zig zag

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

I finally decided on a final layout, trying to spread out the darker colors evenly as well as the backing fabric which is in half of the blocks.

Last night I started sewing it together. I have 5 rows webbed so far in this photo.

Earlier in the day I sewed all of the rest of the triangle squares and just put them up on the design wall as I finished each matching group. I haven't decided if I should mix them up or leave them matching.

Here is one more fabric I haven't used yet. I think ...

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

Sewn together and backing................. from Exuberant Color

I spent a lot of time in the basement doing odds and ends and then sewed this zig zag together last night. That is the backing flannel next to it. It is more of a peach color but I like it with the quilt. I only need about 1.5 yards for this one and that is a 5 yard piece so I'll have enough for another small quilt too. I bought the flannel on sale at least 8 years ago and maybe longer so it is good to finally use some of it.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 years, 5 months ago. under one color quilt , zig zag

ZAP!........... from Exuberant Color

I finished sewing the ZAP top together last night. I'll look for light print strips that might become the 2" border all around. I haven't decided if it will be several fabrics or just one fabric. Meanwhile I'll take it off the design wall and work on the pink baby quilt.

It's also time to spend about 4 hours cleaning up the mess from cutting for 3 quilts.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 years, 6 months ago. under kaffe fabric , zig zag

Two finished for December 2020 from Exuberant Color

The Marcia Derse baby quilt is finished. The blues are from lines dating back several years. The white and black are from her line the Opposites (there was a positive and negative of each print). It ended up 35" x 47".

The backing and binding fabric is another from her Opposites line. Binding is all by machine.

After I finished this one I did a load of laundry and went grocery shopping.

And then I tackled the binding on the big plaid zig zag quilt. It took over an hour even doing it all by machine.

I wanted to use ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 years, 10 months ago. under baby quilts , binding , marcia derse fabric , nature , plaids , zig zag

Zig Zag day............. from Exuberant Color

This quilt top has been on the design wall for a long time and it was finally its day to get quilted yesterday. I put Martha Negley tree rings fabric on the back.

I did a big loose meander for a super soft quilt.

Then as long as the longarm machine was behaving itself I loaded another quilt. I had intended to quilt this one on my straight stich machine with lots of parallel lines following the zig zag. Then I decided I should get real, it's a baby quilt, I just needed to do some quicker quilting.

This ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 years, 10 months ago. under machine quilting , marcia derse fabric , plaids , zig zag

Many rows later.............. from Exuberant Color

I think I said this quilt will be 72" x 90" so the seams are long. I finished sewing the 14 seams in one direction and sewed one in the other direction before I gave up last night. Of course I want to finish it this month so I have 10 more 90" seams to sew today.

My son stopped by yesterday and got my computer with the dead screen hooked up to my Smart TV with an HDMI cable. My computer screen appeared so now we know the computer is fine, just the screen is bad. I spent a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 years, 11 months ago. under plaids , quilts made with triangles , zig zag

Quilt Challenge Day 9 from Fleur de Lis Quilts and Accessories

For day nine, I'm showing this quilt that I made for a granddaughter. Marley chose the colors and asked for "something zigzag." I think she must have seen another chevron quilt. I needed to play a little, so the compromise became two sizes of chevrons in three colors. They lost their home to mold several years ago and all of their quilts were lost, so this one is in a landfill somewhere. But that does not take away from the fact that it once existed as a silly quilt for a little girl who loved zigzags just because she ...

added by Mary at Fleur de Lis Quilts 5 years, 2 months ago. under #fleurdelisquilts , #marymarcottequilts , chevrons , color , marley , trunk show , zig zag

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