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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 3 months ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , stash

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

While I was in the basement doing laundry I cut some of the dark blue fabrics for my pinwheel quilt.

After that I mailed packages from my destash sale on WandafulQuilts. The grocery store is across from the post office so I made a stop there too.

I spent some time trimming leaves off the tomato plants so there would be better airflow and hopefully sunlight hitting the green tomatoes. After what I thought was a lot of trimming I could hardly see any difference in the plants.

Last night I paired the dark blues with the leftover light blue ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , triangles

Play day 3........................... from Exuberant Color

I altered 2 of the blocks I showed yesterday and had fun making a bunch of smaller blocks. I'm only using the scraps in the bag so far. I need to cut some more black and white fabrics into scraps.

I guess this is the best bloom I'm going to get on the little Flare Hydrangea. I have been trying to be faithful watering it since the directions said it needed to be watered every week. I hope the little bush will get larger next year.

My luck with planting flower seeds this year has been about 1 ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , nature

Sunday night fun............ from Exuberant Color

After spending time creating my blog post on WandafulQuilts, I grabbed the scrapbag of Kaffe collective fabrics and had fun with some mindless block creation.

My destash sale is live on WandafulQuilt this morning. Lots of Laurel Burch fabric and other fabrics and miscellaneous items.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric , stash

More photos and editing................ from Exuberant Color

More cutting etc. today for my destash sale this week. I will start writing the blog post on my WandafulQuilts blog today and have it ready to post tomorrow morning. I'm hoping to get everything sold and shipped before I get my new pacemaker on the 26th.

I found this block yesterday while looking through "stuff". I should probably make some more of them. I know I have a bag of small Kaffe collective scraps.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric

Memories - 1956................ from Exuberant Color

Sometimes when I cut too many pieces they are a burden. I spend too many hours trying to figure out what to do with them. In this case I had gone to the bin with all of the Kaffe "Spot" fabrics and saw a good size piece of this gray/white one. I had just opened the box with the leftover pink, blue, and green 6" triangles a day or so before. This one was meant to be. I counted the pink triangles (170) and then figured out how many gray/white triangles I could cut out of the piece ...

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

Sewn, ready for pressing................ from Exuberant Color

The top is sewn as of 9:30 last night. I'll press it and photograph it today. I just love the pink and gray combination. Now I'm not unhappy I overcut the number of pink triangles I needed for the previous 2 quilts. It made this one a fast project.

I always pre-order some new Kaffe fabrics that come out in February and end of August. This one is my favorite so I got 1 yard of it.

This was my next favorite so I got a little of each color.

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

Slow going............... from Exuberant Color

There are 12 cross seams to sew and I didn't get very far yesterday. I finished the seams in the first direction in the morning and then started the cross seams last night. Three of twelve are sewn. I spent a couple hours yesterday looking for something that doesn't want to be found.

I have two more quilts ready for trimming and binding. The one on the right will be done all by machine so it will probably get done first.

This week is the Sandwich Fair (DeKalb County fair) and the weather is cooperating nicely. Today is ...

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

Sewing started.................. from Exuberant Color

I have 6 of the 11 columns webbed together. I should be able to finish the top today.

If you want a preview of the quilts in Kaffe's new book Quilts on an English Farm you can go to Glorious Color's website shop because she offers kits for lots of them. Click on 'Kaffe Fassett Quilt fabric packs by book' and then click on the book title. If you click on each photo it will enlarge a little. The photos are a little dark so the ones in the book are prettier.

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

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

This is just a quick photo of the final layout of this pink and gray quilt. It is my insurance in case I mix up some of the fabrics when sewing. I decided it didn't make any difference if the dotted fabrics were all turned the same direction. If you look closely you can still see some dots run in straight rows and some in staggered rows, but this is a fast fun quilt. I decided the pinks would just be scattered in a random way. It will be a throw quilt. I have the rows clipped and ready ...

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

143 blocks........................ from Exuberant Color

The last 32 pink triangles were cut yesterday and sewn to a dotted triangle. I can see now that the dots are printed in straight rows along one grain and staggered rows on the other grain. I will have to be careful when I do the layout to keep them all going the same direction. A few of the prints are Tula Pink designs and they are one way designs. I hope this doesn't become a nightmare. I will design it on a double design wall in the basement while I do laundry today.

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

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

Not much happened here yesterday. We had beautiful weather and it was a good day for relaxing.

I have 111 of 143 triangles squares sewn, none pressed yet. I need to cut a few more pink triangles to continue. I was able to get 144 6" triangles out of 2 1/2 yards of the grey and white dotted fabric that is paired with a variety of pinks, leftovers from 2 other projects.

I rarely buy panels with Marcia Derse panels being the exception. This one could be cut up in used in many blocks or maybe as a section ...

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

A mock up, a question, and what's happening outside...................... from Exuberant Color

I wanted to be sure I liked this idea before I cut up 2 1/2 yards of "spot" fabric into triangles. I think it is a go!

A question: I'm still going through everything for more offerings in a destash sale or 2 or 3. Laurel Burch fabric is one of the categories which I have lots more than I need. I'm stumped as to how to offer it. I realize it will only appeal to a smaller group of people.

Your answer to my question in no way obligates you to buy any. If I were ...

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

Finish #4 for August 2024 from Exuberant Color

This quilt is tricky to photograph. If I use auto adjust in my editing program, it gives the pinks a blue cast so I didn't use it.

I don't feel the necessity to name every quilt but I have to have something to call it when I refer to it. This one has just been Hearts and 4 Patches so far. It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and it is 59" x 76".

I bought a couple big yardage pieces of pink prints for backings at a good sale price and this butterfly print is one ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under 9 patch , accuquilt die cutter , kaffe fabric , one color quilt , triangles

Finish #3 for August 2024...................... from Exuberant Color

My interpretation of the Kaffe Fassett Fonthill quilt is finished. I like my quilts more rectangular than the original in "Passionate Patchwork" so I made the center panel narrower and taller. I followed the color scheme loosely since I was using lots of batik scraps to cut my triangles. I also used lots of triangle squares that were already sewn with a miscellaneous group of prints, some Kaffe, some other fabrics. It is approximately 62.5" x 75".

The backing is one of Kaffe's older prints that he reissued a couple years ago.

This quilt has Warm and Natural ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 4 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric

First finish of August 2024 from Exuberant Color

First of all I have to say I love this quilt! It is my version of The Square Within from Karla Alexander's book Color Shuffle. It looks a lot like the one in the book although I used mostly different Kaffe collective fabrics.

The top was finished in October 2022. It is 51" x 73".

It has Hobbs 80/20 batting and was quilted by Robin Diaz.

I love the backing fabric too. It is Brandon Mably's Scuba. I love all of the pink...

This is one of my favorite quilts and I'm keeping this one.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric

Binding finished............... from Exuberant Color

The binding was finished at 10:30 last night and then the quilt was folded to be taken to the basement for photos today.

Here is another corner. I'll give all of the details on this quilt tomorrow when I post its portrait.

One down and one to go. I hope to get the binding sewn on the second quilt today. It is a small quilt so I think I will hand finish it too.

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

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

I came up with 2 choices for the binding on this quilt. I only had 15 and 1/4" of this one and I hadn't yet figured out how many strips I needed.

This was my second choice and I have plenty of this one. They both look good with the backing.

I ended up with the first one and I had 2 tiny slivers of fabric left after straightening the first edge and cutting 6 strips. I decided I was less likely to use this one in piecing on a future quilt but the second choice was very ...

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

Another backing chosen.............. from Exuberant Color

I spent more time outside than in the studio yesterday. The weather is so beautiful now and it looks like it is going to stay for about 10 days.

While I was doing 2 loads of laundry I did spend some time looking through possible backing choices and only made one final decision. I think this one will keep this quilt looking summery. I just made the pink and green triangle quilt top in May but it will go to my longarmer soon because it is 84" long, one of the last of the large quilt tops.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric

Backing choices................... from Exuberant Color

The Folk Art Kaffe fabric on the left has never been a favorite of mine. I got 4 yards of this red/green on sale at a very good price and I think I finally have a quilt that can use it for a backing. This was my Sunday Only quilt project from 2022.

When Robin was here last I had her help me decide which of 3 fabrics would be the best choice for Fonthill, a recreation of a Kaffe quilt in an older book. This is the one that we both liked best.

Now I need to cut ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 1 week ago. under kaffe fabric

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