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Several things......... from Exuberant Color

First in the morning yesterday I made a couple new labels for boxes of pieces and parts. These are all strips, triangles and scraps. They are on the highest shelves because I will be looking in them the least. This is the top 3 shelves of a 7 shelf bookcase.

I put the pieces for one of the 20 dark blocks in Plaid-ish up on the design wall. I have more than half of the pieces cut for those 20 blocks.

Last night's full moon is called the Wolf Moon. I took this photo before dark, not knowing if ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week ago. under flannel quilts , kaffe fabric , nature , stash

Catching up.............. from Exuberant Color

I'm getting a slow start to my projects in this new year. I had to do some catch-up, grocery shopping and laundry.

I'm looking for the dies that will cut some of the pieces of the Plaid-ish quilt. One of them is a 5" square. I'll get some fabrics pressed today and start cutting. Some of the shapes will have to be rotary cut. My right shoulder has been bothering me so I won't be doing a lot of cutting any one day.

I did some reorganizing of computer folders too and I enjoy doing that ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks ago. under accuquilt die cutter , knitting , stash

Sorting by value........... from Exuberant Color

As I was dividing the Kaffe scraps into dark, medium and light for the Plaid-ish quilt I decided the mediums will all be pinks, reds, or oranges. Because so many of Kaffe's fabrics are multicolor, a lot of them got eliminated from the selections. I didn't get all the way to the bottom of the bin. I will look at the sizes I need to cut and decide how many of these I really need.

As I work on the Plaid-ish quilt I'll decide if any need to be removed, or if I need more.

I might ...

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

A little help and future project............. from Exuberant Color

I had some help yesterday going through my quilts and dividing them up into keep, share/gift and sell. It was quite a workout.

I downloaded the free Plaid-ish Quilt pattern from the Kitchen Table Quilting site a couple years ago and I have decided to use some of the large Kaffe scraps to make it since the bin is overflowing. This will be a slow cutting project and sewing probably won't start until late this month or early February.

First I have to divide the scraps into light, medium, and dark. That alone will probably take a few ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under stash

Finish #2 for December 2024........... from Exuberant Color

I chose a binding for this quilt yesterday, cut it and sewed it on, all by machine. I found 2 pink Kaffe fabrics that I liked for binding but went with the pencils for this reason: It had to be cut lengthwise to get the stripe going the right direction and I had used it for another quilt. That left a piece about 20" wide by 64" long, that was just waiting to be cut for another binding.

I think this is the first 'all Kaffe fabric' quilt that I didn't use a Kaffe fabric on the back. I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under binding , machine quilting , stash , tablerunner

Cleaning off the table................ from Exuberant Color

I sorted the Tidla fabrics into 4 groups of value to prepare for cutting for the Whimsy Quilt (free Tilda pattern). I haven't pressed them yet so now I'll press them by value groups and do the cutting of each group as soon as they are pressed.

Next to move off the table was the box of 3" finished triangles that I cut from waste pieces (from cutting quarter square triangles on the die cutter) when I was cutting for the hourglass blocks in the quilt top I finished last month.

I ended up with 19 stacks of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under stash , triangles

Merry Christmas! from Exuberant Color

This is a photo I took in 2009 and turned into a Christmas card in 2013. This is the white Christmas we rarely get any more so I enjoy this photo.

I have a couple cacti in bloom, technically the Thanksgiving cactus. This is my orange one but the camera likes to make it more coral. Whatever you call the color, it is pretty and I'm happy to still have some blooms.

When I buy a larger pot of Thanksgiving cactus it usually is just a big pot full of a lot of small plants.

I split my red ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under christmas , knitting , nature , stash

Maybe a quiet quilt.......... from Exuberant Color

I am fascinated by the Tilda fabrics and the soft, quiet look of them. I think a quiet quilt (or 2 or 3) might be next. I can see most of the prints used in a 16 patch or an 18 patch, and maybe a quilt of a variety of pieces and parts with the larger prints fussy to cut to show off their designs.....maybe sawtooth stars and log cabin blocks and a few other traditional blocks and some 4 patches. Some of these pieces are fat quarters, some half yards and a few one yard pieces. I have ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 weeks ago. under stash

Starting one quilt, finishing another.................. from Exuberant Color

The first two star blocks are made and I love them. I didn't get any more pieces cut yesterday but I did pull some more light fabrics.

After cutting for 3 floral quilts I still have this much left. None of this is Kaffe collective, it is mostly florals purchased from the 1990s to 2005.

This is a top view of the 2 big bins. I need to sell a lot of it, probably for $5 a yard but need to decide how to group it and what size pieces to cut. Any suggestions would be appreciated, especially if ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under binding , star quilts , stash

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 ...

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

Still cutting................. from Exuberant Color

I had a stack of fabrics to press before I could continue cutting 6.5" squares. I got 13 more cut with a pile waiting to go to the die cutter. There are 4 squares of each of most of these fabrics. There are 2 or 3 quilts in the future to use all of them. I will need 177 squares if I make all 3 quilts and I have 96 cut so far.

I'm also cutting 3" finished half square triangles for one of the quilts. Lots more strips are also waiting to be die cut for this ...

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

Cutting................ from Exuberant Color

I need to start cleaning up the floral fabrics on my table in the basement. One (or two) other quilts need to be cut so I started with the 6.5" squares. There are duplicates of some of these so there are 42 squares cut so far.

I also got the fabrics I showed yesterday cut into quarter square triangles. I have to move all of the triangles off my sewing cabinet so I can sew again.

Another daylight photo in the morning in my living room, so you can see it was even more overcast yesterday. I found another ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under accuquilt die cutter , stash

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 2 months, 1 week ago. under nature , stash , triangles

Still searching and cutting................ from Exuberant Color

I thought maybe I should add more light triangles for this quilt so I added a Philip Jacobs floral.

Here are the rest of the triangles that wouldn't fit on the table. I only have enough triangles cut to make into 48 blocks so far. That would only make a quilt 36" x 48" so I have a long way to go.

I went though more Philip Jacobs fabric and the group of Lille which Kaffe did the coloration for. I think these 5 are going to work.

I spent about 3 hours outside yesterday picking the rest of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under knitting , stash , triangles

Busy, busy..................... from Exuberant Color

Back in mid-June I was sorting my floral fabrics to prepare some for a de-stash sale. I had 2 stacks that I was keeping and I finally got around to cutting them. First I cut an 11" strip off every piece that was large enough.

There is enough length in this group to cut another strip if necessary.

This group was shorter lengths or had squares cut out of them from the time I was making my Kaffe Seed Packet quilt. I can still get cuts from them, just not as many as I will get from the larger pieces ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 1 week ago. under stash , triangles

New stash................. from Exuberant Color

One of Charley Harper's newest lines is Michigan Audubon. I thought it was cute enough to purchase a fat quarter pack. There is a panel included in the pack too.

Yesterday afternoon became a social time so most of my effort in the studio was cleaning off tables. If I could learn to not make so many piles I wouldn't have to do the clean up so often.

I got this quilt back from my longarm friend Robin yesterday. Since the quilt is so scrappy I'm thinking about making the binding scrappy too. I have lots of ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under binding , machine quilting , stash

Murphy is under the weather from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Thanks for the comments yesterday. I'm surprised there were not more that roasted me for being "harsh." I get it that some people absolutely adore decorating for any holiday, making meals, etc. And I'm totally for that. But when it comes to the point that you shut everything else down for a month? That's a bit much! What about if you need a storage unit for your decorations? I guess we all have our priorities!

Again, I'm not against giving money as a gift, but I'm not fond of it when you don't know ...

added by Elaine 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under charity quilts , enders , lexi , murphy , stash

Sorting someone's' stash from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Several stores in Canada are selling the Cherrywood Challenge. None of the stores are close enough for me to drop in, so I must have it shipped. I contacted Stitch by Stitch yesterday, and it's on its way to the shop. That's OK if I have to wait, as I have other things to keep me occupied. I see that Cotton Harvest in Seaforth already has it in stock.

I got a notice that my Trendtex Challenge was shipped yesterday.

The striped binding fabric was popular many years ago. I bought lots because I wanted to make binding ...

added by Elaine 3 months ago. under stash

Cleaning up................ from Exuberant Color

In another attempt to clean off my sewing cabinet I came across these 3 Liberty Lawn prints I purchased a few months ago. They are designs by Brian Wildsmith. He illustrated many books and I have a favorite.

I love the illustrations in this book so much that I have never shared it with the little ones in the family.

Can you resist this cute face and those leaves and stems?

Here is some more of the foliage. I love the hollow leaves and all of the dotty paint splatters in the background.

And then there is the tortoise. I ...

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

All is well........................ from Exuberant Color

Photo: Philip Jacobs Papaver in a nice soft color combination.

All went well with the pacemaker replacement. We arrived about 20 minutes early (2:40 p.m.) and within 5 minutes they had us heading to my room. It was like an emergency department room with a pull curtain but had its own private bathroom and closet. I was prepped in that room and then wheeled down to the surgical suite for more prep and then the surgery. I was back in my room in about an hour and they brought me a meal. (I hadn't been allowed to ...

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

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