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A visitor................... from Exuberant Color

For those of you who read Nann's blog With Strings Attached, you know that her power was off yesterday from the big storm on Monday. She contacted me to see if she could visit...we had been planning to do this some day. We had lunch and a tour of my studios. It's always fun to meet a blog friend in person.

She brought me a gift. She goes to estate sales, etc, and gets the best bargains on fabric. This batch has an African theme. A couple pieces are long enough to use in a pieced backing ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 hours, 8 minutes ago. under 9 patch , stash

Binding cut................... from Exuberant Color

I had the iron on to press some other fabrics so I pressed the binding fabric and got the 7 strips cut.

While I had the fabrics out for the Snail's Trail I also cut a 2.5" strip off the larger pieces. I needed a few more so I pressed some more fabric and cut them and now have 80 strips, 80 different fabrics. Maybe they will become a 16 patch when I need some mindless sewing.

While I was at it I cut a few more strips off some of the fabrics and there are 71 in ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 days, 5 hours ago. under binding , stash , strip piecing

Pressing........... from Exuberant Color

I had to turn the iron on yesterday to press the binding fabric for the current finish so I paired the fabrics for the Snail's Trail and got 4 pairs pressed while I was at it. Hopefully I'll get some blocks cut today.

While outside checking on my tomato plants I noticed some of the buds on the Tiger Lilies are turning orange. It won't be long now for the first few blooms.

Thanks to a friend, I had blackberries on vanilla ice cream last night for dessert. Yummy!

I got the binding strips cut yesterday so ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under food , nature , stash

I found one................... from Exuberant Color

It's interesting how many fabrics I looked past without seeing them when I made the first search for the backing for the floral stars quilt. I think this one will be perfect. It is from the same time period as the floral fabrics and I have 9 yards of it.

That was actually the second fabric I pulled out of the large bin and I first thought this might be a candidate. It is a taupe type beige and is a Jinny Beyer fabric. After I found the other one though, I realized this would make a great backing ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under nature , stash

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

This was my original plan, adding pieces of a variety of light color florals to the edges of the blocks. This way a border was assembled while I webbed the quilt; no long strips to add to the center section. But then I kept thinking I wanted it larger and that is where I got hung up for a year and a half. I finally decided I would settle for a smaller quilt, 67" x 79".

After I took its photo, I decided to look in my backing fabric bins and see if I had enough yardage of anything I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under star quilts , stash

More sewing...................... from Exuberant Color

I'm still sewing stratas for the William Morris fabric Trip Around the World quilt. Normally I lay out the order of all of the strips and sew it as one huge strata instead of sections. This time since I had 4 different 'runs' of light to dark I decided to sew each separately (there is one more group to sew) and then play around with the order before they get sewn together. I can't press anything until I have the whole strata sewn together because of the pressing method I use. I'll show my play time for ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under stash , trip around the world

Wishes and dreams..................... from Exuberant Color

Wishes: I wish I still had the energy and stamina I had 10 years ago.

Dreams: I can dream about what I will make with my stash.

This is all of the 10" squares that had big blooms, some bigger than others.

There is a Kaffe quilt called "Bloomers" that has a layout that uses 3", 6", 9" and 12" finished squares. I'll probably use the layout, but not the same fabrics as in the book.

Another dream: I want to make a Trip Around the World with this assortment of Wm. Morris fabric. I have been collecting these ...

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

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

I am thinking about making some more of the little still life projects with the 1.5" squares. I'm wondering if I want to add some triangle squares to add a few angles instead of all square pixels. It's never a loss to have pieces cut because they can easily make a different project if I don't want them in this project. Those little stacks are 4 alike of about 12 different fabrics times 6 stacks. That should give me a good variety to work from. Do any of you use a program to pixelate a photo ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under batiks , stash , triangles

Play day on the first day of the month................. from Exuberant Color

I usually don't get started working on anything the first day of the new month, but yesterday I got busy. First I found a backing for this table runner which I pieced several years ago. I think it is the first project I made when I got the Hunter Star cutting die.

I decided to have a little fun looking through a collection of fabrics that I bought several years ago. It is all Kathy Doughty fabric. I have a couple of Kathy's books and have made a few quilts from one of them and one quilt from ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 4 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , stash , tablerunner

Blocks are ready.......... from Exuberant Color

I really thought I was going to have blocks up on the design wall yesterday. I pressed the final batch, sorted them into 2 piles with one light block and one dark block of each combination in it. Then I took other projects off the design wall to make enough space to design the top half of the quilt. That was it, no more ambition to get anything done. I'm going to blame the cold weather for it. We got up to 17 degrees yesterday, a couple degrees higher than they predicted. We have had sunshine for 2 days ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months ago. under batiks , double 4 patch , stash

Taking inventory..................... from Exuberant Color

After posting the photo of the red quilt with embroidered squares, I decided to take inventory of my 1930 reproduction fabrics. The 4 quilts in this photo are some that I have made in the last 18 years. The one on the left and the top middle were the first quilts chosen when I showed a prospective new owner a group of baby quilts. The one on the right is twin size and I still have that one.

The first box has yellows and blues and 2 pieces large enough for quilt backs. This box is about 10" x 15 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under stash

Alternate block auditions................. from Exuberant Color

The blocks I showed yesterday could be used with alternate blocks of one fabric, so I was searching through my stash yesterday. Fabric #1: This is a cute little kid print and I have enough to use on the back too.

Fabric #2: This animal fabric would work. I have just one yard of it so I would have to look for a different backing.

Fabric #3: I realized as I got to this fabric that I should turn the bright blocks one turn so the narrow edge is going across the quilt and the longer edge is going down ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , stash

Binding started................. from Exuberant Color

I got the binding sewn onto the medallion quilt and got 1 1/2 sides hand stitched last night. This one should take me 3 evenings to finish.

A couple weeks ago I got a package from Nann. She went to Kay Sorenson's estate sale and got these 2 fabrics for me. She knew that Kay and I were friends. What she didn't know is that the fabric on the left is one of my very favorite African fabrics. The one on the right is an Australian fabric by M&S textiles. It is a lot different than ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under binding , kaffe fabric , stash

Finish # 3 for December 2025 from Exuberant Color

This quilt with Kaffe collective fabrics was finished on Wednesday. It is 52.5" x 74". It has 80/20 batting in it and it was quilted by Robin Diaz. It is a nice throw quilt size.

The back is three strips of Kaffe collective fabric, leftovers from making backings for other quilts.

I treated myself to a fat quarter pack of Tim Holtz neutrals and 2 half yards. I think I'll look through my Stonehenge fabrics to pair with them in a 16 patch quilt. Or maybe a quilt of all triangles. Or maybe Sawtooth stars and 16 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under christmas , kaffe fabric , stash

Getting closer....................... from Exuberant Color

I went back through the Nancy Crow fabrics to try to find some more fabrics for stratas for the 16 blocks. I still need to find one more pair of fabrics.

I was able to get 20 blocks out of the alternate fabric so I have 52 blocks sewn, 6 more ready to cut from stratas and sew and 20 alternate blocks for an 80 block quilt. Now I need to search for those last 2 fabrics for the last 2 blocks.

I repotted several of my Thanksgiving and/or Christmas cactus plants last week and there are some buds ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under nature , stash , strip piecing

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 10 months ago. under black and white , kaffe fabric , knitting , quilts made with triangles , stash , triangles

Counting pieces................... from Exuberant Color

There wasn't time yesterday to sew on any project so I counted pieces of flannel, both pieced and cut. This pile is 35 flannel 16 patches. I need to make 28 more blocks for a decent throw size quilt, or mix these with some of the pieces in the following photos.

There were several boxes of cut pieces. In this one there are 53 of the 4.5" x 8.5" rectangles, 45 of the 4.5" squares, and I didn't count the strips since there are only a few of them.

A lot of my flannel quilts ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months ago. under flannel quilts , stash

Some more 1990s fabric................ from Exuberant Color

There were lots of Nancy Crow fabrics that didn't make it into the 16 patch selection on yesterday's post. The one on the right is folded so you can see the whole gradation across the 44". The sunset in the middle doesn't show the other half which fades to pale apricot. This is 22" showing from top to bottom.

Again this is 22" from top to bottom in the photo. It's pretty obvious why they wouldn't work in 2" finished squares.

This photo shows about 11" from top to bottom. There are more..... I have ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 1 week ago. under food , stash

Fabric from the 1990s.................. from Exuberant Color

I spent the day yesterday pressing 32 Nancy Crow fabrics from the 1990s. A friend wants to make a 16 patch with them. While I cut for her I cut for 2 quilts for myself. I have more of her fabrics but some just weren't suitable to be cut up in small pieces.

I stopped at 40 stitches on this dishcloth because there wasn't much yarn left. It looks like I could have gone to 41 stitches...but I'm happy I stopped when I did.

I now have 6 great-grandchildren. The newest baby was born yesterday, a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 1 week ago. under knitting , stash

My lucky day..................... from Exuberant Color

I pulled this quilt top as the next to baste for ditch quilting. I looked through my batiks for a possible backing.

My lucky day! I found a large enough piece of the same fabric as the outer row of squares. If I'm really careful, maybe I can get the binding out of it too. Maybe.....

I have been pressing my purple Kaffe collective fabrics, preparing to cut pieces for the Rosy quilt. This batch is potentially the large plain squares and possible some would be used in 9 patches too.

This group would be for the 9 patches ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 months, 1 week ago. under batik , kaffe fabric , stash

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