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 3 weeks, 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 3 weeks, 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 3 weeks, 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 4 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 4 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago. under marcia derse fabric , strip piecing

Sorting................... from Exuberant Color

This little orange basket was bugging me so I finally sorted through everything in it. In the front left is larger pieces that I'm not sure why they were in there. The pile next to the basket in the top row is pieces I will cut into squares soon. Everything in the basket is batik fabric pieces.

The pile at the top right is all trimmings from making crazy pieced blocks and some strip pieced small sections. This pile went back into the basket.

Some groups got labeled and put into zip top bags that I can keep adding ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under batiks , marcia derse fabric , organization , strip piecing

Some new fabric............... from Exuberant Color

I used to buy at least one color of every new Kaffe fabric but now I only buy the ones I like and sometimes more than one color. The February fabric was finally delivered to the stores. I thought this one might make nice bindings but I may end up using some in other projects. I got 1/2 yard of each.

I had to have several colors of this one. I got a yard of the red and half yards of the other 3.

This is the last batch of Marcia Derse paired strips, sewn last night. I also ...

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

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

When I cut strips for the Marcia Derse fabric 16 patch last year, I cut an extra strip from several of the fabrics.

Last night during TV time I sewed 19 pairs together.

There are 11 more sets paired ready to sew. I'm not sure if I'm going to make another 16 patch or do the "other 16 patch" which is 16 rectangles in a block. I have enough here for 60 blocks but would need 63 for the smallest size I would want to make. There are 60 unique fabrics so I need to search for a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , strip piecing

Table runner and black and white........................... from Exuberant Color

The hand stitched binding was finished last night on this table runner. It is all Marcia Derse fabrics. The back is the same fabric as the binding. It is 14.75" x 40".

You might find the rest of this post boring, but since it is my diary/journal I use it to document some things. Today I am documenting the batik black and white fabrics.

Yesterday I sorted them by more than a quarter yard, quarter yard or less but full width, and chunks/small pieces narrower than full width.

I would estimate that 85% of them are Bali ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under black and white , marcia derse fabric , tablerunner

A little bit of everything................. from Exuberant Color

I had a few things to take care of in the basement so while I was down there I got this little quilt ready for basting. It didn't keep my interest though so I moved on.

My friend who visited on Monday wanted to buy some black and white batik fabrics for this quilt. I had the fabrics in 2 bins and had large and small pieces all mixed together.

I want to sort through them now and get all of the small pieces in one bin and large pieces in the other bin. There is a lot more ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under baby quilts , basting , binding , black and white , flannel quilts , kaffe fabric , marcia derse fabric

Machine quilting................ from Exuberant Color

The table runner made with Marcia Derse fabric has been nagging me to get finished. Finally last night I chose this Invisafil thread and changed my bobbin thread and got busy.

I chose the easiest block to ditch quilt first. Can't see the quilting? That's the point with ditch quilting. Of course you can find a couple places where I wandered a little out of the ditch.

The last block was the hardest to find a continuous line of stitching. I had to do a few stops and tie offs to get the whole block finished. I have ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under machine quilting , marcia derse fabric , tablerunner

Another day of good intentions............... from Exuberant Color

I don't get much done in the mornings. It is my computer time, when I clean up the kitchen from the night before, and other things around the house. I planned on basting another baby quilt in the afternoon. After lunch I knew I had to take my van for a ride to keep the battery charged so I went to W*lm*rt. For 2 weeks in a row they didn't have any big bags of frozen strawberries. I use them in my morning smoothie. Shortly after I got home my son came by. But first I ...

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

Table runner................ from Exuberant Color

Cutting and sewing of the sashing and border went smoothly on this table runner top made with Marcia Derse fabric. It is 15" x 40" right now. I'm contemplating how I'll quilt it now and I may put that off until after Christmas.

After I finished working on that I pieced a batting for the next baby quilt that I will finish.

I bought these 3 glass trees with interior lights last year. They have a timer for 6 hours on. The tall one looks tipped but that's my fault for taking the photo at that angle ...

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

Trimming.................. from Exuberant Color

It was time to clean off a couple table tops yesterday so I didn't get to the studio until evening. First up was trimming the Marcia Derse crazy pieced blocks.

The largest size I could trim to was 11.5".

They will be made into a table runner and this is the white with black Marcia Derse fabric that will border them. I have a visitor coming today and PT tomorrow but there will be several hours to continue doing clean up and to work on this table runner. I'm ready for a couple relaxing days.

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

First finish for December 2025.................... from Exuberant Color

The quilting wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. The story behind this is that the 4 star blocks were a little too large for the flying geese strips added around them. That means I did a lot of easing and stretching and the center didn't lay as flat as most of my quilts. I tamed it pretty well with only one little tuck. I named this one Game Board.

I'm glad I used the fun fish fabric on the back. The fabrics are Kaffe collective. It is 39" square and was quilted on my ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 1 week ago. under black and white , christmas , kaffe fabric , marcia derse fabric

Playing............... from Exuberant Color

I added some more pieces to 3 of the Marcia Derse fabric crazy piecing blocks. I'm testing whether I want white with black fabrics added. I have at least 3 other prints I can try.

Occasionally I pull out the parts department boxes and check out some of the pieces. These are from the 4" Kaffe fabric box. They are now safely back in the box.

I finished this dishcloth on Sunday night. I now have 3 in this coloration done and want to make 3 more.

I started two more dishcloths last night. The bottom one is blue ...

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

Last minute November finishes and more...................... from Exuberant Color

There is nothing better than an all day sewing day. It was too cold to go anywhere.

This top is finally finished other than a little trimming of the bottom edge. It ended up at 49.5" x 71". There are 2 Martha Negley fabrics in it and the rest are all Kaffe Fassett Collective.

I determined a final layout and got this flannel baby quilt top sewn together too. When I was putting the blocks up on the design wall, I realized the bottom left block was shorter than the rest. Evidently 2 of the light strips were 1 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under crazy piecing , flannel quilts , kaffe fabric , marcia derse fabric , nature

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