triangles

Still hot.................. from Exuberant Color

It's been too hot for me to think about a new project so I'll just continue sewing these squares for Broken Dishes blocks.

With all that I sewed yesterday and Thursday, I have plenty to start sewing into blocks. I pressed all of them so I would be ready for assembly last night and today. I sewed 32 blocks last night and added them to the 39 already sewn. They are 6" blocks.

I watered the tomato plants and then went to the front garden and watered the bushes. This is the Zinfin Doll Hydrangea finally starting to ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 hours, 32 minutes ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , triangles

Miscellany.................. from Exuberant Color

I quilted another tiny table mat (left) yesterday. It's the same size as the one from the day before. The piecing was done a few years ago, now layered, quilted and ready for edge finish.

A few Broken Dishes blocks were sewn, not pressed yet.

I cut several more light fabrics and sewed some more squares for Broken Dishes blocks.

This is the second batch that were sewn. I'm going to have to turn on the iron today.

I think this is one of the ugliest variegated yarns, a sick green in few values. It's kind of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 day, 6 hours ago. under kaffe fabric , knitting , triangles

White facets: an inverse - finished from Fabric Engineer

Another finish! They're slow as I'm not quilting as much lately, but they're still coming.

This was gifted to my friend. She had originally chosen a similar one as a gift for her husband, but this one was a surprise.

It isn't an inverse, per se, because there are three colors. But it is a rotation. This is based off Christa Watson's Facets...you know it's a good one when you're willing to do it twice.

Really, it turns out that I like making large blocks from fabric crumbs. I've done it ...

added by Amanda 1 week, 1 day ago. under back and forth , finished , quilt 110 , triangles

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

Saturday night I cut the fabric for the third Tilda quilt into 4" triangles. I know you can't see the thread, but these are all sewn, more sewing after I write this post. This will be a small quilt, all triangles.

I cut one of the pink peonies with the yellow shaggy center and have it in a bud vase in my bathroom. I have 2 plants of this variety but only one has bloomed so far. That means I can have one new bloom in a bud vase for over a week, maybe 2 weeks. I'll probably ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under nature , triangles

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

Since yesterday was errand day and I didn't have anything lined up to sew, I just went to the 3" Kaffe collective fabric component bin and continued sewing some Broken Dishes blocks, like I was making in April.

I have lots of dark triangles that were cut over a couple years but didn't have any more light ones. I looked through my Kaffe 'large scrap' box and found a few more light ones to cut. This is the next batch I will sew. I have a table runner I may quilt and finish today.

My cousin and his ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under kaffe fabric , triangles

Searching the stash..................... from Exuberant Color

Yesterday I was searching for Philip Jacobs fabrics for the triangles I need for my current project. Here are four that I'm pretty sure will work but I think I want to find at least four more that will work too.

While I was in the basement I finished pressing all of the small floral triangle squares. I had a pile of larger squares too that were added to the same storage box. I also pressed a pile of fabrics that are waiting to be cut.

I pulled out three books to look through after seeing them on Maureen ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , triangles

Sewing with triangles................... from Exuberant Color

Last night's sewing session was finishing up the 2" finished floral triangle squares. I added 5 more piles of four after I took this photo so I could make 41 pinwheel blocks.

One idea for them would be like this quilt in a Kaffe Fassett book. I would just have to find a fabric for the alternate squares.

Another idea would be to save them for a border on a floral print quilt. I always hate having to make a lot of little blocks for a border after I get a center made. I could do it the opposite ...

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

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

Early in the day yesterday I sorted all of the floral triangles by how many of each there were. There were 26 sets of 4 dark and light.

Six of the sets have 8 dark and light triangles.

During the 2 hours I watched TV I sewed 20 sets of four, 80 total. I don't know what I'll work on today and how I want to end the month for my recap.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under triangles

Tilda 2 finished...................... from Exuberant Color

The Tilda Whimsey quilt is finished, pattern on Tilda's website. It's so hard to get a good photo of these soft color quilts. It is prettier than this photo shows.

This quilt is 56" x 74" and has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it.

It was longarm quilted by Robin Diaz.

I love the bicycle print on the back of the quilt. It isn't a Tilda fabric but I thought it was a good choice for this quilt.

I found a pile of light value floral prints so I cut more 2" triangles to match up with ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under knitting , triangles

Little things..................... from Exuberant Color

I spent time outside doing more garden clean up and didn't get a lot done in the studio. I found a little pile of batik triangle squares and since there were 4 matching of each, I made 20 little Broken Dishes blocks. Sewn together these would make a placemat size piece. I could just save them in the batik orphan block box and use them as filler blocks. I'll press them and then decide what to do with them.

I also cut all of the Kaffe sewn strips into segments for 4 patches and sewed them together. Another ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under 4 patch , nature , triangles

Making progress................ from Exuberant Color

I needed to clean off the top of my sewing cabinet so 11 Broken Dishes blocks got sewn and the rest of the triangles went back into the 3" Kaffe fabric parts box. I will probably put these blocks in the Kaffe orphan block box for now.

Next up was trimming the Tilda 16 patch quilt and cutting the binding strips.

The backing fabric was a purchase around 1975-6. It was 38" wide. I always liked the woodblock type prints and the color of this one went well with the Tilda fabrics.

I always start my hand sewing a few ...

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

Spring taking its time............... from Exuberant Color

I checked my post from a year ago today and we were way ahead of this year's growth in the garden. I still have bare ground in some backyard gardens and last year it was almost half filled in with large plants. The Redbuds show progress but it will still be a week or more before full bloom. That is really the normal time for them to bloom so I think last year we had an early spring.

The earliest peonies are about a foot tall and I can see lots of the other ones starting to grow too ...

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

Sorting......mindless work........... from Exuberant Color

Last night I decided to sort the triangles in the box of 3" Kaffe collective fabrics. Since I cut them with my die cutter, and there are either 6 layers or 10 layers, depending on which cutter I used, there was a variety of fabrics in each pile.

Then I decided to divide them by stacks with less than 8 triangles and stacks of more than 8 triangles. This photo is all of the ones with 8 or more triangles. A sawtooth star would take 8 alike.

Next I paired all of the ones with less than 8 triangles and ...

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

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, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , strip piecing , triangles

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

The first thing I'll say is that it is a lot prettier in person than I have been able to capture in a photo. This little quilt top is all Kaffe Fassett collective fabrics. I was able to use a pile of scraps and just a few pieces cut from yardage. I would never have made this quilt if I didn't have a die to use for the cutting. Its a Bow Tie die, with a wonderful secondary pattern.

I bought this cute piece of flannel on sale a couple months ago and I think it is perfect ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 4 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , kaffe fabric , triangles , yo-yo

Sewing it all together.... from Exuberant Color

I couldn't figure out a good pressing plan if I sewed the blocks into strips or 4 patches, to get the seams going in opposite directions for matching in the construction of the top. I decided I would just wing it and sew top together, webbing it. First I laid out the 4 different corners fabrics in rows on my cabinet.

Then I started sewing it together alternating positions of the 4 different triangle fabrics.

I got all of the seams sewn in one direction and have 3 seams sewn in the other direction in this photo. The rest ...

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

A quilt top!............... from Exuberant Color

The flannel quilt top is finished! It has been hard to get a good photo of this quilt. It is a little more rust toned than it looks here. The contrast between the light and dark is also softer. If you go back to this post you can see the original quilt I planned this layout for.

I took some close up shots to better show the colors and patterns in the fabrics.

The colors in this photo are truer than the photo of the whole quilt top.

This photo is also truer color but the contrast if off. The ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , kaffe fabric , triangles

Now this is better......... from Exuberant Color

I cut several flannel fabrics into 4.5" x 8.5" rectangles and some into 2.5" x 8.5" rectangles. I left a few of the darker pieces in it and added more medium value rectangles. It flows much better now. I sewed a lot of the triangles into squares last night and made more blocks. I have to make two more blocks with 3 vertical strips of triangles to finish the layout. This will be 40" x 40" when sewn together, a nice baby quilt size.

I have one more baby quilt size top that I sewed last ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , triangles

Taking count.......... from Exuberant Color

It was an errand day yesterday, in addition to baking a batch of cookies. I didn't get much sewing done so I did counting instead.

Single columns of flannel triangles. The original quilt I designed (shown on Monday's post) has 7 of these.

9 Double columns - most would be like this because I have 8 in most of the sets of triangle squares. In my original quilt I have only 4 of these so I can add one more strip to 5 of them to make triple columns.

I only have 4 of the triple column blocks sewn ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , triangles

Plaid-ish mock-up............. from Exuberant Color

I cut enough pieces to make a mock-up of all three blocks that are in the Plaid-ish quilt. The medium value blocks are in both vertical and horizontal positions. Red/pink/orange is my medium color for my version of the quilt and I needed to be sure there was enough contrast between the dark and medium fabrics. I think it is going to work so now I have a lot more cutting to do.

I only got 2 blocks sewn of the flannel triangles. I baked one batch of cookies and mixed the dough for another batch that needed ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , triangles

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