one color quilt

Back in the pink.................. from Exuberant Color

I decided I wanted to work on the Bear Paw blocks again. I looked through my Tula Pink fabrics and decided I needed the bunnies in one block.

That makes seven blocks so far. The first 6 were made with just 2 fabrics in each. I'm running out of some of the fabrics so the rest of the blocks will have 3 or more fabrics in them.

I chose the fabrics for the next block but only got part of it sewn.

This is the final layout of the Fractured quilt and after I took this photo, I took ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 hours, 23 minutes ago. under fractured quilt , one color quilt

Top half sewn, bottom half designed................ from Exuberant Color

After I sewed the top half together, I folded it in half so only the bottom 3 rows are showing and pinned it back up on the wall. Then I designed the bottom half, making sure I didn't get the same fabric near itself. There are 3 blocks alike of each combination plus some strips were duplicated. I started sewing the bottom section together last night.

The sixth pink Bear Paw block was sewn.

I put all six of the blocks up on the design wall while part of the wall wasn't covered with the 9 patch top ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , strip piecing

Half way point................ from Exuberant Color

The top 6 rows (of 12) are ready to sew now. Then I can move the blocks up and design the bottom half.

I cut two more Bear Paw blocks and sewed one of them. This one has the least contrast between the 2 fabrics in it. After I sew the other one I can take the pink thread off the machine and change back to brown.

Marcia Derse has flannel fabric now and the prints are from a couple of her previous lines. I didn't buy all of them, but just my favorites. I'll mix these in ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , stash

The chickens won............ from Exuberant Color

The chickens will be the backing on this 16 patch quilt. It's unlikely that I would make another quilt in the future that could use this fabric. Now I have 2 ready for my longarm quilter.

I realized as I got more blocks on the design wall that there needs to be a double row of the spotted fabric all around the perimeter.

This is so much prettier than the camera wants to show you. I still need 2 more rows at the bottom and I will start filling in the 9 patches today.

Here is yesterday's pink ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , stash , strip piecing

Layout preview................ from Exuberant Color

I wanted to see how the layout was going to look, so I took one 9 patch block of each fabric combination and previewed them with the 2 alternate fabrics. I figured out that I need to do 2 columns on each side with the spotted fabric plus one row top and bottom. Then the floral fabric will fill in all of the center spaces. I think it will be interesting close up. I'm not sure about a distance view.

Downstairs I cut the batting for the 16 patch quilt and looked for backings. From top to bottom they ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , stash , strip piecing

Rainy Saturday.................. from Exuberant Color

It rained most of the day yesterday. I checked the rain gauge about 5 p.m. and it had 1.5" in it. I didn't empty it so I'll have a 2 day total including today's rain. We got 2.5" on Thursday after a month with less than an inch of rain. Three miles west of us got 4.25" on Thursday.

I turned on the iron and pressed Friday's blocks and the last 3 stratas. Then I made the 9 blocks from the stratas. I have 63 six inch 9 patches made now. If ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , strip piecing

Sewing some 9 patches.................... from Exuberant Color

24 nine patches are sewn so far, lots more to go. I had pulled some fabrics to try as alternate blocks so here are three of them. This one of cheetahs isn't too great. I think it is too light.

This is my favorite but I only have enough to cut 24 alternate blocks. That would only make a quilt 36" x 48".

I have two pieces of this fabric so it is a strong contender if I do this layout.

I decided to turn the camera to simulate an on point setting. That is nice too.

I also ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , stash

First finish for February 2026............. from Exuberant Color

Purple Rosy is finished and I am so happy with the binding and backing as well as the top. It is 65" x 82" and has Hobbs 80/20 batting. It was quilted by Robin Diaz.

All of the fabrics are from the Kaffe Fassett Collective, the trio of designers.

The photo above was taken with my Canon camera and this photo was taken with my cellphone. I think this one is truer color, but something halfway between is probably the closest true color.

This backing fabric has a lavender background.

I cut batting for these two quilts, the next ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months ago. under batik , double 4 patch , kaffe fabric , one color quilt

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

The binding was finished last night, too late to take it's final photo.

I still can't believe there were so many purples in the Kaffe collective fabrics. Seeing all of the fabrics on my shelves, stored by number, there didn't seem to be that many. I sometimes think I should store them by color, but so many of the collective fabrics are multicolor without one clear color standing out.

I love the fabric on the back and I was lucky enough to find it on sale. It is also from the Kaffe collective group.

While in the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 1 week ago. under batik , double 4 patch , kaffe fabric , one color quilt

Trimmed..................... from Exuberant Color

Purple Rosy has had been trimmed so I will have another binding to do. I want to finish this one by hand.

That will be good because my main Pfaff machine is having problems. It has no tension and I have checked everything that I can get to. I'll bring one of my other machines upstairs.

I looked for binding choices but haven't explored all of the choices yet. These 2 are possibilities but I need to lay them at the edge of the quilt and see just 3/8" to decide.

Yesterday a friend came over to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 1 week ago. under binding , kaffe fabric , one color quilt

Sample block and other things............... from Exuberant Color

I made one sample block for the corners (bottom left corner). This one is made with just 2 fabrics but the 4 I will make (now that I know it works) will be an assortment of fabrics, just like the side border blocks. I will be happy to have this quilt top off the design wall. I don't know why the camera thought it should look pink in this photo. It is very purple.

I finished sewing these blocks and got them trimmed. This is one batch of them and there are 2 alike of most of them.

This ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 3 weeks ago. under 9 patch , kaffe fabric , nature , one color quilt

Explanation of the corner blocks....................... from Exuberant Color

Thanks to everyone who has tried to help me with the dilemma of the corner blocks of my purple Rosy quilt. Since several were no reply I couldn't comment back to them. This post showed my first trials for corner blocks. This photo shows a side border block. The 2 larger squares touch the outside edge of the center and the rows of 3" squares are on the outside edge of the quilt. I'm showing that the block will finish at 9" x 10.5".

The corner blocks need to measure 10.5" square. This photo shows that ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 4 weeks ago. under 9 patch , kaffe fabric , nature , one color quilt

One more audition.............. from Exuberant Color

More fabrics were auditioned yesterday for the coping strips and this is the only one I'm considering.

I cut some more strips for my other project and sewed them last night. I pressed the first batch made previously while I was in the basement doing laundry.

We've had some gray days and today they say we will have sunshine and 50 degrees.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 4 weeks ago. under 9 patch , kaffe fabric , one color quilt , strip piecing

Auditioning corners.................. from Exuberant Color

The center of the quilt is still folded up and pinned on the design wall and I tried 3 fabrics as coping strips to use with some of the leftover 9 patch blocks for the corners.

I don't want the corners to be what catches attention first. Still no decision made.

I pulled out some strips for some mindless sewing while I glance up at the design wall.

I will eventually figure out how to finish the purple Rosy.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 11 months ago. under kaffe fabric , one color quilt , strip piecing

Purple................... from Exuberant Color

I pieced a 10.5" nine patch block to try in the top left corner. I don't like it with seams not lining up. Next I folded the 5 row sewn part so I could see both the top and bottom edge and pinned it back on the wall. I now could reach to design a top row and lean down to design a bottom row (minus corner blocks). I sewed those 5 blocks together for both rows and they will wait for my decision on corners.

I had PT in the afternoon and stopped for grocery shopping on ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 11 months ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , one color quilt

5 rows sewn together....................... from Exuberant Color

The lower 5 rows are sewn together, the top row is loose blocks and there will be one more row of border blocks across the bottom. The border blocks are 9" x 10.5" so the corners will be 10.5" square.

I have placed 2 9" squares up there to test ideas for the corners. I have several 9 patch blocks left over and they would need 2 coping strips or a narrow border all around if I use them. At the right corner is a fabric I didn't end up using in the center but I had ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 11 months ago. under kaffe fabric , one color quilt

Back to purple Rosy................ from Exuberant Color

The left column is all border blocks. I finished sewing the last batches of them last night. I just need to decide now if I like the position of each of them. Next I need to move all of the blocks 9" to the left so I can work on the right border.

l have enough blocks made for the remaining 3 borders. Last thing is deciding what I will put at the 4 corners.

We are back to normal weather for this date now, mid 40s to low 50s and mid to high 30s at night. It was nice ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 11 months ago. under kaffe fabric , one color quilt

Unpressed progress.................... from Exuberant Color

I'm working on the border blocks for the purple Rosy and I can't press them until I know where they will end up on the quilt. That is, if I want seams to nest, which I do. There are 4 of each of these as well as 4 of the one I showed previously.

This is how they fit along the center of the quilt. I have the larger squares all up on the wall and need to piece more of the sections of 6 smaller squares and sew them to the large square sections. It is the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 11 months, 1 week ago. under christmas , kaffe fabric , one color quilt

Back to purple Rosy................. from Exuberant Color

I was checking out all of the pieces for the last 2 borders on the Rosy quilt. It will be pieced in sections of 3 squares. The pieced strips were left over from making the 9 patches.

I got 15 segments out of the pieced strips so now I just need to add one square to each of them for 15 border strips. I will need 48 of them plus corner units (not figured out yet). I have some leftover 9 patches which I could add a small border to, to fit the corners. I'm not sure how that ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 11 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , one color quilt

Working on the border................... from Exuberant Color

On the left side is one row of 4.5" squares and a little patch of 3" squares, the components of the pieced border. I need to move all of the blocks to the left to have room for both the left and right borders on the design wall. I ended up grocery shopping and doing laundry instead of continuing to work on this.

The 4.5" squares were all sewn into sets of 2 to speed up the design process.

The tree across the street was glowing with the sun from the south beating down on it, but no ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 11 months, 3 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , one color quilt

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