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Finish # 2 for April 2026................. from Exuberant Color

This quilt wasn't even on the radar for this year. When I discovered the drawer with 2.5" and 4.5" strips (cut many years ago), I started sorting them and realized I had almost enough in these 2 colors for a quilt. I think I cut a few new strips to get to a nice number of blocks.

The backing is one of my favorite purple batiks, and I must have gotten it on sale because I had 5 yards of it. The binding is a purple batik irregular stripe. It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 2 days ago. under batik , double 4 patch , nature

Sewing and garden..................... from Exuberant Color

I made the third block (not pressed) and added it to the other two for a table runner top.

I changed to 60 weight 2 ply thread and put the single hole plate on my machine to make a couple of the tiny bowties. I didn't turn on the iron yesterday.

I will need to cut some more pieces to make some more blocks. I was happy they really came out to the right size. Sometimes with tiny pieces the blocks come out a bit smaller than they are supposed to.

After 3 days near or above 80, everything ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 5 days ago. under accuquilt die cutter , batik , nature , tablerunner

First quilt top for April 2026................... from Exuberant Color

Kaleidoscope 1 top is sewn. I'm thinking of 2 and 3 so this could be a series. I won't use Marcia Derse fabric for the next 2. This one is 51.5" x 72". I ended up with the 35 blocks like I originally planned. I usually don't use the same background fabrics all through a quilt but this time I had 2 nice light ones, also Marcia Derse fabric. There are over 70 different fabrics in this quilt top.

Here are 2 of the worst matches of points. They are both about 1/16" off and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 2 days ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , quilts made with triangles

After Easter Springtime Happenings from From the Strawberry Patch...

Another Easter Sunday has come and gone; we had a lovely holiday complete with a baked ham dinner and all the fixings at a table surrounded by family and friends. Lynnleigh spent the night with us on Saturday and helped to decorate some beautiful eggs which added festive color to the dessert table laid out with bunny and chick cupcakes. The Egg-mazing egg decorator was one that I saw

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 2 weeks, 4 days ago. under augie , easter , garden , nature , spring

After Easter Springtime Happenings from From the Strawberry Patch...

Another Easter Sunday has come and gone; we had a lovely holiday complete with a baked ham dinner and all the fixings at a table surrounded by family and friends. Lynnleigh spent the night with us on Saturday and helped to decorate some beautiful eggs which added festive color to the dessert table laid out with bunny and chick cupcakes. The Egg-mazing egg decorator was one that I saw

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 2 weeks, 4 days ago. under augie , easter , garden , nature , spring

6 rows.................. from Exuberant Color

Two more rows were sewn last night but I didn't get them attached to the section of 4 rows yet. When I get that done I'll sew the top 3 rows and then be ready to design the bottom 3 rows. I need 69 pieces for the 3 rows and I have one piece each of 70 fabrics set aside for that section.

Earlier in the day I trimmed this diamond quilt and cut the binding for it. I got the binding sewn on the front last night and I will hand finish this one.

Last year a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under binding , marcia derse fabric , nature , quilts made with triangles

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 4 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , 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 1 month ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature

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 month ago. under binding , marcia derse fabric , nature

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 month ago. under crazy piecing , marcia derse fabric , nature

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, 1 week ago. under batik , marcia derse fabric , nature

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, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , strip piecing

Binding finished................ from Exuberant Color

I found a flannel stripe for the binding on this flannel quilt. I didn't get the binding done until 9:30 last night so I'll do photos today. I made the quilt top in 2024 but didn't have anything I liked for the back. I found a good match for it on sale last year and now it is finished this year.

I'm so happy for each and every one of the cacti blooms since there are so few of them in this second blooming time.

This white with pink edging looks mostly pink in the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under binding , flannel quilts , nature

Coffee With Dad - An RSC Flimsy, Another WIP from Grandma's Red Needle

As the title says; Coffee with Dad is a Flimsy!

Viola at Familie Barwitzki challenged me to work on my UFO #26, since 26 is her birthday. Now that Swirling Stars is on hold, waiting (forever! due to shipping error from the online shop!) for ordered quilting thread, I accepted the challenge.

In my previous post I mentioned I had too many blocks for one quilt.

That is absolutely not true! I don't know where my head was, or better say brain (it must have melted in the heat these days!), when I figured out I need 36 coffee ...

added by Astrid 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under basket quilt , bom 2025 , coffee with dad , fruit and vegetables , mauritius , nature , rsc 2026 , rsc2025 , rscred , ufo challenge 2026

Lent from From the Strawberry Patch...

We are already in the second week of Lent. Right on cue, the Lenten Roses are blooming, time marches on and spring is appearing sporadically. One day it's here and the next we're plunged back into winter.It's been a very sad time this past week, our dear daughter-in-law lost her precious mother to a horrible and aggressive brain tumor that appeared, so suddenly, just last summer. We will miss

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under cross stitch , death , grandchildren , lent , nature , patriotic quilts , phyllis , prayers

Lent from From the Strawberry Patch...

We are already in the second week of Lent. Right on cue, the Lenten Roses are blooming, time marches on and spring is appearing sporadically. One day it's here and the next we're plunged back into winter.It's been a very sad time this past week, our dear daughter-in-law lost her precious mother to a horrible and aggressive brain tumor that appeared, so suddenly, just last summer. We will miss

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under cross stitch , death , grandchildren , lent , nature , patriotic quilts , phyllis , prayers

Flannel progress.............. from Exuberant Color

I made some decisions since my last post on this flannel quilt. I took out the darkest of the rectangles in the border but didn't have enough medium values already cut. Instead I took the stack of squares that were in the box and sewed some pairs together and inserted them between each set of 2 rectangles. I finalized the design after sewing 2 more blocks and got the top half sewn together and part of the bottom sewn after I took this photo (which is missing the bottom row of rectangles and squares in the photo).

A third ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , nature

Cutting............... from Exuberant Color

I decided I needed a little more variety in the triangle blocks for the medallion quilt. It took me an hour to find my cutting die. I need to do some cleaning and organizing.

I sewed some of the triangles into squares but didn't turn the iron on last night.

These blocks will go in the column on the right when I get them sewn.

The last 2 flowers on the Amaryllis have opened up. The red edge on the petals is so delicate it hardly shows up in the photo.

Our warm weather is history now, snow flurries ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , triangles

#2 Quilt top for February 2026................ from Exuberant Color

This top ended up at 48" x 72", much better than the 42" x 60" that it was before adding extra columns and rows. This Wishwell Weather Report fabric is hard to photograph, the darkest fabrics a little darker than they look in person. This cell phone photo is better than the Canon camera photo.

I looked through my larger yardage pieces and it looks like I'll have enough of these 2 for the backing. The one on the left is more apricot color than it looks here.

I put my Kaffe medallion center back up on the design ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , triangles

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