strip piecing

Second table mat........................ from Exuberant Color

I finished the binding on the second table mat. I was trying to find the date I made the tops but no word I entered in the search brought up a match.

Here are the two together. The one on the left was made first and has 2 matching triangles in the corners and matching fabrics across from each other in some of the 4 squares. The one on the right was all of the leftover pieced triangles and at the time I was designing it I wasn't sure I was going to sew it together. I'm glad ...

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

A day for binding..................... from Exuberant Color

I decided to spend all of my sewing time on the binding on this Tilda quilt yesterday. I made it around to the 4th corner and a few more inches. I have 40" left to stitch on one short side.

I realized yesterday that the backing fabric looked like a black print in my photos. I put it under my Ottlite and took a close up. It is medium blue and navy blue on a cream color background. It goes really well with the blue Tilda fabrics.

We got some rain yesterday and I didn't get my rain gauge ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under binding , strip piecing

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

This quilt is all batik, made with 2.5" strips in a pattern I call "the other 16 patch". The true 16 patch is made of squares. There are 32 blocks each made with 2 different batiks so there were 64 strips total.

There is one full width strip and 2 leftover pieces from previous backings on the back of this quilt. It is 62.5" x 70.5". It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and it was longarm quilted by Robin Diaz.

I mentioned digging out ditch lilies a couple days ago. They are day lilies that ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under batik , machine quilting , nature , strip piecing

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

This is the view from my sewing chair at 9 p.m. last night. I worked on the binding a little and earlier in the day cut some more batik pieces. I needed a break from both projects so I gathered up all of the Kaffe collective 2.5" strips that weren't a full length and started sewing contrasting values together. At this point I'm thinking 4 patches with one of two different ideas as their landing spot.

This is a better photo of all of the ones that are sewn so far. I need to press them ...

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

The last March finish................. from Exuberant Color

I finished hand sewing the binding on this neutral color batik 16 patch quilt around 9 p.m. last night but didn't want to go to the basement to take the photos so I hung it on my main floor studio design wall for these photos. This one ended up at 54.5" x 71".

I was so happy to find a large enough piece of batik (that looks good with the top) in my backings box. I only buy that large of yardage when it is deeply discounted.

This quilt has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under batik , strip piecing

Tilda 16 patch.................. from Exuberant Color

The photo looks the same as the last few days, but it is really a finished top that is pressed and measured. It is 55.5" x 72".

A close up shows some of the variety of Tilda fabrics in this top. They are from several different lines.

Since every other strip is turned upside down, the birds and mushrooms are facing both directions.

The same thing happened with the house print. I could have avoided this by not using the one way prints but I chose to have the largest variety possible of the fabrics I had.

Here are ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under mug rugs , stash , strip piecing

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

I added the 2 light leftover blocks back in and took out 2 darker ones. Here is the comparison of Monday's layout with yesterday's layout. The one on the right is the final layout. I stacked and numbered the columns and brought them up to the main floor studio. I got the seams all sewn in one direction and I'll finish the sewing today.

I finished hand sewing the binding on the second red/gray mug rug.

The backing on both of them is the same fabric as the binding. They are 8.5" square.

I checked ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under binding , strip piecing

Layout................. from Exuberant Color

I did the layout of the Tilda 16 patch in two stages. First I put up all of these blocks, of which there are 4 in each combination, spacing out the duplicates.

Then I cut 5 blocks from the remaining ladies print and removed 16 patch blocks to put them in the mix. The 2 leftover blocks are light so I may put one of them back into the bottom row. I'll look at this again this morning and decide on the final layout and then stack and label the columns to prepare for webbing the top.

I quilted ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under binding , strip piecing

24 new blocks.................. from Exuberant Color

It was an uneventful day yesterday, mid 60s outside, a few windows open.

I stuck with the current project and finished the last 24 sixteen patch blocks. It was too late to press them when I finished. I don't know if I'll do a layout of the blocks today or wait until the weekend.

I finished knitting the 2 tone denim color dishcloth. I used all of the lighter color and have a little left of the darker. It will get paired with some other colors eventually.

The rose color cactus bud is finally at full bloom. I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under knitting , nature , strip piecing

Quilt back home............. from Exuberant Color

My Kaffe Blue Pinwheels is quilted and back home from the longarmer. I'll be looking for binding today.

I sewed the last 10 stratas for Tilda 16 patches last night. These are duplicates of ones already made into blocks. There are will be 4 blocks alike of each combination.

It got up over 60 degrees yesterday so I did grocery shopping at 2 stores. Friday is maybe going to be over 70. I hope this doesn't mean a warm March and a cold April.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

Progress, gifted quilts, and a thief......................... from Exuberant Color

A little progress was made on the Tilda 16 patch blocks, but the most time yesterday was spent cutting batting and piecing backs for two quilts. I need to cut more batting today while the table is cleaned off.

In case you are wondering, the friend who came over yesterday to choose 2 baby quilts chose these two. My son's friends are becoming grandparents for the first time so I give them one for the baby's house and one for the grandparents' house.

"Who, me? No, you must be mistaken. I did not knock down the feeder, unscrew ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , nature , strip piecing

Not much................. from Exuberant Color

I had so many plans but only got 4 stratas sewn for more 16 patch blocks and the 14 already made were pressed. I just couldn't get motivated to do anything and I'll blame it on the time change.

l put all of the finished blocks on the design wall to encourage me to get the rest of the stratas sewn.

It got up to 66 yesterday. I went out to the backyard and picked up small branches that have fallen in the last month. Today will be 20 degrees colder which is more like the average temperature ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under strip piecing

Sunday's doings............................ from Exuberant Color

I started out the day yesterday pressing a big pile of batik strips, usually end cuts from other project cutting. I will be cutting these into pieces for my colorwash quilts.

Then I was in the basement looking for backings for several table topper pieces. Photos later. While down there I saw this book and decided I should donate it to the thrift shop on my next trip.

Look at that date! 50 years ago! This was one of the few patchwork books available in that time period. 1975 was the beginning of my teaching career, first teaching speed tips ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under batik , nature , nostalgia , strip piecing

New fabric................... from Exuberant Color

I usually preorder some of the new Kaffe collective fabrics in February and August. There weren't many that I wanted but I thought this group would cut up nicely. You can see here how they would look in a 2.5" strip.

I like Brandon's "gingham" which had some new colors offered. I ordered 2 colors of one more print but there was a mistake on my order and one of them wasn't included. It will be coming next week and then I'll show both of them.

I put the strip of Tilda's ladies on ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , stash , strip piecing

Top sewn, not pressed.................. from Exuberant Color

The Tilda Whimsy top was finished last night and I'll press it today and take its photo. There were only 5 seams in both directions but they were long ones so it took a few hours.

I got the next batch of strips ready to sew for 16 patches. That project will probably be my evening sewing for several days.

I didn't have any dishcloths on the needles so I started one last night to use up the lighter blue and I'll finish it with the darker blue. The lighter color is called Stonewash and the darker ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under knitting , stash , strip piecing

Layout........... from Exuberant Color

There are 16 fabrics in the mock up of the Whimsy quilt and I used about 28 fabrics. I'm not sure that was a good idea. There are only 9 spots for each block (because there are 4 different blocks) so I was extremely limited in where I could place them. I think this might be the best layout I can achieve and I'll decide that when I look at it this morning.

There were some cute selvages on some of the prints.

Last night I cut the 16 patch block pieces out of the stratas I pieced ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under stash , strip piecing

How many strips are left?........... from Exuberant Color

My goal was to use up a lot of 2.5" and 1.5" full length (45") strips in the Kaffe Strippy quilt last month. The 1.5" strips are in the box on the left and 2.5" on the right. I removed all of the partial length strips from the boxes and will store them separately now. I have used a lot of 2.5" strips in several quilts in the last year. That box used to be packed full.

I'm going to keep both groups in one box now which frees up a storage box for ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under kaffe fabric , knitting , nature , strip piecing

Rows sewn, not pressed............... from Exuberant Color

All of the rows are sewn but I haven't finished trimming the right side. I need to take it down to the basement to my big table for that. After I press it, it will become clearer how the trimming needs to be done.

My other project is trying to find a binding fabric for this quilt. Here you can see the backing fabric which has little shots of green in addition to the red and yellow.

I have a lot of pieces of batik that are between 1/4 and 1/2 yard so some of them are ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under batiks , kaffe fabric , strip piecing

Progress as I look at it........................ from Exuberant Color

The color is way off in this photo, but it is showing the progress from yesterday.

The top 8 rows are all sewn together, trimmed at the left edge but not on the right side.

Below that is 2 more rows sewn together. The next row is at the sewing machine, and the bottom 4 rows are waiting to be sewn. I decided to just lay the bottom row on the floor instead of pinning it to the design wall. I think this one will end up around 47" x 67" and I'm thinking about putting flannel on the ...

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

Playing with the design wall..................... from Exuberant Color

This is the view from my sewing chair while I'm watching TV last night. I should have started this up a little higher because I have one more row to add on top or bottom. I'll try to add one more row at the top today. I actually have enough pieces left to add 2 rows so the other one would have to be pinned onto the wall at the bottom.

The largest sections are approximately 5" x 12" now. The half sections are 5" x 6". I can unpick the excess at the beginnings and endings of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under kaffe fabric , strip piecing

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