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September 2025 Monthly recap.................... from Exuberant Color

Big and small, but 2 finishes anyway. The 16 patch on the left is all Marcia Derse fabric, both front and back. It is 78" x 95". On the right, a double 4 patch, is Kaffe collective and Martha Negley fabric and is 40" x 59.5".

I only completed one top, and that's fine with me. I'm gaining on finished vs. started.

This one is all Kaffe collective fabric. I was trying to use up some green triangles which I had overcut for a previous project. It was fun adding the Brandon Mably plaid in this one ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 4 days ago. under double 4 patch , kaffe fabric , monthly recap , tablerunner , zig zag

First quilt top for September 2025........................ from Exuberant Color

The borders are on and looking at it now, I think it will need the white dotted fabric for binding. At first I thought green. This zig zag top measures 54" x 69".

With the quilt top finished, I quilted the table runner I started a couple days ago. I used Invisafil WonderFil thread for the ditch quilting.

I used thread that matches the color of the zebras in the bobbin.

I have to find a binding for this table runner and for the quilt I finished yesterday and maybe get them cut and sewn on today. Then I have ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under batik , kaffe fabric , machine quilting , quilts made with triangles , tablerunner , zig zag

Quilted................ from Exuberant Color

The daylight coming in the west windows of my studio show off the quilting better than overhead lights at night.

I finished all of the quilting yesterday afternoon and got the quilt trimmed last night. There is ditch quilting top to bottom and side to side along the edges of the 4 patches, 5" apart.

I cut 4.5" strips for the top and bottom borders of the zig zag quilt top. I wasn't sure how wide to cut it and figured if I thought it was too wide, I can cut it down.

We haven't had any ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under double 4 patch , kaffe fabric , zig zag

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 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 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 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 ago. under batik , tablerunner , triangles , zig zag

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, 1 week ago. under basting , kaffe fabric , stash , triangles , zig zag

A little progress................ from Exuberant Color

Four more strip sets are ready to be pressed and then made into blocks. This is my favorite of the 4.

I added the other 4 blocks of the original 24 to the design wall. I need to take this to the basement for a larger design wall before I add any more blocks.

This one that might look like pink on your monitor is actually a coral color and goes well with the other orangey/rusty spots in other blocks.

I got one more batting cut and a backing pieced so my longarm quilter can pick up 2 to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 12 months ago. under batiks , strip piecing , zig zag

#4 quilt top for 2024.............. from Exuberant Color

The last seams were sewn by noon yesterday and then the zig zag baby quilt top got its final pressing. It is 34.5" x 40".

These 2 will be a nice addition to my available baby quilts when I get them quilted next month. Right now I'm thinking a white with black print for the back of both of them will keep them gender neutral.

Two or three years ago I cut a pile of elongated hexagons from older Marcia Derse fabrics. I saw this layout somewhere online and decided to test it. This is one that would ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 9 months ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles , zig zag

6 more seams to sew.............. from Exuberant Color

Only 6 more seams and this baby quilt top will be finished. It had 13 seams in one direction and then I sewed 9 of 15 seams in the other direction. I'll finish sewing the seams this morning and then press it.

We got 4-5" of snow in the very early hours yesterday and then it stopped for a little while and then light rain for most of the day. I measured the snow on the sidewalk and it was 5" of heavy wet snow. I think we have about 8" total of snow on the grassy areas now ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 9 months ago. under nature , quilts made with triangles , zig zag

The unexpected............ from Exuberant Color

Yesterday was one of those days where all of the little things eat away at the hours and by evening I hadn't done anything in the studio. I went over some lists I had made of things I may want to make but nothing was calling my name. Then...this little thought came into my head....maybe I could made a zig zag quilt with the leftover triangle squares. Since I hadn't counted them yet I had no idea how big it would be. I just started putting rows up on the design wall and there were enough ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 9 months ago. under quilts made with triangles , zig zag

All ready to quilt............... from Exuberant Color

I sewed the seam in the backing, cut the batting and chose the thread. It is loaded on the longarm but I haven't taken the first stitch yet.

I stitched some more pieces for the baby quilt while the noon news was on.

In the early evening I dug out some giant weeds growing in the lawn, cut volunteer trees and suckers and picked black raspberries. This is actually 2 nights of picking. The berries are small because of no rain for 5 weeks. There were volunteer trees in amongst the raspberry canes so they are gone now and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 3 months ago. under food , machine quilting , nature , zig zag

A nice cool day................ from Exuberant Color

The first thing I did yesterday is turn on the iron and press all of the sewn parts for Fonthill. Then I pressed 2 of the large pieces of fabric for one of the backings I showed yesterday.

I counted all of the pinwheels and the triangle squares that I have already sewn and then sat down to figure out how many I need and how close am I to the finish line. IF my calculations are correct I need 150 pinwheels and I have 65 sewn, not quite halfway there. I have 41 of the 112 center panel squares ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 3 months ago. under nature , zig zag

One top finished, another started.............. from Exuberant Color

The last 2 seams were sewn on this colorwash, the iron turned on for a final press and staystitching done around the perimeter. It is 32" x 51".

I finished sewing all of the Australian fabric triangles into squares and during TV time I did this layout. This one is going to be small. When sewn together this will be about 36" x 45". I have the leftover long strips left from the border fabric on the 16 patch quilt so I'll audition it and see if I want to add borders or just keep it small.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 6 months ago. under australian fabrics , batiks , colorwash , quilts made with triangles , triangles , zig zag

A Layer Cake Idea! from Quilting through Rose-colored Trifocals!

Are you a layer cake sucker?

I'm trying to use up a few (so I can buy more guilt-free?).

I'm pretty good at talking myself out of them but this was one I couldn't resist -- I wanted it so badly, I had a friend buy it for me at QuiltCon in 2019.

Forty exciting African prints!!

I think they came from Crimson & Tate in Indianapolis, Indiana?

Problem was that I could not cut them up!?! I auditioned several ideas, but never started anything. What is the point of buying fabric you don't have the courage to ...

added by Mary Huey 2 years, 6 months ago. under layer cake , zig zag

Three quilts left my house............ from Exuberant Color

A couple of my favorite people stopped by yesterday and I let them choose some quilts. This was the first one they chose. It is 70.5" x 90". It was finished in 2014.

This is the second one they chose. It is 66" x 91" and has 120 different batik fabrics in it. I always wanted this one to go to someone special. It was finished in 2017.

This is the third one they chose, one of my very favorites. It was finished in 2021. It is a scrappy batik Bear Paw with a favorite batik for the border ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 7 months ago. under batiks , one color quilt , zig zag

Three requests from I Patch and Quilt

In about 5 weeks or so my brother and his wife will be welcoming their first child, a baby boy. The color scheme of the baby’s bedroom is based on a soft minty color that has a grey undertone. They gave me a color swatch in the form of a the paint stick they had used and asked me to match it in a baby quilt.

I was able to match it pretty perfectly! Yay for big fabric stashes!

Most of my fabric stash is actually made up out of Fat Quarters, so I can add a lot of ...

added by ipatchandquilt 3 years, 2 months ago. under baby quilt , blender fabric , blenders , boy , chevron , directional fabric , fabrics and stash , masculine , palette , patchwork , pattern , quilt , simple pattern , zig zag , zigzag (Comments)

Finished............. from Exuberant Color

I used one of my favorite yellow prints for the binding of this little quilt. It is used in 2 of the triangles on the front of the quilt.

This is a cute little quilt, just 29" x 35". Quilted on my Pfaff machine, Mountain Mist cotton batting, yellow variegated thread.

The backing has butterflies flying in all different directions.

Will this be the only finish for July? This week is supposed to have beautiful weather, barely getting up to 80 today and lower humidity. I will have more energy in that kind of weather and I have so many ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 years, 2 months ago. under nature , one color quilt , zig zag

21 Arboretum blocks............. from Exuberant Color

I didn't sew any more Arboretum blocks but got the last 2 pressed and trimmed so they could join the rest.

I started basting the little yellow zig zag quilt. I'm using a Mountain Mist cotton batting than needs to be quilted every inch. I'm planning on ditch quilting the zig zags first and then filling it in with more lines echoing those. I'll use my Pfaff with dual feed for that.

I have seen several Monarch butterflies on my cone flowers this week. It is supposed to be one of their favorite flowers. The bugs ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 years, 3 months ago. under basting , nature , zig zag

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