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Lots done, just one photo................... from Exuberant Color

Just to recap, I have 2 blocks alike of each of 50 Marcia Derse fabric combinations. Yesterday I took 1/2 of the blocks, one of each combination and the 10 squares cut from the Marcia Derse panel, downstairs to the double design wall. I forgot to take a photo and brought the blocks upstairs to sew. I have half of the quilt sewn now, 10 blocks wide (80") and 6 blocks tall (48"). I can put the other half of the blocks in the very same arrangement and sew the 2 halves together. I could also take column 10 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 4 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric , strip piecing

Testing the panel blocks....................... from Exuberant Color

I cut squares from the Marcia Derse panel fabric and tried them with the MD 16 patch blocks. Some areas are light and some darker so every square looks different. I have 100 sixteen patch blocks made and need 120 so I could use 20 squares cut from the panel. It really isn't a panel even though they call it that. The stores are just cutting at the repeat of the design.

I continued hand stitching the binding while a plumber was here for 3 hours yesterday.

The plumber tried to clear the plugged bathroom sink drain but he ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under binding , home repair , strip piecing

First finish of August 2025.................... from Exuberant Color

I finished the top of this quilt in April 2023 so it has been waiting a while to be finished. All of the fabrics on the front are Australian Aboriginal prints. It is 50" x 71".

On the back is one full length of the Australian black and white print and added to that is a New Zealand fabric.

I used Hobbs 80/20 batting and it was quilted by Robin Diaz.

I had forgotten I added a border to this quilt and saw it when I spread out the quilt for trimming. That reminded me that I had planned ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under binding , strip piecing

More blocks for 16 patch quilt.............. from Exuberant Color

I sewed 8 new combinations of Marcia Derse fabric yesterday morning. There are 2 of each, so 16 new blocks.

I sewed and cut the next batch of stratas and when cutting into segments I made one miscut. There is exactly enough for 2 blocks with only a small cut leftover.

I was able to salvage all but one combination by sewing the left over piece onto the miscut piece and recutting into 2.5". On the left, the seam sewn, center, the seam pressed open, and right, a trimmed strip ready to use. The 6th strata didn't have ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , strip piecing

It was binding day...................... from Exuberant Color

I had the binding sewn onto the flannel baby quilt before lunch time yesterday. I need to take some blocks off the design wall before I can take its full portrait.

These are the blocks that need to be removed from the design wall. I added the 4 new ones so I could take a photo of all 36 blocks (one of each combination of fabrics, two alike of each are sewn). This wasn't necessarily the final layout but I have a photo of it now if I do want to start with this when I get the rest ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under binding , flannel quilts , kaffe fabric , marcia derse fabric , strip piecing

Quilting a small one.......... from Exuberant Color

This flannel quilt has been ready for quilting for a couple weeks so I finally quilted it yesterday. It will get trimmed today or tomorrow and then I'll look for binding.

I pressed the stratas yesterday and sliced off the segments for 8 blocks, 2 of each combination. They aren't pressed so they can't go up on the design wall yet. I have 72 blocks made now. That would give me an 8 x 9 layout but that is too close to square. I would rather have 7 x 11 or 8 x 10. I could still ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , machine quilting , marcia derse fabric , nature , strip piecing

LIttle progress............... from Exuberant Color

I spent a couple more hours cutting 2" squares of Kaffe collective fabrics yesterday morning and now have 5 stacks instead of 3 shown a couple days ago. I had PT in the afternoon and afterwards sewed 4 more stratas of Marcia Derse fabrics for the 16 patch quilt. I trimmed off sad looking branches on my tomato plants and pulled out some more of the Creeping Bellflower.

I know there is nothing exciting about showing the most recent dishcloth finish but this helps me keep a record of the colors I have used.

7 days of 90s now, and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under knitting , marcia derse fabric , strip piecing

32 blocks..................... from Exuberant Color

I think it is going to be impossible to get a true contrast photo of these blocks. The camera wants to emphasize the light/dark contrast and in reality, it is much more blendy, closer to yesterday's photo. This is one of each of the 32 unique blocks, so there are 64 completed at this time.

Here are the 6 new combinations (daylight photo).

The tallest volunteer Sunflower is a full bloom now. I see I didn't catch it before a bug ate holes in one of the petals. This one is about 4 feet tall.

The smaller ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , strip piecing

Moody 16 patch from Exuberant Color

I think this photo is a little dark, but this 16 patch is definitely a moody group of fabrics. I just put one of each that are sewn on the wall temporarily. I have chosen 12 more fabrics to cut and they are lighter than a lot of these.

I chose 4 of the new fabrics and sewed them but they aren't pressed so they aren't on the wall with the rest of the blocks.

I went out after sunset to take this photo. I kept meaning to go out earlier. This is the first of the Tiger ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , strip piecing

Red................. from Exuberant Color

In 2018 I bought the red 40th year anniversary Olfa rotary cutter but I never opened it. You know, saving it for later. Yesterday was the day to open it. Next to it is the 25th anniversary silver Olfa rotary cutter, my favorite one that I keep in my main floor studio.

Here are closeups of the labels on the 2 cutters. The silver one is reflecting light so it isn't showing its true color. I have always had several rotary cutters. I know some people only have one. I have 2 studio spaces so I have one of ...

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

Sewing stratas..................... from Exuberant Color

Even though I'm not done cutting strips from the Marcia Derse fabric, I had to start sewing pairs together. They all need pressing now before I can cut them into the segments for the blocks.

I like some pairs better than others, but the overall look is what I need to be concerned with.

These 24 stratas will produce 48 blocks (if I don't make any cutting mistakes) and that would only be a 48" x 64" quilt. I have a large piece for backing that I scored on sale so I need to make it larger.

The ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric , nature , strip piecing

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 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

Second table mat........................ from Exuberant Color

I finished the binding on the second table mat. I was trying to find the date I made the tops but no word I entered in the search brought up a match.

Here are the two together. The one on the left was made first and has 2 matching triangles in the corners and matching fabrics across from each other in some of the 4 squares. The one on the right was all of the leftover pieced triangles and at the time I was designing it I wasn't sure I was going to sew it together. I'm glad ...

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

A day for binding..................... from Exuberant Color

I decided to spend all of my sewing time on the binding on this Tilda quilt yesterday. I made it around to the 4th corner and a few more inches. I have 40" left to stitch on one short side.

I realized yesterday that the backing fabric looked like a black print in my photos. I put it under my Ottlite and took a close up. It is medium blue and navy blue on a cream color background. It goes really well with the blue Tilda fabrics.

We got some rain yesterday and I didn't get my rain gauge ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under binding , strip piecing

A finish.................. from Exuberant Color

This quilt is all batik, made with 2.5" strips in a pattern I call "the other 16 patch". The true 16 patch is made of squares. There are 32 blocks each made with 2 different batiks so there were 64 strips total.

There is one full width strip and 2 leftover pieces from previous backings on the back of this quilt. It is 62.5" x 70.5". It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and it was longarm quilted by Robin Diaz.

I mentioned digging out ditch lilies a couple days ago. They are day lilies that ...

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

Mindless sewing.................. from Exuberant Color

This is the view from my sewing chair at 9 p.m. last night. I worked on the binding a little and earlier in the day cut some more batik pieces. I needed a break from both projects so I gathered up all of the Kaffe collective 2.5" strips that weren't a full length and started sewing contrasting values together. At this point I'm thinking 4 patches with one of two different ideas as their landing spot.

This is a better photo of all of the ones that are sewn so far. I need to press them ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months ago. under kaffe fabric , strip piecing

The last March finish................. from Exuberant Color

I finished hand sewing the binding on this neutral color batik 16 patch quilt around 9 p.m. last night but didn't want to go to the basement to take the photos so I hung it on my main floor studio design wall for these photos. This one ended up at 54.5" x 71".

I was so happy to find a large enough piece of batik (that looks good with the top) in my backings box. I only buy that large of yardage when it is deeply discounted.

This quilt has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 1 week ago. under batik , strip piecing

Tilda 16 patch.................. from Exuberant Color

The photo looks the same as the last few days, but it is really a finished top that is pressed and measured. It is 55.5" x 72".

A close up shows some of the variety of Tilda fabrics in this top. They are from several different lines.

Since every other strip is turned upside down, the birds and mushrooms are facing both directions.

The same thing happened with the house print. I could have avoided this by not using the one way prints but I chose to have the largest variety possible of the fabrics I had.

Here are ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 1 week ago. under mug rugs , stash , strip piecing

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

I added the 2 light leftover blocks back in and took out 2 darker ones. Here is the comparison of Monday's layout with yesterday's layout. The one on the right is the final layout. I stacked and numbered the columns and brought them up to the main floor studio. I got the seams all sewn in one direction and I'll finish the sewing today.

I finished hand sewing the binding on the second red/gray mug rug.

The backing on both of them is the same fabric as the binding. They are 8.5" square.

I checked ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 1 week ago. under binding , strip piecing

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

I did the layout of the Tilda 16 patch in two stages. First I put up all of these blocks, of which there are 4 in each combination, spacing out the duplicates.

Then I cut 5 blocks from the remaining ladies print and removed 16 patch blocks to put them in the mix. The 2 leftover blocks are light so I may put one of them back into the bottom row. I'll look at this again this morning and decide on the final layout and then stack and label the columns to prepare for webbing the top.

I quilted ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under binding , strip piecing

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