quilts made with triangles

One decision made................ from Exuberant Color

After a little prodding by a friend I realized I didn't want to find separator strips like I used on the original quilt I made 10 years ago. Last night I sewed the three sections together. After trimming the side points it will be about 46" x 62". I'm thinking about adding a border, but we shall see how long that takes.

I also cut 1.5" purple squares yesterday and added them to the few that were cut previously.

It was warm enough to open all of the windows yesterday and low humidity. We had a 1 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , batik , marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

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 1 month ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , quilts made with triangles

Final layout, time to sew................... from Exuberant Color

This is the final layout for this quilt top. I could move pieces forever trying to not have the same fabrics near each other, but I decided this is good enough.

I started webbing it last night and got the 4 long seams top to bottom sewn and am now sewing cross rows. Three done, 3 to go. I need to finish this top today so I can get back to the other one and get the last 3 fabrics chosen for it.

Most points are matching well but there are a few to go back and take in a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

Cutting and third layout................... from Exuberant Color

All three sets needed more pieces. I actually cut a few more than I needed so if I need to make a substitute block I'm all set. I ended up finishing the 2 partial blocks and made 6 new blocks last night. I haven't pressed them yet so they haven't made it to the design wall.

This is the assortment of new pieces plus the leftovers from the day before. I had a strip of fabric that I had previously die cut 6 triangles of each fabric from and I put the ends of the strips back ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under accuquilt die cutter , marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

Lots of progress.............................. from Exuberant Color

I took the three sections to the basement and gave all of them a final pressing. There are different lights down there so the color looks a little different from previous photos.

Then I started working on the Kaleidoscope blocks using the same triangles of Marcia Derse fabrics.

I got 6 blocks completed before I ran out of corner pieces but got 2 more blocks partially made before I also ran out of variety of the tall triangles.

This is all that was left when I finished sewing last night. Today I'll be cutting more pieces of both shaped ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under kaleidoscope quilts , marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

The last 3 rows................... from Exuberant Color

I had great ambitions when I got up but it took me most of the day to get started on the last 3 rows of this quilt. I finally got the triangles up on the design wall.

I continued working on them and got all three rows sewn and then the first two sewn together.

Now I can make some more of the Kaleidoscope blocks from the same triangle selection. I have 17 blocks already made. I need to decide if I'm going to make it with 24 blocks (40" x 60") or 48 blocks (60" x 80"). If ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

9 rows............... from Exuberant Color

After lots of family fun yesterday I sewed the top three rows and sewed them together. Now I need to design the bottom 3 rows and choose the fabrics that will be the separator strips and top and bottom border, if I'm still going to make it like the previous quilt.

I did a little hand stitching on the binding of the other quilt but no photo.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

Making progress............. from Exuberant Color

The 6 row section is sewn together now. I didn't get any farther on it because I was making 2 batches of Chex Mix to use up all of the ingredients left from the Christmas marathon. Later in the evening I made frosted creams since I have company coming today.

I haven't done the final pressing yet but my points are matching up pretty well.

I started the hand stitching about 6" before a corner and made it down one short side and around the next corner.

Happy Easter to all who celebrate it! It's going to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under binding , marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

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 1 month, 1 week ago. under binding , marcia derse fabric , nature , quilts made with triangles

Sewing two rows.................... from Exuberant Color

I had little ones visiting early last evening so I spent a lot of the day straightening, cleaning and putting all sharp objects up high. After they all left I started sewing 2 more rows together. I like the combination of colors in this beginning of a row.

By 10 p.m. I had two rows sewn but was too tired to sew them together.

We had lots of storms roll through yesterday morning and again in the evening. I had 1.5" of rain in the gauge from the morning rain. I'll check it again today to see ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

Assembly started.................... from Exuberant Color

I needed to start sewing this quilt together before pieces start fluttering off the design wall. I had the window open a couple days ago and found 2 pieces on the floor when I returned to the room. I can sew 2 rows at a time because the triangles are pointing in opposite directions from one row to the other as I work my way across the rows. While sewing I have the 2 piles in the position they are in, in this photo. When I start the first row I have a little flag attached that reminds me that ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under knitting , marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

Third finished quilt in March 2026........ from Exuberant Color

This is another quilt made with mostly 1990s floral fabrics, with a few newer ones worked in. I also added Kaffe Fassett Spot fabric. It is made of Hourglass blocks with rectangles used as the border.

It is 53" x 64.5".

I bought the 59" wide black and white fabric many years ago. It was nice to not have to piece a backing. The quilt has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. It was quilted by Robin Diaz.

This finished quilt top is made with all Marcia Derse fabric, from many years of her collections. There are 35 different ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles

Quilting started..................... from Exuberant Color

I finished the basting yesterday morning and last night started the quilting on this small quilt I call Game Board. This post shows the whole top. I got the ditch quilting done in the 3 outer borders and then quilted the flying geese border. I'll probably do the bow ties next and then proceed to the center.

I have tweezers handy when I am quilting. No matter how many threads I pull out of the seams before I start, I always find more while quilting. Sometimes as in this case, only about 1/4" of thread is showing and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , machine quilting , quilts made with triangles

First quilt top for October 2025............... from Exuberant Color

It took less than a half hour to finish this little quilt top. It is 34" square. It will be put with next month's pieces to be quilted.

I had to clear off my table top so I sewed the last group of tiny pieces into 4 more strips. This set isn't as colorful as the first 2 sets shown yesterday

Yesterday morning I did some more cutting for the Nancy Crow fabric 16 patch and for the purple Rosy quilt. I started sewing the stratas for the NC 16 patch. This is all 1990s fabric. I have ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 1 week ago. under batiks , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

Searching................. from Exuberant Color

I went back to the black and white stash to find something for setting triangles. The first one I found that had enough yardage was just too bold compared to the background fabrics in the blocks.

I went back to the stash and found 2 more larger yardage pieces (I mentioned yesterday I have lots of 1/4 yard pieces and some 1/2 yard pieces but not many larger yardage). The bottom one is too dark and I'm not sure if I like the top one.

One of the zebra prints is light enough but being a one ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 1 week ago. under black and white , quilts made with triangles , triangles

This and that............... from Exuberant Color

The first day of every month is usually spent looking through things, attempting to clean off a table, just miscellaneous things.

I have had the 2 fabrics laying on my die cutter for over a week so I finally cut the pieces I needed for one more block.

I sewed the last block and then sewed this piece together. It will be the center of a medallion quilt, to be designed slowly, a little at a time. It is approximately 30" x 40" right now.

With those pieces off the design wall I could do the layout for these pinwheel ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 1 week ago. under black and white , kaffe fabric , knitting , quilts made with triangles , stash , triangles

First quilt top for September 2025........................ from Exuberant Color

The borders are on and looking at it now, I think it will need the white dotted fabric for binding. At first I thought green. This zig zag top measures 54" x 69".

With the quilt top finished, I quilted the table runner I started a couple days ago. I used Invisafil WonderFil thread for the ditch quilting.

I used thread that matches the color of the zebras in the bobbin.

I have to find a binding for this table runner and for the quilt I finished yesterday and maybe get them cut and sewn on today. Then I have ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months ago. under batik , kaffe fabric , machine quilting , quilts made with triangles , tablerunner , zig zag

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 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 1 week ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

A couple more layouts............... from Exuberant Color

In the comments yesterday my friend Mary G suggested turning 2 of the blocks in each set of 4 to make star blocks. In this version dark stars are alternated with light stars.

This one is with all dark stars. But wait, I have already made a Kaffe quilt with this layout but I think I don't think I made Broken Dishes blocks for it.

I made this one in 2022 and it isn't exactly the same but in my mind the layout was the same. This one has double row stars and creates the same diagonals as ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , quilts made with triangles

Thinking about layouts..................... from Exuberant Color

There are just 8 more Broken Dishes blocks waiting to be sewn so it is time to think about layouts I have to try several to get an idea what i like best.

This one is pretty straight forward, 8 blocks across, 10 down for a 48" x 60" quilt. It could have a border to increase the size.

Grouping them in 4s with either borders all around each block or sashing between blocks. Estimating 1" borders or 2" sashing, it would be 58" x 72" and could still have a border added.

My brain isn't ready to figure ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , quilts made with triangles

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