nostalgia

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

There were 2 project boxes full of Kaffe collective scraps plus a pile I had collected in the basement. This is a 12" x 12" project box opened, with strips in the left side. On the lid on the right is a bag of scraps large enough to cut 2.5" squares, a bag of tiny scraps, and a bag of scraps with a seam, cut offs from projects. I have no interest in working with these. I have too much yardage calling my name right now. The good news though is that it is sorted and hopefully I can ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , nostalgia

Thinking ahead......................... from Exuberant Color

As I was working on cleaning off the last section of the basement workbench, I was thinking ahead to what quilts I want to make in the future. One of my favorite blocks to make is the Bear Paw. I looked back through my photos and these are the only ones I could find that I had made. I thought there were more. The 2 with Kaffe blocks on the left are just 2 layouts with the same blocks in 3 sizes. I sewed the bottom one in 2013 and sold that quilt top. I had several of the largest ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under nostalgia

A little more................ from Exuberant Color

I misjudged how many day in a row I could stand on the basement floor so I only cleaned 8" more on the workbench surface. This wood thread holder had a thick layer of dust on it so that was the first job, cleaning it. When I worked at Quilting Books Unlimited, a man visited our store and showed us these racks that he handmade. We ordered some and this is the one I bought. I think the only place I might use it now is near my embroidery machine, and I use that so seldom that this would just ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , nostalgia , organization

Quilt trimmed, table piece finished................. from Exuberant Color

Another quilt is back from my longarm friend Robin. I got it trimmed yesterday afternoon.

Since I needed to turn on the iron, I also pressed the binding fabric and cut the 7 strips needed. It is Kaffe's Woodear fabric.

I also cut the binding strips for my Christmas table runner and got it sewn on and since it is for me, I hand finished the binding. It is 14.75" x 34.5".

I also finished the second dishcloth from this color ball of yarn. 15 dishcloths have left my home since the beginning of November so I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months ago. under flannel quilts , kaffe fabric , knitting , nostalgia , tablerunner

Bowtie quilt finished.................... from Exuberant Color

I finished the quilt top in August 2020 and now, finally, it is a finished quilt. The fabrics are Kaffe collective. I used 2 sizes of Bowtie blocks, cut with my die cutter.

The back is another Kaffe fabric. The binding that was used is the same fabric as a couple of the larger bowties.

It is 61.5" x 76" and has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it.

I was in the basement doing more organizing and found a bag with these pieces in it. It is a precut Christmas tree skirt with fabrics from the 1980s. I taught ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 3 months ago. under accuquilt die cutter , nostalgia

Surprise audition................ from Exuberant Color

This is not what I had in mind for the 4 patches I have been making, but I had to try them as a border for this second busy little quilt top. They definitely work and maybe I just need to use them and scrap my idea for starting another quilt top. I could add another row of 4 patches on the top and bottom to make it more rectangular.

The early Peonies are coming up. There is ne group slightly behind the birdbath and another group to the right of it. There is a patch of jonquils or daffodils ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 4 months ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , nostalgia

Sorting, stitching................ from Exuberant Color

I still had the bin of my parents' photos on the dining room table since the day my cousins visited. I decided they weren't going to sort themselves so I spent 3 hours yesterday, making some progress. Most are from my mother's side of the family. I sorted into piles of 3 generations, my brothers and me, great aunts and uncles and their families, and one pile of "who is this?". I will need to go back through some of the piles again but for now I can put them back into the bin with labels inserted into ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 4 months ago. under 4 patch , kaffe fabric , nostalgia

Sunday's doings............................ from Exuberant Color

I started out the day yesterday pressing a big pile of batik strips, usually end cuts from other project cutting. I will be cutting these into pieces for my colorwash quilts.

Then I was in the basement looking for backings for several table topper pieces. Photos later. While down there I saw this book and decided I should donate it to the thrift shop on my next trip.

Look at that date! 50 years ago! This was one of the few patchwork books available in that time period. 1975 was the beginning of my teaching career, first teaching speed tips ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 5 months ago. under batik , nature , nostalgia , strip piecing

What is in the project boxes........ from Exuberant Color

You will have to humor me, I need to have this post to come back to later. There may be a second post like this. I'm starting to search through the boxes to see what I have in the parts department. Box 1 had these 3" batik 9 patches and 4" 16 patches. There aren't enough to make anything other than table runners at this point. I'm having discussions with myself on what I want to make more of, and what I will settle as a small project.

Box 2: I made these blocks from the Kaffe ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 7 months ago. under nature , nostalgia , triangles

NOSTALGIA from Q-BITS

In an effort to use up some of my fabric/scraps, I need to make more quilts!!! In this effort, I thought I would make a new table runner to use with my pink transferware dishes. I've had a yard of solid blue fabric around for probably at least 20 years; and, also, a bin marked 'depression era reproductions' left over from projects in 2001 and 2004. I like pastel quilts with a black background; but since I had this blue I thought I would give it a try. I think it kind of works???

It is always interesting ...

added by Salmagundi 1 year, 8 months ago. under depression era fabrics , nostalgia

Some things I found.................. from Exuberant Color

I did my grocery run yesterday morning and I couldn't settle on doing any one thing the rest of the day. I started going through things in a bookcase and found these 2 magazines, from 1997 and 1998. The Beanie Babies at that time were so hard to find because everyone was buying them. I have given all of my Beanie Babies to the great-grandchildren, a few at a time. It is so hard to throw pristine magazines into the recycling bin (but I sure don't need these).

Then I was cleaning out a bin on a shelf ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 11 months ago. under nostalgia , triangles

#3 finish for June 2024 from Exuberant Color

It was a beautiful day yesterday with 73 degrees and a 50 dewpoint. There was even a nice breeze. Even thought the grass hasn't totally recovered from the dry spell, I mowed it because my neighbors had mowed theirs.

I spent the rest of the day cutting the binding, sewing it on, and hand stitching to finish. This is the one that was started in 1996. I pulled it out several times thinking I would finish it but it didn't happen until this year. This post explains the day I started it. The method of designing it was ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 1 month ago. under binding , nostalgia

Hard work................. from Exuberant Color

I can't believe it took me almost all day yesterday to prepare 2 huge backings and cut batting. Well actually I didn't start until after lunch. This was the larger of the 2 and the backing pieces were 91" long, to press, seam, and cut the excess backing fabric off. Then press the seam. The batting was cut off the roll and then refolded the other direction so I could trim off the excess. The only good part is my Fitbit thought I was walking as I was flinging my arms to keep moving the backing while ironing ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 2 months ago. under kaffe fabric , nostalgia

One last quilt top for April............. from Exuberant Color

I am so happy I finally finished this quilt top, started in 1996 while teaching a class.

It is 36" x 42", another one I won't have to piece a back for. I have enough of the parasol fabric for the back and binding. I'm glad I kept the fabrics together all of those years.

I rarely make quilts with just 5 fabrics but this one turned out great, those wonderful 1990s fabrics in it.

I have to document those last blooms on the cactus because I'm not sure I have ever had one bloom this late ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 3 months ago. under 9 patch , nature , nostalgia

One more fabric............ from Exuberant Color

I found another Kaffe print in the same red/orange as the button fabric for a possible choice for binding. I have to check all around the edge and make sure that fabric wasn't used in an edge block.

I spent all morning yesterday sorting my brown/rust/gold fabrics. They had been displaced when I started moving things around in the basement. I love the rich earthy tones but they don't seem to be very popular with most people. These fabrics were formerly on a shelf unit where my black and whites reside now. I can move ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 3 months ago. under binding , nature , nostalgia , stash

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

I didn't have anything lined up to sew last night so I sorted 1.5" batik squares instead. I sorted into colors and into light value. Then I went through the light squares and pulled all of the ones that had at least 4 alike or 4 similar. I have over 30 light groups ready now to pair with 5 darker squares for 3" finished 9 patches. This will be TV night sewing.

I was going through a closet to find my father-in-law's slides to give to my son. In there was a box of nostalgia. In the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 3 months ago. under batiks , binding , nostalgia

2 years ago today............ from Exuberant Color

Two years ago today I was working on these blocks. This was the final layout I ended up with and I was going to look for something for a narrow sashing between blocks. I really should make a decision and finish sewing these into a quilt top. The fabrics are regular prints from many years.

My other option is sewing the blocks together edge to edge which I like. What I don't like is matching all of those points when sewing the blocks together. And then there is also the bulk where the points meet.

Yesterday I did some ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 9 months ago. under nostalgia

Going through quilt books.............. from Exuberant Color

If you read my blog every day you might remember my bookcase shelves collapsing about a week ago. Now I'm going through the books to find at least 50 to pass on to other people and/or to a library.

In the mid 1990s That Patchwork Place did a quilt shop series of books. This is one I will pass on.

Here is another view of the quilt on the cover. It is very similar to Kaffe's Seed Packet quilt with all of those fussy cut flower fabrics.

This is another book in the series. I will probably ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 10 months ago. under nostalgia

Cleaning the basement and 5 years ago.............. from Exuberant Color

Yesterday I had some help with cleaning up the basement. My helper vacuumed the cobwebs and the dust on the pipes along the ceiling joists and I vacuumed the floor. I also unburied a few chairs that had piles on them.

5 years ago I was just starting the blocks for a Marcia Derse star quilt.

At this point I had all of the blocks sewn together into a quilt top but I knew I wanted a border.

I found some perfect Marcia Derse fabrics in my stash for the borders and got it all sewn together early in November ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 10 months ago. under nostalgia

Playing in the basement............... from Exuberant Color

It was quite humid yesterday so I went to the basement and started a load of laundry. I saw this box over by the shelf unit I am slowly re-filling with fabric. I knew I shouldn't take the lid off. I get lost in all of the treasures in there.

Back in the mid 1990s I was working at a quilt shop that sent out a newsletter 3 times a year which announced the class schedule. I taught the Trip Around the World quilt class 3 times a year and sometimes twice in each of the 3 sessions. I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 years ago. under nature , nostalgia , trip around the world

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