triangles

2 projects................. from Exuberant Color

Awhile back I showed the triangle panel and mentioned it was going to be the center of a medallion quilt, that I would be working on slowly. I found the 6" snowball blocks in the Kaffe orphan block box (left over from this quilt top from 10 years ago) and they were on my design wall for at least 10 days while I tried to decide if they would be a border. I said s.l.o.w.l.y, so I think I'm following my plan. I sewed them together yesterday and sewed the border on. Now I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , strip piecing , triangles

Sidetracked, or is it derailed............................. from Exuberant Color

There is a table in my main floor studio that I have been slowly cleaning off (we're talking piles here) and when I say slowly, it is like 2 items a day. One of the items yesterday was a little 4" x 4" bag of small batik pieces.

The 7" ruler gives you an idea how small the pieces were. They were all end pieces when I was cutting some project a few years ago and I couldn't throw them in the trash.

I decided to piece them into strips, 4 of which would make a little mug ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under batiks , black and white , strip piecing , triangles

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 2 weeks, 3 days 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 2 weeks, 4 days ago. under black and white , kaffe fabric , knitting , quilts made with triangles , stash , triangles

Flitting from one thing to the next................ from Exuberant Color

Instead of working on any project I decided to look for a back for this little 40" quilt top. I only looked in the Brandon Mably stash (Kaffe collective). Since this is 40" I can use one width of fabric for the back but I need more than 1 yard. I did the "feel test" on the fabrics on the shelf. I know what 1 yard feels like so I was feeling for a thicker fold. My first run through produced these 5 fabrics. The criteria is that it has to be a print that is not as effective cut ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , knitting , triangles

Ready for top and bottom borders......................... from Exuberant Color

The top is sewn on this zig zag but I haven't decided how wide the border at the top and bottom will be. I will press this today and hopefully make a decision.

I finished one of the three started dishcloths. Usually I can get 2 out of one ball of yarn. Even though they all say they have the same number of yards it is pretty obvious to me that I'll only get a little over a half of another from this ball. I have at least 2 more balls of this color so I'll be ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , knitting , machine quilting , triangles , zig zag

Webbing in progress............ from Exuberant Color

All of the seams are sewn in one direction and a few sewn in the other direction. I got a couple tiny pleats where I was trying to ease the fabric in to make points match. I may go back and fix that after I get all of the rows sewn.

It was the last cool day yesterday before we head up to the 80's again so I wanted to bake one more thing. I had an expired box mix that was my choice. They say the baking powder might may lose some of its power in an expired ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under food , triangles , zig zag

Blocks sewn..................... from Exuberant Color

The triangles are all sewn into blocks so now the webbing will start and there will be a quilt top soon. I'm still intending to add a border of the white dotted fabric at the top and bottom.

I got an email yesterday from Sew Colorful that there is a new group of fabrics for preorder called 'From the Archives' as in Kaffe Fassett fabrics archives, before there was the collective of 3 designers. I decided to see how many I have in my stash that will be in the reissued older fabric designs. I ended up with 18 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under stash , triangles , zig zag

Some progress............... from Exuberant Color

I got a few of the blocks sewn on the zig zag quilt. The blocks for the bottom row are sewn too but I didn't put them back up on the wall yet.

I also went through the batik orphan block box again and found enough 16 patches that went well together for another table runner. This one will be 16" x 40".

I think this batik with zebras looks good for the backing.

I also finished basting the Kaffe double four patch small quilt so I have a couple things to finish to alternate with sewing zig zag ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under batik , tablerunner , triangles , zig zag

The start................. from Exuberant Color

The top and bottom row are the easiest to sew because every square is the same. The other rows will have the variety of green sprinkled through them so I'll have to pay attention to get them back up on the design wall in the right place after I sew the 2 triangles together.

Meanwhile in spare moments here and there I have started 3 dishcloths. They are all at the same stage now, ready to do decreases on every row. I can pick up whichever color I feel like working on.

It only got up to 65 yesterday ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under food , knitting , triangles

Fun day........................... from Exuberant Color

I made a decision on the green triangles quilt. This layout is 9 across by 10 down, too close to square so I think it will get a strip of the white dotted fabric at the top and bottom to increase the length. I will cut the last 6 dotted triangles today. Now I need to take down triangles and sew them into squares and then into rows and a top.

I have 32 green 6 inch finished triangles left over. They will join all of the leftover blue and pink triangles in the project box.

I got two packages ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under basting , kaffe fabric , stash , triangles , zig zag

A quilt top.......................... from Exuberant Color

I got the 2 halves of this Marcia Derse fabric 16 patch quilt top pressed and sewed the final seam. After pressing that seam I struggled to get it up on the double design wall. I reached as high as I could but the last few inches still ended up on the floor. I had to hang it sideways and rotated the photo. The part on the floor is on the right edge. It is 80" x 96", large enough for an oversize twin quilt. With the deep mattresses on the new beds we need to make bed quilts larger ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , marcia derse fabric , strip piecing , triangles

Still hot.................. from Exuberant Color

It's been too hot for me to think about a new project so I'll just continue sewing these squares for Broken Dishes blocks.

With all that I sewed yesterday and Thursday, I have plenty to start sewing into blocks. I pressed all of them so I would be ready for assembly last night and today. I sewed 32 blocks last night and added them to the 39 already sewn. They are 6" blocks.

I watered the tomato plants and then went to the front garden and watered the bushes. This is the Zinfin Doll Hydrangea finally starting to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , triangles

Miscellany.................. from Exuberant Color

I quilted another tiny table mat (left) yesterday. It's the same size as the one from the day before. The piecing was done a few years ago, now layered, quilted and ready for edge finish.

A few Broken Dishes blocks were sewn, not pressed yet.

I cut several more light fabrics and sewed some more squares for Broken Dishes blocks.

This is the second batch that were sewn. I'm going to have to turn on the iron today.

I think this is one of the ugliest variegated yarns, a sick green in few values. It's kind of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , knitting , triangles

White facets: an inverse - finished from Fabric Engineer

Another finish! They're slow as I'm not quilting as much lately, but they're still coming.

This was gifted to my friend. She had originally chosen a similar one as a gift for her husband, but this one was a surprise.

It isn't an inverse, per se, because there are three colors. But it is a rotation. This is based off Christa Watson's Facets...you know it's a good one when you're willing to do it twice.

Really, it turns out that I like making large blocks from fabric crumbs. I've done it ...

added by Amanda 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under back and forth , finished , quilt 110 , triangles

Triangles.........again.............. from Exuberant Color

Saturday night I cut the fabric for the third Tilda quilt into 4" triangles. I know you can't see the thread, but these are all sewn, more sewing after I write this post. This will be a small quilt, all triangles.

I cut one of the pink peonies with the yellow shaggy center and have it in a bud vase in my bathroom. I have 2 plants of this variety but only one has bloomed so far. That means I can have one new bloom in a bud vase for over a week, maybe 2 weeks. I'll probably ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under nature , triangles

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

Since yesterday was errand day and I didn't have anything lined up to sew, I just went to the 3" Kaffe collective fabric component bin and continued sewing some Broken Dishes blocks, like I was making in April.

I have lots of dark triangles that were cut over a couple years but didn't have any more light ones. I looked through my Kaffe 'large scrap' box and found a few more light ones to cut. This is the next batch I will sew. I have a table runner I may quilt and finish today.

My cousin and his ...

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

Searching the stash..................... from Exuberant Color

Yesterday I was searching for Philip Jacobs fabrics for the triangles I need for my current project. Here are four that I'm pretty sure will work but I think I want to find at least four more that will work too.

While I was in the basement I finished pressing all of the small floral triangle squares. I had a pile of larger squares too that were added to the same storage box. I also pressed a pile of fabrics that are waiting to be cut.

I pulled out three books to look through after seeing them on Maureen ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months ago. under kaffe fabric , triangles

Sewing with triangles................... from Exuberant Color

Last night's sewing session was finishing up the 2" finished floral triangle squares. I added 5 more piles of four after I took this photo so I could make 41 pinwheel blocks.

One idea for them would be like this quilt in a Kaffe Fassett book. I would just have to find a fabric for the alternate squares.

Another idea would be to save them for a border on a floral print quilt. I always hate having to make a lot of little blocks for a border after I get a center made. I could do it the opposite ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under triangles

Triangles...................... from Exuberant Color

Early in the day yesterday I sorted all of the floral triangles by how many of each there were. There were 26 sets of 4 dark and light.

Six of the sets have 8 dark and light triangles.

During the 2 hours I watched TV I sewed 20 sets of four, 80 total. I don't know what I'll work on today and how I want to end the month for my recap.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under triangles

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