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Geese are done............ from Exuberant Color

I finished sewing the Flying Geese blocks yesterday afternoon. I decided to try 3 mock ups for possible use for them so I can refer back when I'm ready.

This Dutchman's Puzzle block would be 12" finished. I think I have 120 Flying Geese blocks so I could make 15 blocks.

This is the layout that was on the little scrap of paper on the tray holding the triangles.

I was surprised when this one happened when alternating rows of dark geese and light geese.

For now the blocks will go into a labeled box for later consideration ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 1 week ago. under colorwash , stash , triangles

Cutting and sewing.............. from Exuberant Color

More geese flew under the needle yesterday. I decided to go ahead and cut some more pieces to match with the left over half square triangles. There are 27 here, now 87 total. There were 8 more to sew when I quit for the night. The 2 light geese on the left (bottom group) aren't Australian fabrics but I thought they looked enough like them to work in these blocks. I need to cut 8 more sets of light triangles in both sizes to match the remaining triangles on the tray.

We're back in a rainy period so ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 1 week ago. under australian fabrics , triangles

APEX from Q-BITS

If a person can have a favorite geometric shape, mine is an isosceles triangle. Guess that is why they keep appearing in my quilts.

THE STATS: APEX, 2023, 31" X 31". Paper Pieced, Machine Pieced, Machine Applique, Machine Quilted

A personal story to end this post: I know I'm a geometry and numbers nerd. This is the story how I grew to love math. The saddest time of my entire education was in third grade. I was sick and out of school for six weeks; my great-grandmother even came from California to take care of me, so Mother could ...

added by Salmagundi 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under apex , triangles

Flying Geese are sewn on............ from Exuberant Color

I finally took the pieces off the design wall and got it all sewn together. The geese border fit perfectly with the half goose beginning the border both top and bottom. I like it just as it is and could just quilt and bind it but it is only 40" x 56" so I need to keep adding to it. It would only work as a wallhanging right now.

While the iron was hot I pressed the newest batch of strip piecing for the other African fabric quilt. I got them all cut and sewed one of each combination. Now ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months ago. under nature , strip piecing , triangles

Flying Geese borders............ from Exuberant Color

Last night I sewed the Flying Geese borders. The pieced top is 40" and the Flying Geese borders are 39". I have 3 solutions so far, a narrow spacer at each end, a spacer at just one end, or a partial Flying Geese block since I have a few of them left over and I could cut one in half and use half on each border.

I also made the 4 new 16 patch blocks with the African fabric and mottled batiks. I have the 18 duplicates ready to sew if I don't make any progress on anything else ...

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

A slow day........... from Exuberant Color

Yesterday started out productive, a load of laundry and preparing a package for mailing. The rest of the day was miscellaneous tasks.

I realized I hadn't sewn the flying geese with the dark fabric shown here. All 5 are from the same fabric but I used 5 different fabrics for the small triangles. Four more strips sets are sewn for 8 more blocks. I didn't get any more African fabric strips cut so that has to happen today. I moved my African fabrics from a big plastic storage box to an open shelf and I can access them ...

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

A crooked trial layout..................... from Exuberant Color

I put this quilt top on the design wall at a level that I could reach above it to put a border up there. That meant bending over to add the border audition to the bottom so it is quite crooked. I think I will need 13 Geese blocks so with the new batch I sewed I have enough for a top and bottom border.

A new book arrived yesterday, a gift from my daughter. I might spend some quality time with it today.

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

I found them............ from Exuberant Color

While looking through the box of African fabrics I found a plastic bag that contained the Flying Geese blocks that I had made a few years ago. I have enough cut for 30 more blocks so I need to figure out how many I actually need. I chose some fabrics to cut today and I need to get the center section up on a design wall so I can do some planning. I'm looking forward to Thursday when we dip back down to the 70s and have lower humidity.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under triangles

Trying to catch up............. from Exuberant Color

Since I didn't do much on the Fonthill inspired quilt on Saturday I was playing catch-up yesterday. I made 15 more pinwheels, sewed the single row border on all 4 sides and then did a layout for the 2 side borders. I have misplaced a stack of 20 mostly blue pinwheels (note to self: NEVER move anything to a new place). Rather than turn on every light in the house last night looking for them I decided to wait to today. Instead of searching I sewed together the right side double pinwheel border (no photo). My goal was to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under nature , quilts made with triangles , triangles

What a day.............. from Exuberant Color

The storm I mentioned at the end of the last post came roaring through and the power went out 10:45 Friday night. I didn't sleep well, 70 degrees with 70 dew point (100% humidity), waking up many times and looking at my watch. 9:30 yesterday morning (after power had been out 11 hours) my son brought his generator over and we plugged in the fridge, my phone, and a fan. It ended up that it was a tree and lines entangled and ComEd had to wait for the tree removal crew to come and take care of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under triangles

Pinwheel progress............ from Exuberant Color

Yesterday morning I cut triangles from the fabrics shown yesterday. There were enough triangles for 52 pinwheels but I only need 40. I also had a few triangles left from previous cutting. I got 15 new pinwheels sewn.

Those new colors will be mixed in with the piles of pinwheels already completed which are mostly in blues and brown tones (as shown in the center pile). I need to sew 25 more.

Here is yesterday's temperature and feel like temperature. There is a weatherbug station at our high school as noted on the screen. It is about a mile ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under quilts made with triangles , triangles

Choosing fabric for pinwheels................. from Exuberant Color

I re-read the section on colors used in the Fonthill quilt in "Passionate Patchwork" and decided to add more of the moss greens. I have a few already in pinwheels but this will help with variety. Then I searched for more light fabrics in gold and peach tones. Also I added in a few more of the rust/orange and a couple pale periwinkle blues. I didn't get any triangles cut....I am just wiped out. Two window A/C units in the center of the house make that area too cold and the far reaching areas to each ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under batiks , quilts made with triangles , triangles

Striped border cut........... from Exuberant Color

The last 2 striped borders were cut and sewn on and the bottom border section assembled. Then I sewed on the top and bottom sections.

At that point I decided it was too hot to leave the iron on so the 5th border didn't get sewn on yet. I counted pinwheels and like I thought, I need 50 more to complete the last double row borders. I have 10 already cut and paired but need to cut triangles for the last 40.

The dew point was 75 in the afternoon.

In the morning it started to get dark as ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under nature , quilts made with triangles , triangles

3rd and 4th borders - Fonthill quilt............. from Exuberant Color

There was a little progress yesterday on the borders. The third border is the pinwheels and the fourth border is the striped fabric again. The two are sewn together and then the huge pinwheels are the corner blocks. I still have to cut the side striped pieces but I wasn't in the mood to turn on the iron yesterday. So....what I did yesterday was to sew on border 2 all around, border 3 on the sides, make the huge pinwheels and sew the complete section of 3 and 4 with pinwheels for the top edge.

Here again is ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 4 weeks ago. under batiks , kaffe fabric , quilts made with triangles , triangles

Border strips sewn............... from Exuberant Color

The second and third border strips are sewn together but not sewn on the center/first border. The top and bottom purple/red borders fit but the side strips are about 1/4" short. I should be able to ease that in. I'm not sure if those corner squares are the ones I will use. In the book they are a light value. I think maybe these are a little too light. I won't know if the pinwheel borders fit until I get the purple/red border sewn on.

I also sewed all four of the 5rh border ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 4 weeks ago. under batiks , kaffe fabric , nature , quilts made with triangles , triangles

First border sewn on .................... from Exuberant Color

It took me awhile but I finally got brave enough to cut the striped fabric borders. The corner triangles are a companion piece to the stripe.

Then I pieced some portions of the 2nd border so I could see how it is going to look. I added loose pinwheel blocks on the design wall next. After the pinwheels is another stripe fabric border and 2 more borders follow that.

Before sunset last night I slipped out to take a couple photos. The orange Tiger Lilies are starting to bloom in the back garden. There are tall brown eyed Susans partially ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 9 months ago. under nature , quilts made with triangles , triangles

Center panel.................. from Exuberant Color

All of the new pieces were pressed and exchanged for the navy blue combinations. I'm much happier with the center panel now.

The panel is sewn together but not pressed yet. Now I will know how long to cut the border pieces. It will be tricky as each border is added to make it all fit.

After the striped border is a single row border of triangles. I have all of those squares sewn so I just need to get the number sewn together for each border.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 9 months ago. under quilts made with triangles , triangles

Number 3 finish for July............and more............ from Exuberant Color

Back when I finished this quilt top I called it Impov Strippy so I think that is its name. It came out 77.5" x 98.5" after quilting and binding. I have to say I love this one. I used a brown variegated YLI cotton thread on top and a black/green Superior Bottom Line bobbin thread. The quilting is organic straight lines.

I had a queen size Hobbs 80/20 batting in a bag from quite a few years ago. I took it out and put it in the dryer for 10 minutes and then laid it out ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 9 months ago. under strip piecing , triangles

Trimmed............ from Exuberant Color

After lunch yesterday I was in the basement doing a load of laundry and trimming the strippy quilt. I also got the binding strips cut.

At my pacemaker visit yesterday they once again predicted 1 1/2 years of battery left. They have told me that 3 years in a row. The tech that does the readings wants me back in 6 months instead of a year to check it again. When I saw the Dr. he said there is a 90 day cushion built in the the estimated life left. That means if I get down to 6 months ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 9 months ago. under binding , machine quilting , triangles

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

I wanted to hear the weather report at 5 p.m. yesterday so I sewed triangles while I waited. This is part of the assortment for the center panel of Fonthill, my long range project. This is about half of what I need and all of the rest I need will have to be lighter colors. Some of these are leftovers from a previous project.

I mowed the front and one side yard in the early evening. I noticed the Lemon Lily is tipped over. It looks like some animal was laying down in that area.

It seems like my ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 9 months, 1 week ago. under food , nature , triangles

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