My slump month?.............. from Exuberant Color


Usually every summer I have a couple months where I have few or no quilt tops or finishes to show.  The last 2 years have been the exception with something to show every month.  Last year I had 11 finishes in the first 6 months and this year I had 20.  I think this is more of a time of contemplation, what I really want to make, what fabrics I really want to use.  While I contemplate I go out and pull weeds and talk to my tomato plants. I also planted some little Begonias in a pot yesterday.  I ...

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July 24, 2024
Preliminary sewing................ from Exuberant Color


 Since I don't have a solid plan for this quilt, I'm just sewing some blocks to play with.  First I went through the trays and chose all of the fabrics of which there were at least 12 triangles.  I sewed several batches of them last night.


This is the rest of the sets of 12 triangles paired and ready to sew.







This one is upside down and I didn't notice that until I was typing this post.  This one has stripes and 6 are horizontal, 6 are vertical.  I had to lay this one out to see ...

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July 23, 2024
What's next.................. from Exuberant Color

I don't have any definite plans for a new project (3 in cutting stage right now) so I pulled out the trays of Marcia Derse triangles that I cut from scraps a couple years ago.  I have more scraps that I could cut up too.



There is a fairly good variety cut already so I can go ahead and start sewing and cut as I need more variety.  They are 2" finished triangles.





3 trays full of triangles, probably enough for a baby quilt, maybe a small one.

My destash sale this week has been very successful so I ...

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May 5, 2024
First quilt top for May 2024 from Exuberant Color



The last 2 seams were sewn last night and I pressed the top.  I'm really happy with the border triangle fabric.  It needed to be something that just contrasted and filled in but didn't stand out.  I was pretty sure it had to be a gold tone too.  Luckily my Marcia Derse stash had the right fabric.  This top ended up 47" x 64".  The size wasn't determined ahead of time; I just worked on it until I was tired of it and that was the end.  I have enough of the dull gold stripe to use ...

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May 3, 2024
Back from time out..................... from Exuberant Color


I was working on this Marcia Derse quilt back in January and couldn't decide on what fabric to cut into triangles to finish the edge.  The rows have been pinned on top of each other over at the side of my design wall for over 3 months.  I have a beige piece tucked into the edge here and it is a contender.



This dull gold fabric looks better.  I had decided I want a stripe so my choices are limited.  I need to figure out the size to cut the quarter square triangles and cut a few so I ...

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April 19, 2024
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 ...

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March 31, 2024
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".


 

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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!!

 

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