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Finish #7 for December 2025............... from Exuberant Color

This quilt was made from a couple trays of plaid squares that were cut several years ago. I made 16 patch blocks and then went to the design wall for the layout. It is 39" x 47". It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and was quilted on my Pfaff.

I had this cute farm print fabric that is on the back in my stash. The binding is a yarn dyed woven stripe.

I think the binding looks good with the fabrics on both sides of the quilt.

I had a dishcloth near a finish so I worked on ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 10 hours, 18 minutes ago. under baby quilts , binding , knitting , plaids

A mitten review from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Yikes—after the clothes comments, I'd better get myself organized and get rid of some of these excess clothes! I use the dryer all the time, but I don't wear once and wash. It's a T-shirt, I'm in the house and practically have a desk job, I'm not a stinky person, and YES - most of my clothes are old. I wear them until they wear out, which takes a long, long time. The poor sweatshirt I'm wearing this morning is probably 20 years old. It's faded, and I am hoping to replace it ...

added by Elaine 2 weeks ago. under binding , clothes , colour my world , decluttering , farm girl vintage , music , red mittens

Still hand stitching................. from Exuberant Color

I worked on the hand stitching on the binding of this medallion quilt a few times yesterday. I have about 40" left to stitch.

I have only one cactus currently in bloom. This orange one is so pretty. I don't see buds on any of the others in the living room and dining room. I have one on the kitchen windowsill that is 4 pieces that broke off of one plant and I rooted them and planted them all in one pot. There is one bud on one of them so I hope it gets to the blooming stage ...

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

Binding started................. from Exuberant Color

I got the binding sewn onto the medallion quilt and got 1 1/2 sides hand stitched last night. This one should take me 3 evenings to finish.

A couple weeks ago I got a package from Nann. She went to Kay Sorenson's estate sale and got these 2 fabrics for me. She knew that Kay and I were friends. What she didn't know is that the fabric on the left is one of my very favorite African fabrics. The one on the right is an Australian fabric by M&S textiles. It is a lot different than ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under binding , kaffe fabric , stash

Finishes.............. from Exuberant Color

Since this quilt is made with Kaffe collective fabrics, that is where I looked for the binding choice. This one is a Brandon Mably design.

There are 3 fabrics for the backing, all leftover strips from previous quilt backs. This is the second quilt recently that has used those strips as backs so the pile of them is getting smaller.

I'll get this quilt photographed today and share the details tomorrow.

The repairman yesterday confirmed that it is probably the igniter on the oven but he didn't have the right model with him so the part is being ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 4 days ago. under binding , kaffe fabric

Quilts back.......................... from Exuberant Color

I got 2 quilts back from my longarm quilter and got them both trimmed and binding cut for both of them. The blue Interweave binding was done all by machine. I think its future owner will probably be someone who has no idea that some people hand finish their bindings. I still hand finish my special favorite quilts. This one has 2 fabrics on the back and they both show in this photo. The widest piece is the light fabric showing at the top right in this photo. The binding is 5 different blue batik strips out of my supply ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 5 days ago. under batik , binding , christmas , strip piecing

Pumpkin Patch from Chocolate Cake Quilt Designs

I finally finished this wall hanging, just in time for Thanksgiving. Designed by Laura and Rita DeMarco, the pattern for it was featured in the October 1998 issue of McCall’s Quilting magazine.

It was my first attempt at applique and bias stems, intimidating at first, but not a big deal once you get into it. It was also my first attempt at a scrappy look, and I had enormous fun pairing the different orange prints with their backgrounds and selecting the two different prints for the leaves.

The backing is a two-toned print from South Sea Imports.

The binding ...

added by Terri 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under binding , cross stitch (Comments)

Going for Olympic gold in productivity from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

A fairy ring! That's a terrific concept to explain the circle of fungi I spotted. It wasn't on my lawn - it was on the property line separating two front lawns on a different street. I took a closer look and OH MY --- what clusters of fungi!

Here's a better picture of the fungi. OH MY!!! It's almost a perfect circle!!

The fairy ring

And look how dense the fungi are!!!! That's pretty incredible. I've never seen anything like it before. I walk past those two houses every day and only noticed this now!

Clusters ...

added by Elaine 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under binding , dog quilts , learning , murphy , neighborhood , searches

I've got mail! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

And????? Do you think I made it? I did!! The eighth dog quilt is quilted! However, I finished it this morning - too heck if it wakes up the family! I had a lot of interruptions yesterday afternoon, and I was too tired to stand at the machine last night. So it's done, but it's still on the long arm. I'll take it off once the girls have their walk. Oops -- girls and the boy!

A lot happened, and it was all for the better. Instead of my having to chase a couple of people down, they contacted ...

added by Elaine 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under bear , binding , dog grooming , lexi , murphy , remote , thread

Working on the binding.................... from Exuberant Color

I have started the hand stitching on the binding but didn't finish it last night.

Earlier in the day I finished the third of the last 3 dishcloths I had on the needles. Now I can start 3 more.

The big beautiful tree across the street lost all of its leaves on the last few windy days. My tree in the backyard turns color later so it still has a lot of leaves. This is the view from the north.

This view from the south shows a lot more bare spots because the wind was from the south.

There ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under australian fabrics , binding , knitting , nature

Binding complete..................... from Exuberant Color

First thing yesterday I chose and cut the binding for the 16 patch quilt made with Nancy Crow fabric.

With 3 hours of NCIS to watch I got the binding sewn on and finished by machine.

Now it is ready to photograph and measure, today's task.

Petunias are still blooming but there is a hard freeze coming over the weekend. I hope I remember to pull this pot into the garage.

There are a few of the white with black veins petunias blooming too and that pot is too heavy to lug to the garage.

Inside I have my ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under binding , nature

Monday progress............... from Exuberant Color

Yesterday morning I looked for bindings for the mug rugs. I was matching to the backs because the fronts are multicolor and almost anything would go with them.

I cut the bindings for all 7 of the mug rugs.

This table mat is 12" square so that meant one strip plus just a small amount from a second strip with 2 seams near each other. Instead I used a piece of this stripe which was cut on the lengthwise grain and was longer than 48". It was leftover from binding on a large quilt a few years ago.

Last night ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under binding , mug rugs

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

This one was finished too late last night to get photographed up on the design wall. I trimmed it and sewed the binding on last night.

I sewed 4 long strips together for the back of this one. They were all cutaway pieces from piecing previous backs. I'll have to photograph the whole back when I do the front today.

I have 3 compact burning bushes along the south wall of my house. This one is usually the prettiest and sometimes it gets too cold for the other 2 to completely turn color.

This is the middle bush and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under binding , kaffe fabric , nature

Detective work! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

It is incredible what technology can do, and YOU are amazing as well.

Do you remember the pictures I posted from the McNally Robinson bookstore? Here is the first one—the double wedding ring quilt.

Double Wedding Ring quilt

Soon after posting the picture, I got an email from Tammy, who did a Google Image search and found that the pattern came from the American Quilter Magazine in July 2015. The link she saw was on Etsy. Of course, this got me thinking about why someone was selling this pattern when it wasn't theirs, but when I clicked the ...

added by Elaine 2 months ago. under binding , double wedding ring , scrap quilts

Working on the binding...................... from Exuberant Color

I had a few sessions of hand sewing on the binding of this batik quilt yesterday and I have about 20" left to stitch. The star in this quilt was paper pieced many years ago.

Other than that I paid bills and ran an errand and that's it. Oh, yes, I talked to all of my cactus plants a couple times too. There are buds on about 10 of them now. The red ones were the latest to set buds. The one closest to blooming is white with pink edges.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under batik , binding , star quilts

Prep day................... from Exuberant Color

I finally sewed the three Aboriginal fabric blocks together and chose a backing and cut batting for it. This will be a table runner.

This little piece is about 12" square. Batting and backing were cut for it too. This will be a small table mat.

The binding is cut for this quilt now.

Since this quilt is small I decided to hand stitch the binding. I have one side completed. The back and binding are both batik but they are easy to stitch through.

We had a warm Sunday, around 60 degrees. Now we will be in the 50s ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under australian fabrics , batik , binding

Finish # 2 for October 2025.................. from Exuberant Color

This older quilt is finally finished. It was started in 2011 so it is 14 years old. The border was added in 2022 and then it hung on a hanger while I agonized about what kind of quilting and what color thread it needed.

There are 2 fabrics on the back, a wide piece of orange with roses and a narrow strip of the other fabric. I love the Folk Art by Kaffe Fassett for the binding.

It is 47.5" x 58.5". I used Hobbs 80/20 batting and the quilting thread color is Almond, which blends into ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under 9 patch , binding , kaffe fabric , one color quilt

Binding choices and a finish................. from Exuberant Color

This quilt dates back to 2017 but it's going to be finished now. I trimmed it yesterday and chose the dark blue at the bottom for its binding.

I also trimmed this one and chose the Folk Art Kaffe print for the binding. I made the center of this quilt top in 2011 but didn't get the final border on it until 2022.

This one became my sewing project for last night. There is mostly the orange with roses on the back with a narrower strip of the other fabric.

My purple Rosy blocks are on the wall ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under batik , binding , kaffe fabric , nature , star quilts

The saga continues from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I am not going to get into the details of what each phone call to my service provider has entailed, but it is incredible that each time, the story has been different. What I find shocking is that each person doesn't know the entire story, or doesn't know the product very well.

I've been like a dog with a bone this time, just because. It's definitely been a test of my patience, and in the past I would get angry, raise my voice (OK -- I'm being very polite when I say that), and I decided ...

added by Elaine 2 months, 1 week ago. under binding , museum , parents , saskatchewan , service calls

I LOVE Artificial Intelligence (AI) from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Thanks, everyone, for the fantastic comments! I MUST get back to responding to them. As for the floss, I did have a Waterpik at one point, which I don't think I ever used! BUT I understand the concept of it - I'll look into it. In the meantime, I flossed twice yesterday! And brushed once. It's a start! And yes -- I know that all that bacteria is not healthy for my insides! I'm trying! If I get a Waterpik, can I bypass going to the dentist? OK - just thought I'd try!

I have good genes, but ...

added by Elaine 2 months, 1 week ago. under advent calendar , ai , binding , computers , customer quilt , exit game , lexi , neighborhood , presser feet

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