quilts made with 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

Second finish for August 2024 from Exuberant Color

I wasn't sure I would finish the binding on this one last night but it was done by 9:30 so I had plenty of time to photograph it too. Since it is small I could do the photography in my main floor studio. I don't like to go down to the basement late at night.

This neutral color batik quilt is 49" x 65" and has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. Most of the gray fabrics in it lean toward blue so in some light they look gray, in other light they look blue. My longarm ...

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

Two fabrics on the back................. from Exuberant Color

Still hand stitching the binding. Here are the 2 fabrics on the back of the quilt. I have most of one long side left to stitch.

I did planning yesterday, sizes of backings and battings. I need to clear off a couple piles on the table and then I can start cutting the battings. I'll be looking for backing fabrics for 5 quilts too.

We got more rain last night around 8. The Chicago news mentioned our town on the weather segment and said there was tree damage and maybe a microburst. The wind was really strong as the ...

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

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

Two sides and 3 corners are done on this binding. The batik fabric takes a little longer to hand stitch through.

We finally got some rain yesterday morning, two rain gauges with different amounts, 1/2" in one and 8 tenths in another. I still haven't decided which one is the accurate one. More rain predicted overnight last night.

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

It's a finished quilt top!............................. from Exuberant Color

Surprised? I am! I sewed the rest of the triangle blocks and cut a few more spacer blocks yesterday. All Marcia Derse fabric. When I started arranging them on the design wall I had exactly enough pieces to make a 40" x 40" quilt top. I took that as a sign that I was ready to sew it together. I finished it in time to take a daylight photo. It could be a wall hanging or baby quilt.

Did I use all of the triangles? No. Most of the ones left are 1, 2 or 3 alike with just a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under marcia derse fabric , quilts made with triangles , triangles

Happy Blog birthday to me...................... from Exuberant Color

I started this blog on July 4, 2007....let's see, that is 17 years ago. I was a shy child; now you can't shut me up. I have shown several hundred quilts and quilt tops in those 17 years. I have posted 6429 times and have had over 81K comments. I'll drink a cherry Dr. Pepper to celebrate!

I found a box yesterday with half rectangle triangles in it. I had forgotten I had so many pieces left over when I made a quilt with them last year in May.

There was one leftover block and some ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under quilts made with triangles , stash

Second quilt top for May 2024............ from Exuberant Color

The last seams were sewn on the pink/blue quilt top in the middle of the afternoon yesterday. I got it pressed shortly after and took its portrait. It's a small top, just 48" x 60". I like to have small quilts available to gift to others.

Last night I started sewing the center columns for the blue batik interweave quilt. This is 15 of 27 that will be in the quilt This isn't necessarily the order of the strips. That will be decided when I get the next 12 sewn and added to the group. The strips ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under batik , kaffe fabric , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

Executive decision.............. from Exuberant Color

I liked the pink/green so well without a border that I decided the pink/blue would also not have a border. It will be a small quilt.

Laundry and table top clean up were my projects yesterday plus watering the front garden. 2 waves of storms are headed this way today and I wonder if we will get any rain this time.

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

I sewed the 9 seams in 3 shifts yesterday and pressed it last night. I went with a random layout with just a few of the fabrics as matched pairs. It is 60" x 84". It is my version of Tussie Mussie from a Kaffe book. However...I didn't use the same fabrics, I didn't use the same size triangle and I mostly didn't follow his layout.

I did put 2 stars in there like his layout and the rest is random. The stars aren't obvious but I saw them in his layout.

Here we go ...

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

Webbing time....................... from Exuberant Color

I webbed 13 rows out of 14 while watching 3 season finale shows on TV last night. After I get the 14th row sewn on I will be ready to sew the cross rows and maybe I can get the top done today.

I took my camera out to take a photo of another Peony that was blooming and found a whole batch of them in bloom. This one is over by the bird feeders.

There will be a lot more of them in bloom today. I need to get a bouquet picked before rain arrives some time in the ...

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

A sample of the pink/green............ from Exuberant Color

I didn't get as far as a complete layout of my pink/green quilt but this is a sample of the variety in the blocks. This is one of each of the 23 combinations and there are 6 blocks alike in each combination. I put them on the wall as pinwheels but they are probably going to change when I get to the whole layout. I still need to press the majority of them.

I have these 2 blocks leftover from the pink/blue layout that I might be able to use in the pink/green quilt.

Most of ...

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Cutting and sewing............ from Exuberant Color

Yesterday morning was cutting time for the pink and green quilt. This is the new batch that I cut.

There were a few pieces already cut that just needed something to pair with. I got these ready to sew and then exchanged the pink ones from the top left and bottom right corners with each other. All were sewn last night, 6 in each pile. Now it is time to turn on the iron.

This is the before photo of the Lenten Rose area.... and

this is after I cleaned up the area and edged the bed with some cast ...

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

Outside and inside..................... from Exuberant Color

I decided it was probably safe to put the tomato plants in the ground. This is an Early Girl plant for my neighbor girls.

I have 3 plants in the raised bed in the backyard. The front 2 corners have rotted so the big rocks are holding up the front board. I have one Sun Gold in the back and an Early Girl and a 4th of July in the front.

3 of the plants I bought were the larger more expensive plants so they have fruit on them already.

There is one good size one on this plant.

My ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 4 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , nature , quilts made with triangles

Leftover triangles............. from Exuberant Color

There were 6 triangles left over of the two fabrics that I could use for the pieced border so I sewed them into squares. In the book they have you cut large triangles for the border (the size of 2 of these triangles sewn together. That means you would sew the center together and then have to sew on a border that was made separately. If I do it "my" way, the square (at each end of the rows) will become part of each row being sewn together with no border strips to sew on at the end. I'm ...

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An everything else day.................. from Exuberant Color

I took a daylight photo of the pink/blue layout and this is closer to what my design wall looks like but just a little bit light. Yesterday's photos were too high of contrast which made the lights too light and the darks too dark.

This one was taken last night with lights on. I get better color and contrast when I'm taking a photo from the side instead of straight on. I turned one piece and the layout looks better (5th row in from the left, 4th piece down).

Yesterday was a day crowded with too many ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months ago. under kaffe fabric , quilts made with triangles

First layout............... from Exuberant Color

The contrast is not as high as it looks in this photo. I even re-took the photo to try to get a better color and contrast. This is the first layout, 6" finished blocks (48" x 60"). The quilt in the book has a border of triangles of 2 prints.

I looked through all of the blue fabrics and found 2 that I have enough of. I just have to decide if I would rather just make more blocks or do the border like the book.

Here are the photos again of the 2 quilts. The blue one has the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months ago. under kaffe fabric , quilts made with triangles

Still pairing and sewing triangles.................. from Exuberant Color

I finished sewing 84 pairs of triangles last night. I have only sewn the pink/blue combination so far. There are 6 squares of each combination of fabrics.

I opened up one square so you can tell what this pile is; they will finish at 6". If I follow the pattern I will need 80 squares and the rest would be the pieced border, shown on this post. It will depend on whether I can find enough of 2 blue Kaffe collective prints for consistent border fabrics. I would be just as happy making more squares in a variety of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months ago. under nature , quilts made with triangles

3 sections............. from Exuberant Color

It was an odd size quarter square triangle that I needed to finish the rows on this Marcia Derse fabric top. Once I got the measurement right I cut strips and cut the triangles from them with a ruler for quarter square triangles. I needed all of the stripes going the same way. I sewed while I watched TV last night and got this far. 2 more seams and then I can press it and photograph it. I'm glad I put this top into a time out so I could come up with the perfect solution for the outer ...

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Three end of the month finishes (February).................... from Exuberant Color

First up is the Australian fabric 16 patch which I finished on Wednesday. This is my all time favorite of all of the Australian fabric quilts I have made. I love the wide border on it. It ended up at 60" x 77".

The backing is also an Australian fabric which I was lucky to find on sale last year.

The batting is Hobbs 80/20.

Here is a closeup of the backing fabric.

I got a late start last night doing the binding on the two baby quilts. This one is Donuts and 9 Patches and is 37" square ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 1 week ago. under australian fabrics , binding , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

Working on 3................ from Exuberant Color

All of the X and O blocks are sewn now but not pressed yet. I need 17 O blocks and 18 X blocks so I just realized I'm short one O block. I can just sew a seam on the other side of an X block and rip out the original seam and I will have an O block.

I took those stacks of 4 blocks off the design wall and started a layout of 6" finished squares with a few 4 patches thrown in. I need 12 rows for the length and I'm short 14 squares for ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , quilts made with triangles , strip piecing

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