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20 additional blocks..................... from Exuberant Color

Last night was a productive time. I got 20 more blocks sewn for a total of 80 blocks now. With an 8 x 10 layout the quilt would measure 48" x 60".

Here are the other 60 blocks. I can start working on the layout of the quilt now.

We're supposed to get our first snowfall today but the temperature will probably go high enough in the afternoon to melt all of it. I brought my pots of Begonias and Geraniums into the garage. I also pulled the 2 Geraniums from the pots on the porch steps and will ...

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15 of 60 blocks................ from Exuberant Color

Last night I sewed all of the rest of the quarter square triangle blocks that I had ready. This is one of each of four blocks alike. They are only 6" blocks so 60 blocks would only make a quilt 36" x 60".

I pressed all 60 blocks.

I had a bag of odds and ends of floral fabrics so I went through it and pulled several that are big enough to cut the quarter square triangles. All of these are pressed now so I can do some cutting today.

I have been showing photos of the cacti by the ...

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And still cutting.................. from Exuberant Color

This is one of each of the 6" finished floral squares. There are 4 of almost all of them so I think I have 150 cut so far so I need 9 more fabrics (or duplicates) if I make 4 quilts. I'm considering dropping one of my ideas and then I would only need 5 more. No final decisions at this point.

I need 13 more sets of 3" triangles and I can get then out of some of the smaller pieces of fabric.

Meanwhile I still haven't cleaned off the cabinet top so I haven't been ...

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

I got a few strips cut for quarter square triangles while I did a load of laundry. I didn't get any farther, too much else needed to be taken care of. Thanks to everyone who weighed in on my dotted fabric question yesterday.

It was a cloudy day yesterday with rain late in the day. I took this photo with just the daylight coming in the east picture window. The medium rose plant has some blooms and the champagne color in the striped pot should be blooming today.

84 years, didn't that used to sound old? Like ancient ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 1 day ago. under nature , stash , triangles

Strata cut and sewn................ from Exuberant Color

I sliced the strata that was sewn into a tube and unpicked a seam in a different place on each of the 20 slices. This is the layout on the design wall before I started sewing them together.

I decided I will make 2 table runners and have sewn one together. It lost 4.5" in width with the seams sewn (compared to the layout).

Many of my cactus plants have buds and I saw the first blooms yesterday. This is a piece I saved off a dying white cactus 2 years ago.

I decided to move the other two ...

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Photography – Published in The Sunlight Press from Kim Hanson Quilts

Good day friends. It’s so wonderful that you’re here with me today. I really appreciate it.

Earlier this week, two photos of mine were published by The Sunlight Press. Two lovely ladies run the literary online press – Rudri and Beth. They’ve been very kind to me over the past few years, publishing some of my photographs. One of my goals is to have an essay published by them over the next 12 months.

This is the link to access the photographs –https://www.thesunlightpress.com/2024/11/04/photography-by-kim-hanson-3/ .

Of course, the photos are of nature. . . right ...

added by kimhanson 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under #alberta #rockymountains , #naturewriting , lifestyle , nature , photography , press (Comments)

October 2024 monthly recap....................... from Exuberant Color

It was all new quilt tops in October, no finishes. I still have one more finish than new tops though for the year.

Kaffe Blue Pinwheels is 60" x 72". These were the leftover triangles from the pink/blue triangle quilt. I guess I cut a few too many for one project.

The butterfly baby quilt top is 35 "x 45". I think I made those blocks about 20 years ago, maybe a couple years before that. They were probably started to promote the book that the patterns were in. It's publication date is 1993 and that is over ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks ago. under monthly recap , nature

Butterflies sewn................. from Exuberant Color

It turned out to not be as difficult as I thought it would be to assemble this quilt top. There were 4 partial seams. I added 3" strips all around so the butterflies would be surrounded by background fabric. It is 35" x 45". I'll check so see if I have enough of any of the bright prints for the backing.

The yellow Coneflower bloom is finally opened. We don't have any frost or freeze warnings at night for the next week so maybe another of the buds has a chance to bloom.

The plant has grown so ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under baby quilts , nature

Sections sewn.............................. from Exuberant Color

It was time to jump in and start piecing sections of the butterfly quilt. I'm just winging it so far and haven't pressed any sections yet.

I pieced more sections and then it came to a standstill while I stared at it and tried to decide how to sew the center section. I think there will be some partial seams to sew it all together. I need to press all of the sections that are sewn so I can accurately measure the spaces.

I went outside to check on some plants yesterday afternoon. The Lenten Rose plants are ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under baby quilts , nature

Autumn scenes.................. from Exuberant Color

We had an outside visit yesterday at my house. The little great-grands are growing so tall. The littlest one in this family is 5. After they left I took some photos around my yard.

I have 3 of the compact Burning Bushes on the south side of my house. This year is the most vivid color they have produced in the 4 years they have been there. The one in the middle doesn't get quite as much sun as the other 2 so it is still half green.

I had to walk all the way into my backyard neighbor ...

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Sorting scraps............. from Exuberant Color

Since I didn't have anything lined up to sew last night, I decided to sort through my Marcia Derse scraps that were in 3 project boxes. The box on the left is now all strips of various widths and lengths and the box on the right is scraps large enough to cut 2" finished triangles or larger. In the plastic bags are small irregular shaped scraps in one, and pieced strips left from previous projects in the other. Now I'm down to 2 boxes. I will reserve the empty box for any new MD scraps that I create ...

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One more step................. from Exuberant Color

All 24 strip sets are at this stage now, ready to cut into 2 strips of rectangles. I need to find 16 more fabrics for 8 more pairs. I'm trying to decide whether to repeat some of the fabrics.

The new NCIS shows were on last night so I had 3 hours to sew.

One of my white cacti has 2 buds on it. This is the time of year that the first buds form. I need to get busy and repot a couple of them. This morning I have my wound check from pacemaker surgery and then I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under batiks , nature , strip piecing

More green strips.............. from Exuberant Color

I needed to take one final look at all 11 pairs of strips to see if I needed to change anything. Then I started sewing them while I watched the first 'Tracker' show of the fall season.

I sewed 10 out of the 11 pairs. I decided to look for 2 new fabrics to pair with the 2 strips in the 11th pair. I now have 24 sets sewn which will only make 48 blocks so there will be more fabrics chosen.

I finally remembered to take some photos of the fall color in my neighborhood. This tree is straight ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 1 week ago. under batiks , nature , strip piecing

Checking outside.................. from Exuberant Color

If you look at the left side of the pot, that is a hole dug by a critter, most likely chipmunk. It's amazing that he left my 2 little Viola plants alone.

This is the yellow Coneflower plant. This is the first year for such good growth. What amazes me is that it has sent up 2 new buds. The rest of the blooms are dried seedheads at this point.

The red Coneflower has been sending up new buds for about a month now. There are 2 small buds in this photo as well as full blooms and dried ...

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

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, 4 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 2 months ago. under binding , kaffe fabric , nature

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 2 months ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , stash

Early autumn in northern Illinois................. from Exuberant Color

The Black Eyed Susan in the crack of the sidewalk is dying back and now I will try to cut it out of there and plant it somewhere else.

I touched the blooms on the Zinfin Doll Hydrangea and they are dry enough to cut a bouquet now.

This is the only Black Eyed Susan still in full bloom. Since it is so dry here I expect it to change pretty quickly.

I am so thrilled with the growth of this red shaggy center Coneflower plant. I had a previous one that started coming up a second year and then ...

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

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 ...

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August 2024 Monthly recap............................ from Exuberant Color

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I had 4 finishes in August. Pink Hearts and 4 Patches is 59" x 76". The top was finished in February 2023. Printed cottons and batiks.

Fonthill, my interpretation of a Kaffe quilt by the same name, is 62.5" x 75". The top was finished in July 2023. It is at least half batik fabrics in the 2" triangles, and a mix of lots of other print fabrics. Many are Kaffe collective fabrics.

The Square Within, Karla Alexander's name for the original quilt, is 51" x 73". Kaffe collective and Martha Negley fabric. The top was completed in ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under monthly recap , nature

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