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Half way point................ from Exuberant Color

The top 6 rows (of 12) are ready to sew now. Then I can move the blocks up and design the bottom half.

I cut two more Bear Paw blocks and sewed one of them. This one has the least contrast between the 2 fabrics in it. After I sew the other one I can take the pink thread off the machine and change back to brown.

Marcia Derse has flannel fabric now and the prints are from a couple of her previous lines. I didn't buy all of them, but just my favorites. I'll mix these in ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 days, 9 hours ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , stash

The chickens won............ from Exuberant Color

The chickens will be the backing on this 16 patch quilt. It's unlikely that I would make another quilt in the future that could use this fabric. Now I have 2 ready for my longarm quilter.

I realized as I got more blocks on the design wall that there needs to be a double row of the spotted fabric all around the perimeter.

This is so much prettier than the camera wants to show you. I still need 2 more rows at the bottom and I will start filling in the 9 patches today.

Here is yesterday's pink ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 days, 9 hours ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , stash , strip piecing

Layout preview................ from Exuberant Color

I wanted to see how the layout was going to look, so I took one 9 patch block of each fabric combination and previewed them with the 2 alternate fabrics. I figured out that I need to do 2 columns on each side with the spotted fabric plus one row top and bottom. Then the floral fabric will fill in all of the center spaces. I think it will be interesting close up. I'm not sure about a distance view.

Downstairs I cut the batting for the 16 patch quilt and looked for backings. From top to bottom they ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 days, 9 hours ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , stash , strip piecing

Trying the layout....................... from Exuberant Color

Trying out the 2 favorite choices together: I think they work pretty well. I was able to get 36 squares from the spotted fabric. I haven't cut the other one yet, but if I don't make any mis-cuts I think I will get 24 squares.

The busy print has rust color in it with brown in the spotted fabric. Even though they don't match exactly they coordinate pretty well.

I looked back through the brown bin and found another piece and this one is brown. The problem though is the light color leaves; they are so much ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 days, 2 hours ago. under 9 patch , stash , strip piecing

Sewing some 9 patches.................... from Exuberant Color

24 nine patches are sewn so far, lots more to go. I had pulled some fabrics to try as alternate blocks so here are three of them. This one of cheetahs isn't too great. I think it is too light.

This is my favorite but I only have enough to cut 24 alternate blocks. That would only make a quilt 36" x 48".

I have two pieces of this fabric so it is a strong contender if I do this layout.

I decided to turn the camera to simulate an on point setting. That is nice too.

I also ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 1 day ago. under 9 patch , one color quilt , stash

Working on two............... from Exuberant Color

I had errands to run in the morning before the heat became oppressive yesterday. When I got to work this backing was the first project. I have cut the pieces so maybe I'll get them sewn together today.

Next I cut 19 squares from the alternate block fabric. I will have to design this quilt sideways on my double design wall in the basement. It will have 99 blocks to make a top 72" x 88".

I braved the heat late in the afternoon and filled the birdfeeders and picked tomatoes. Most of the tomatoes are up high on ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under kaffe fabric , stash , strip piecing

Second quilt top finished in august 2026........... from Exuberant Color

This last quilt top for August was pressed and photographed yesterday morning. It is 39.5" x 61.5". When I started making the three inch 9 patches I had no quilt in mind. I had been thinking about another quilt with the Economy block with more of the 90s florals and I wanted to add white and black to a quilt. All of the ideas came together to make these 40 blocks. I was happy to find another white with black print in my stash to use for sashing.

I ended up cutting 15 floral fabrics for the large ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under 9 patch , black and white , quilts made with triangles , stash

Playing with blocks....................... from Exuberant Color

A few days ago I showed some fabric that might work as alternate blocks sprinkled through the new quilt I'm working on. I tried these 3 yesterday.

This is the one I thought would be most likely to work. The idea is to have a print that blends with the blocks, not one that stands out as "here I am". The purpose of the blocks is to enlarge the quilt without having to piece more blocks.

This one is still a possibility but I think it might be too obvious.

I thought ths one was too busy but I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under stash , strip piecing

Last two.................. from Exuberant Color

There was just one strip to cut yesterday to complete the stratas.

This is all 40-1/2 stratas, ready for me to decide which 16 patch to make.

I decided to look through my larger print brown fabrics to see if there was anything I would want to use for a few alternate blocks sprinkled through. This photo shows 22" top to bottom.

This photos shows 1/2 yard of the fabric.

This photo shows 22" top to bottom. I think this might be the best candidate.

This is showing 1/2 yard of the fabric. I think this one ...

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

More sorting fun.................... from Exuberant Color

Here is the whole rack that I showed a portion of in yesterday's post. Yesterday I sorted the reds, what fun, and there weren't any I wanted to get rid of. To the right of them is the overflow of Brandon fabrics (which you can see the edge of on the right) and a couple Kaffe yarn dyed wovens. There is a pile of fat quarters in front of the stack. So the second shelf from the top was sorted Saturday and the reds on Sunday. The 2 unsorted shelves are the Philip Jacobs prints. On the bottom ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under kaffe fabric , knitting , organization , stash

A visitor................... from Exuberant Color

For those of you who read Nann's blog With Strings Attached, you know that her power was off yesterday from the big storm on Monday. She contacted me to see if she could visit...we had been planning to do this some day. We had lunch and a tour of my studios. It's always fun to meet a blog friend in person.

She brought me a gift. She goes to estate sales, etc, and gets the best bargains on fabric. This batch has an African theme. A couple pieces are long enough to use in a pieced backing ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under 9 patch , stash

Binding cut................... from Exuberant Color

I had the iron on to press some other fabrics so I pressed the binding fabric and got the 7 strips cut.

While I had the fabrics out for the Snail's Trail I also cut a 2.5" strip off the larger pieces. I needed a few more so I pressed some more fabric and cut them and now have 80 strips, 80 different fabrics. Maybe they will become a 16 patch when I need some mindless sewing.

While I was at it I cut a few more strips off some of the fabrics and there are 71 in ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months ago. under binding , stash , strip piecing

Pressing........... from Exuberant Color

I had to turn the iron on yesterday to press the binding fabric for the current finish so I paired the fabrics for the Snail's Trail and got 4 pairs pressed while I was at it. Hopefully I'll get some blocks cut today.

While outside checking on my tomato plants I noticed some of the buds on the Tiger Lilies are turning orange. It won't be long now for the first few blooms.

Thanks to a friend, I had blackberries on vanilla ice cream last night for dessert. Yummy!

I got the binding strips cut yesterday so ...

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

I found one................... from Exuberant Color

It's interesting how many fabrics I looked past without seeing them when I made the first search for the backing for the floral stars quilt. I think this one will be perfect. It is from the same time period as the floral fabrics and I have 9 yards of it.

That was actually the second fabric I pulled out of the large bin and I first thought this might be a candidate. It is a taupe type beige and is a Jinny Beyer fabric. After I found the other one though, I realized this would make a great backing ...

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

First quilt top for June 2026................ from Exuberant Color

This was my original plan, adding pieces of a variety of light color florals to the edges of the blocks. This way a border was assembled while I webbed the quilt; no long strips to add to the center section. But then I kept thinking I wanted it larger and that is where I got hung up for a year and a half. I finally decided I would settle for a smaller quilt, 67" x 79".

After I took its photo, I decided to look in my backing fabric bins and see if I had enough yardage of anything I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under star quilts , stash

More sewing...................... from Exuberant Color

I'm still sewing stratas for the William Morris fabric Trip Around the World quilt. Normally I lay out the order of all of the strips and sew it as one huge strata instead of sections. This time since I had 4 different 'runs' of light to dark I decided to sew each separately (there is one more group to sew) and then play around with the order before they get sewn together. I can't press anything until I have the whole strata sewn together because of the pressing method I use. I'll show my play time for ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under stash , trip around the world

Wishes and dreams..................... from Exuberant Color

Wishes: I wish I still had the energy and stamina I had 10 years ago.

Dreams: I can dream about what I will make with my stash.

This is all of the 10" squares that had big blooms, some bigger than others.

There is a Kaffe quilt called "Bloomers" that has a layout that uses 3", 6", 9" and 12" finished squares. I'll probably use the layout, but not the same fabrics as in the book.

Another dream: I want to make a Trip Around the World with this assortment of Wm. Morris fabric. I have been collecting these ...

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

Thinking ahead...................... from Exuberant Color

I am thinking about making some more of the little still life projects with the 1.5" squares. I'm wondering if I want to add some triangle squares to add a few angles instead of all square pixels. It's never a loss to have pieces cut because they can easily make a different project if I don't want them in this project. Those little stacks are 4 alike of about 12 different fabrics times 6 stacks. That should give me a good variety to work from. Do any of you use a program to pixelate a photo ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under batiks , stash , triangles

Play day on the first day of the month................. from Exuberant Color

I usually don't get started working on anything the first day of the new month, but yesterday I got busy. First I found a backing for this table runner which I pieced several years ago. I think it is the first project I made when I got the Hunter Star cutting die.

I decided to have a little fun looking through a collection of fabrics that I bought several years ago. It is all Kathy Doughty fabric. I have a couple of Kathy's books and have made a few quilts from one of them and one quilt from ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under flannel quilts , stash , tablerunner

Blocks are ready.......... from Exuberant Color

I really thought I was going to have blocks up on the design wall yesterday. I pressed the final batch, sorted them into 2 piles with one light block and one dark block of each combination in it. Then I took other projects off the design wall to make enough space to design the top half of the quilt. That was it, no more ambition to get anything done. I'm going to blame the cold weather for it. We got up to 17 degrees yesterday, a couple degrees higher than they predicted. We have had sunshine for 2 days ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 4 weeks ago. under batiks , double 4 patch , stash

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