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A quilt top for April................. from Exuberant Color

I really like this quilt top, but then I like all of the quilt tops I have made with these neutral color batiks.

This one is 55.5" x 72". The next one which will use the rest of the blocks will be larger.

Here are 3 of the others made with most of the same fabrics and a few different in each quilt. Unfortunately the lighting on the one on the right is bad and I sold it so I can't take another photo.

I mowed grass for a half hour and then went to the garden center ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 days, 17 hours ago. under 9 patch , batik , strip piecing

63 blocks on the design wall.............. from Exuberant Color

I sorted the 174 blocks into matching blocks and couldn't find 63 different ones so there are a few duplicates in this layout. After I took this photo I sewed the top together but didn't finish until almost 11 p.m. last night so I'll get it pressed some time today and post it tomorrow.

We were in the freeze warning area last night so I'm hoping the Redbud blossoms can withstand the cold. It usually gets the coldest around 4 a.m.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 days, 12 hours ago. under strip piecing

Decision made................. from Exuberant Color

I made these neutral color 16 patch blocks in 2018 and there are 174 of them. I had been trying to decide if I should make one almost king size quilt or 2 smaller quilts. I did some figuring (for about an hour) last night and decided on one quilt 72" x 96" and another one 56" x 72". There will be 3 blocks left over. Now I can start playing with layouts. I think I'll start with the smaller one because it will fit on my design wall on the mail level.

This is a quilt top I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week ago. under batik , nature , strip piecing

Layouts............... from Exuberant Color

There are more little 1.5" batik squares to make more 9 patches but I decided to play a little with layouts. Edge to edge isn't very spectacular. Since the blocks will finish at 3", this would only be 12" x 18", about the size of a placemat.

Spacing the blocks out with plain blocks between would stretch this to 18" x 24".

With the blocks on point they measure about 4.25" across so this would be about 21.5" square. After sewing 400 of the 4.5" 9 patches I'm not very anxious to sew a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 2 days ago. under 9 patch , batik , stash , strip piecing

Still organizing.....or was I playing with stash............... from Exuberant Color

I'm still moving things around in the basement and I came across a selection of darks and lights and decided to expand on it and add reds. I have used 20 of these fabrics in 2 other quilts and added 17 more for variety.

These are the 2 quilts with 20 of those fabrics plus more that are gone now. I gifted the quilt on the left but still have the one on the right so I could match up fabrics in my stash. I have an idea percolating for the next quilt.

Last night I sewed strip sets ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under 9 patch , batik , stash , strip piecing

Worldwide Quilting Day from From My Carolina Home

Tomorrow is Worldwide Quilting Day, and our local guild is having an exhibit for the day. If you are local, please stop by the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville, NC on Saturday, March 16, 10 am to 3 pm to see the 34 challenge quilts and cast a vote for your top three favorites. The challenge was to take page 42 from a non-quilting magazine as the inspiration for a wall hanging size quilt. Page 42 is for our 42nd year as a guild. Viewer’s choice winners get some great prizes, and our local quilt shop, Beginnings, will be ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 1 month, 1 week ago. under national quilting day , quilting , strip piecing , tutorials , villa rosa (Comments)

Finished times 2.................. from Exuberant Color

It's time for the official portraits and stats on 2 finishes.

Autumn Coneflower 2, made of batiks, finished at 62.5" x 78". It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. The binding is hand finished.

The backing is a burgandy with beige leaf outlines, a batik I bought many years ago, knowing I would make a quilt some day that would need it.

The bright flannel quilt was made with many small yardage pieces and some large scraps. The cats, splotchy multicolor, and monkeys are Laurel Burch designs. This quilt finished at 53" x 71". It has Hobbs ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under 9 patch , batik , flannel quilts , strip piecing

More of the same............... from Exuberant Color

With two sessions of hand stitching I rounded the 4th corner and now just have most of one short side left to stitch on Autumn Coneflower 2.

Seven more strip sets for 9 patches were completed and now I have 12 sets ready to be pressed. Then I can crosscut them and sew the 9 patch blocks.

I sewed the long seam in another flannel backing but didn't turn on the iron yesterday. Now I have plenty of pressing to do.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under 9 patch , batik , binding , strip piecing

Finally some quilting........ from Exuberant Color

I loaded my bright flannel quilt on the longarm after lunch yesterday and got it quilted.

I did freehand organic straight lines in both directions. That means I quilted it one direction, unpinned it from the frame, turned it 45 degrees and re-pinned it on and did the lines for the other direction. I got it trimmed last night so I'll look for a binding today.

I paired some batik strips and sewed the strip sets for a few more 9 patch blocks. They need to be pressed before I cut them the other direction and make the blocks.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under batik , machine quilting , strip piecing

February 2024 monthly recap................... from Exuberant Color

There were 5 finishes in the shortest month of the year, all because there was one extra day this year. The 2 baby quilts are 37" square and 33.5" x 40". The quilt tops were made last month in an attempt to build up my baby quilt stash. Next is the Australian 16 patch which is 60" x 77" and the top was made in March 2023. Interweave, a pattern by SpringLeaf Studios, is 57" x 81". The top was made in March 2018. The last one is Scrappy Batik Bear Paw 2 which is 70" x 85". The ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , monthly recap , strip piecing

Three end of the month finishes (February).................... from Exuberant Color

First up is the Australian fabric 16 patch which I finished on Wednesday. This is my all time favorite of all of the Australian fabric quilts I have made. I love the wide border on it. It ended up at 60" x 77".

The backing is also an Australian fabric which I was lucky to find on sale last year.

The batting is Hobbs 80/20.

Here is a closeup of the backing fabric.

I got a late start last night doing the binding on the two baby quilts. This one is Donuts and 9 Patches and is 37" square ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under australian fabrics , binding , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

Working on 3................ from Exuberant Color

All of the X and O blocks are sewn now but not pressed yet. I need 17 O blocks and 18 X blocks so I just realized I'm short one O block. I can just sew a seam on the other side of an X block and rip out the original seam and I will have an O block.

I took those stacks of 4 blocks off the design wall and started a layout of 6" finished squares with a few 4 patches thrown in. I need 12 rows for the length and I'm short 14 squares for ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under flannel quilts , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

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

Last night I started sewing sets of 4 blocks that are identical. I have chosen the last 8 fabrics for more blocks but haven't cut them yet. I will want to mix those colors into the layout before I sew any more sets of 4.

I had strip sets prepared for 24 sixteen patch blocks so I sewed them too. I may combine my rectangle blocks with the 16 patches in one quilt. The rectangles are 4" x 8" finished size and I have a good size stack of them already cut. I just need to do some figuring ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under flannel quilts , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

Flannel again............ from Exuberant Color

Yesterday morning was cutting time. I also cut for two more quilts than the two I'm already sewing.

I paired triangles with elongated hexagons. I have enough triangles cut now for the rest of the blocks I need to cut.

Last night was sewing time. The blocks on the left are piles of 4 alike.

I took one block of each sewn combination and started a layout on the design wall. After I make the remaining blocks I will sew duplicates of the X and O blocks because I have 4 alike of most of the blocks. I need ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under flannel quilts , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

Between projects........... from Exuberant Color

I looked for binding for the batik star quilt without any success yesterday. I was looking for something similar in color to the border but one shade darker and so far nothing has jumped out and said "use me". I might have to just choose a color since the quilt is totally multicolor scrappy.

When I'm between projects I will usually sew strips into strata. I have a box of 2.5" Kaffe collective strips and I'm down to the leftovers, ones that didn't fall into a color group for a previous quilt. I haven't decided ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , strip piecing

STICKS AND STONES from Q-BITS

Time for some string piecing to use up the many brown and beige strips in my scrap bins. The blue accents are to keep the project from getting boring!

I have a love/hate relationship with string piecing. I love choosing the fabrics, colors, and embellishments; but hate the mess as I can't seem to stay organized when dealing with strips!

THE STATS: "Sticks and Stones", 2023, 33"x33", Paper Pieced, Machine Pieced, Machine Embroidered, Machine Quilted

I have had this quilt percolating in my brain for some time; it finally became reality and is finished, and has become ...

added by Salmagundi 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under sticks and stones , strip piecing

Third quilt top for October............. from Exuberant Color

I got the piano key border sewn onto the African fabric quilt top, cutting off the excess of each strip as I got to the end. I don't think it shows much that some strips are narrower than others. The side borders are 1/2 inch narrower than the top and bottom borders. It ended up at 52" x 69". I will use a dark binding on it, maybe the same fabric as the next to last border.

Before lunch yesterday I cut all of the green tomatoes off the last 2 plants and put them in a box ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months ago. under crazy piecing , strip piecing

Moving on to the next project................. from Exuberant Color

There were several pieces of strip piecing left from a previous African fabric quilt and one new dark pink set. There are 6 different sets here, green, blue, pink, purple, rust and gold. I need to remove the short strip from the rust set and then they will all be about 17" on their shortest strip.

As a reminder this is the quilt on which they will be used as borders. First I need to cut a border of the fabric in the photo below to go all the way around and then I will figure out what widths I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under stash , strip piecing

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

I was hoping to have this top done in September but after I squeezed in the 65th high school class reunion I could see it wasn't going to happen. Now I have a great start for October.

This is made of African fabrics and mottled batik (almost solid) fabrics.

I intended to find an African fabric for some alternate plain blocks but instead looked on my 2 shelves of multicolor batiks. I know I got this batik on sale, deep discount, because it wasn't selling well. I only had a yard so I got twenty 8.5" squares ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under batik , nature , strip piecing

Final layout............... from Exuberant Color

It took 3 tries to get to this final layout of the African/batik quilt top. I stacked the rows and took the pieces up to my main floor studio for sewing.

Then I spent time outside pulling weeds in the front garden. It isn't done, I just did the amount of bending that I can do in one day. Then I mowed the other half of the front yard and the side and backyard. I wonder how many more times it will need mowing before we are done for the season. It all depends on how much rain ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under batiks , strip piecing

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