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2 goals.................. from Exuberant Color

I had 2 goals yesterday: renew my driver's license and finish the binding on the pink/gray quilt.

First the driver's license; Illinois is the only state in the country that requires adults over 75 to do a driving (road) test every time they renew their license. I was 78 the first time I had to do the road test, 82 the second time and now I will be 84 in a week for the 3rd time. So I got a 4 yr. license the first time, over 80 they only give a 2 year license and starting ...

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Sunday Only finished........................ from Exuberant Color

I named this quilt "Sunday Only" because it was a project in 2022 that I worked on just on Sunday evenings. I did do cutting of triangles on other days but all of the sewing was on Sundays. If you check back to this post and scroll down you can see the antique quilt that was my inspiration. I was about a third of the way into the quilt when I realized that all of the triangles in the antique one were marching right and I had been making them marching both left and right. At that point I knew ...

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Binding done, next in line..................... from Exuberant Color

The binding was finished a little before 10 last night. I'm looking forward to seeing it open and checking out the scrappy binding. Photo shoot today.

Earlier in the day yesterday I trimmed the pink/gray zig zag quilt and cut the binding. I'll start prepping this one today for the hand finishing of the binding.

There was almost 2" of rain in my gauge from 3 days of storms. I'll check it one more time this morning. We really needed the rain and I'm thankful we got that much.

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Many different fabrics in binding............. from Exuberant Color

I have about 60" left to hand stitch on this binding. Six of the different fabrics in the binding are shown here. There are 3 more fabrics in the last 60". I hope I can finish this one today and then start on the binding on the pink/gray quilt.

I decided to open up the panel that came with the Charley Harper fat quarter selection I showed a few days ago. It might end up as part of a backing for a quilt. It is 36" x 45".

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Backing, binding................... from Exuberant Color

I was happy to find I had enough of this print for the back of the butterfly quilt. It is used as the large wings on 2 of the butterflies.

I trimmed the 'Sunday Only' quilt and found the group of partial width Kaffe strips. Some are over 30", others as short as 10".

After sorting through them, this the batch I decided to use. I pieced one long strip and when I sewed the binding onto the quilt, I didn't need the last 3.

I originally planned to sew the binding on this quilt all by machine, but ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 days, 19 hours ago. under binding , kaffe fabric

Binding audition................... from Exuberant Color

This Kaffe stripe fabric is the one I had been thinking about using for binding on my pink/gray zig zag quilt. I looked last night and found 2 small pieces of it.

I think it will work OK and just add to the quirkiness of the quilt which is titled "1956". The pink/gray combination takes me back to my sophomore year in high school in 1956 (yes, I'm really that old!). The flowers will be in parts of the binding and other areas might just have the gray/white wide stripe. This binding will probably be hand ...

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Getting ready.............. from Exuberant Color

Cutting batting and making backings has been on my mind for a couple weeks so yesterday morning I finally got to it. I haven't pressed the backing yet but it is pieced.

Yesterday afternoon was the birthday party for my 1 year old great-grandson. He didn't want anything to do with the cake that was put in front of him. He started pushing the plate to the front of the tray on his highchair. Luckily his mom caught it before it tumbled. He is walking now, even outside on unlevel ground.

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Pinwheels................ from Exuberant Color

It looks just like yesterday's photo but this is the sewn top. Right now it is 60" x 72" which falls into the size quilts I prefer to make now. If I add borders (to please someone who would like a larger quilt) it will be in the size range that I no longer want to do the quilting on. I have the fabric that would work for a border, I just don't know that I want to push myself to do it. This will hang on the design wall for a few days.

Meanwhile I was putting ...

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

A little magic trick.................... from Exuberant Color

New layout!

Yesterday morning it dawned on me that I could move the column on the right over to the left side and that would keep the blocks in order. I like this layout so much better. I sewed the top together last night but haven't pressed it yet. I need to decide if I'm going to add a border to it, one of the large floral prints.

This is the layout from yesterday for comparison.

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

A layout, maybe not the final......................... from Exuberant Color

I had a plan....since there are 10 different combinations of fabrics and there are 5 blocks in each row, all I had to do is design the top 2 rows and then offset the next set of 2 rows 2 blocks to the right, and repeat for the third set of 10 blocks. Now when I see the photo I can see I have a diagonal path of the plainer prints and the busier prints are also grouped together. I could say I did that on purpose to give it a focal point....but I didn't. I have ...

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

3 blocks and quilts gifted..................... from Exuberant Color

Yesterday turned into kind of a social day so I only got 3 blocks sewn. The 2 light fabrics on the left haven't been used in the previous 27 blocks but the one on the right is a repeat. I now have 30 blocks.

A friend in town has lost several family members in the last year so I told her to come over and pick out a quilt. I asked what her favorite color was and she said green. I pulled out the one on the left and she loved it. Then I pulled out the one on ...

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

9 of 27 blocks.................. from Exuberant Color

I turned on the iron yesterday and pressed the rest of the pinwheel blocks that were sewn a couple nights ago. There are 3 alike of each of these on the design wall. I have 3 more blocks ready to sew. I still haven't decided whether it will be a 30 block quilt or a 36 block quilt.

Phone shopping was on my list yesterday. I have an app on my cellphone that sends transmissions to the doctor's office from my new pacemaker. The phone I currently had is 6 years old and the operating system (OS) would ...

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

Pinwheels and vintage cookware.................. from Exuberant Color

I turned on the iron on my little ironing station in my main floor studio. First I pressed the 12 pinwheel blocks I had sewn the night before.

Next I pressed all of the squares I had sewn a couple nights ago. I went ahead and sewed the pinwheel blocks too but didn't turn the iron back on to press them yet. Now I have 28 twelve inch pinwheel blocks and it is time to decide what size quilt I am making. 5 x 5 isn't an option because I don't make square throw quilts. That leaves ...

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A few pinwheels................... from Exuberant Color

I sewed a few of the pinwheel blocks yesterday (12") but mostly was reading yesterday.

I'm officially done mowing my grass, forever. I had a battery powered mower and the charger got caught on the rope on my garage door and was yanked out of the socket and cracked when it hit the cement floor in the garage. The mower was 25 years old and the company no longer stocks parts for their mowers of that age. I had intended to quit at the end of this year anyway. A neighbor on the street behind me mowed my grass ...

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

Second finish for September 2024................ from Exuberant Color

This was a fun and fast quilt. It doesn't have an obvious focal point so it is going to look great crumpled up on the sofa. It's just a celebration of a favorite color combination, pink and green. It's a combination of Kaffe collective and Tula Pink fabrics.

It is 59" x 82" and has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. It was quilted by my longarm friend Robin Diaz.

I think the Kaffe Fassett Hydrangea fabric was perfect for the back. The binding is one of the larger Kaffe prints but it works well as the ...

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

Binding progress.................... from Exuberant Color

In two sessions of hand stitching yesterday I finished one short side and 2/3 of the second long side. (One long side finished Sunday.) 1 1/3 sides left to do. I want to have this done and photographed by Wednesday.

I had pulled all of the dead pansies out of my porch pot after one of the hot spells. I was surprised to see these two pop up a few weeks later. They are officially Johnny Jump Ups, also called Viola, and they were planted in the center with all of the large yellow pansies surrounding them. The ...

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

Time for a binding............ from Exuberant Color

I chose the binding fabric for the pink/green triangle quilt about 2 weeks ago and thought I needed to get busy and cut it.

I decided the binding just needed to blend in and not be too obvious. I started the hand sewing and have one long side done.

The Redbud trees aren't happy with a dry summer again and there are many branches with yellow leaves.

There are lots of leaves on the ground too. I have 6 Redbud trees in the backyard so the final mowing this year should chop a lot of leaves.

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

A Cleanup day.................. from Exuberant Color

Last year in June I moved my Kaffe Fassett fabrics up to the main level. The two green bins are where I return pieces I have used recently, planning on working them back into the shelves where they belong some day. Well that day was yesterday. it took over 3 hours because the bins were full.

As I worked my way through the piles I found 3 more dark blues and one more light one that I may use in my blue pinwheel quilt. The piece on the bottom left is my very last piece of this older print. It ...

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

Blue again................... from Exuberant Color

I searched through the Philip Jacobs prints and found some more dark blue fabrics and then found 2 more Brandon Mably light blue fabrics. I turned on the iron and pressed them and also all of the squares that I have already sewn, enough for twelve 12" pinwheels. Then it was die cutting time.

I mixed the new prints in with some others that were already cut, for 5 more sets to make 3 pinwheel blocks each. I think I'll save this sewing for after I get the new pacemaker on Thursday. I'm thinking they might like me ...

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

Fiber fun............. from Exuberant Color

I made a couple more blocks yesterday after running some errands. I have lots more short strips, the size in the small blocks, in the scrap bag so I'll continue making the small blocks in spare moments. I'm thinking of a medallion style quilt at this point.

I searched through my oldest Kaffe fabrics and came up with two more light fabrics. I have one more in the basement. Now I need to find a few more dark fabrics and get them pressed and cut. I haven't turned on an iron yet so I can't start ...

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

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