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Something missing on the Table from Grandma's Red Needle

Can you spot what is missing on my sewing table?

'Dear Nina', of course! My sewing machine!

It had to go in for service after the handwheel got stuck!

How did that happen, you may ask? I was quilting an Advent Calendar, using gold metallic thread (Superior Threads). Metallic thread is a bit stiff and tend to 'jump'. That is what happened! Somehow it got tangled in the handwheel and made it stuck! UGH!

I bought the machine (Bernina Aurora 440 QE) in 2008 and it has been used almost every day. There are a couple of other issues too ...

added by Astrid 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under bernina , christmas , stash

Backings , cross seams.................... from Exuberant Color

I took the easy route and made the backing out of the lavender Martha Negley print. The other 2 fabrics would have been time consuming and I wasn't sure I would even like them pieced together. The backing is seamed and pressed and as soon as I cut the batting, it will all be ready for the longarmer.

I also chose the backing for the table runner. It has some of the same colors that are in the top but will be interesting on it's own when the table runner is flipped over.

I spent an hour putting ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under batik , nature , quilts made with triangles , stash , tablerunner

Lots of seams............................ from Exuberant Color

I had a few sewing sessions yesterday, first finishing the 10 vertical seams between the columns and then sewing 8 cross seams out of 15. One more day of sewing on this one.

I cut the border strips and sewed them onto the table runner top.

I'm still trying to come up with a backing for this quilt. I have 5 1/4 yards of a matching print in lavender if I want to stay with Martha Negley fabric but not match colors front and back. This would continue the soft pastel look.

I found a one yard piece ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under batik , quilts made with triangles , stash , tablerunner

Small stuff................. from Exuberant Color

Yesterday morning I worked in the basement. again trying to get things put away and get table tops cleaned off. In one box I found the batik pieced sections that made these blocks. I sewed the blocks and then made them into a table runner top. I will look for the light fabric I used for the background and if I find it, I'll add a narrow border all around.

Last night I quilted the Australian/Aboriginal table runner and sewed on the binding. I'm almost done with the hand stitching on the binding.

While I was in ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month ago. under australian fabrics , batik , nature , stash

Layout complete...................... from Exuberant Color

All of the blocks were finished in time to do a layout on this Martha Negley fabric quilt. I didn't get it sewn together yet. There are only 7 fabrics used in this quilt, not my usual 50-100 different fabrics.

I spent most of the evening cutting squares and triangles out of scraps created in the last month.

Here is my photo matching the quilt I'm working on. I wanted to get out to the back garden and take a photo of the pink Columbine for several days, but it has been so windy. Finally yesterday afternoon I ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under nature , quilts made with triangles , stash

A few complete blocks............. from Exuberant Color

The first task yesterday was pairing the final round of triangles with the square in a square blocks so I can make them into Economy blocks.

There are 5 total combinations of fabrics. The quarter square triangle fabric is the same in every block.

This is one of each of the combinations after sewing but before pressing. I actually sewed 2 of each last night.

The blocks are 16" so this gives a better perspective of their size. The quilt will have 20 blocks.

I tried one more time for a close up shot of the Yellow Salsify and had ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under nature , quilts made with triangles , stash

2 years............................... from Exuberant Color

About 2 years ago I pulled some Martha Negley fabrics for a quilt and I even pressed the fabrics to prepare for cutting. I went as far as pulling one of the 3 dies to do the cutting and all of that was laying on a table for 2 years...yes, 2 years waiting for me to start it. I kept having second thoughts about my original idea. Yesterday I just went with the first idea and in one hour had all of the pieces cut for 20 blocks.

On the right is a few of the centers of the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under nature , quilts made with triangles , stash

Keep the Home Fires Burning - A Finish from Grandma's Red Needle

I reached my goal for March!

(I'm late in posting my finishes)

'Keep the Home Fires Burning' is FINISHED!

This quilt was started when I had a squirrel moment in February 2024, and also a result of the RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2024.

In December 2024 I made a pieced backing, using up more bits & pieces of fabrics I know I'd never use for anything else. I got two leftover blocks I added to the back.

Deciding on a quilting design is always a challenge. I do all quilting on my domestic sewing machine; Bernina 440 QE. The ...

added by Astrid 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , finished ufos 2025 , keep the home fires burning , scrap quilts , scraps , stash

Jelly Roll Quilt: Sprinkles on Top from Quiltmanufaktur

In meinem letzten Newsletter habe ich geschrieben, dass ich mir ein neues Projekt für Jelly Rolls ausgesucht habe. Frische Jelly Rolls hatten mein Regal im Quiltbüro gefüllt und mich direkt 'aufgefordert', endlich mal wieder was mit denen zu machen. Kann man verstehen, wenn man das Bild sieht, oder?

Mein Projekt 'Sprinkles on Top' stammt aus dem Buch 'Jelly Filled' von Vanessa Goertzen (lellaboutique.com)

Ein schöner, schlichter Quilt und passgenau für mein Faible für geometrische Muster ohne großen Firlefanz!

Ausgesucht habe ich mir dafür einen Graue - und eine Schwarze Jelly Roll aus meinem Sortiment. Für den Hintergrund sind in der ...

added by Quiltmanufaktur 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under andrea kollath , jelly roll , jelly roll quilt , lellaboutique , longarm quilting , low volumes , ptachworkbuch , quiltmanufaktur , sprinkles on top , stash , vanessa goertzen

Tilda 16 patch.................. from Exuberant Color

The photo looks the same as the last few days, but it is really a finished top that is pressed and measured. It is 55.5" x 72".

A close up shows some of the variety of Tilda fabrics in this top. They are from several different lines.

Since every other strip is turned upside down, the birds and mushrooms are facing both directions.

The same thing happened with the house print. I could have avoided this by not using the one way prints but I chose to have the largest variety possible of the fabrics I had.

Here are ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 1 week ago. under mug rugs , stash , strip piecing

A Flimsy and Pieced Backing from Grandma's Red Needle

'Dwellings' is a flimsy!

'Dwellings' was born Dec 2022, after drooling over the pattern in Sept/Oct 22 issue of Love of Quilting.

I can't believe I haven't posted updates on this quilt! There's only the post linked to above.

I've been hoarding Moda Marbles as long as I've been quilting. I had a good selection and realized it is unlikely I'd use those MM any time soon. Using them in small projects don't make a dent! Then I decided 'Dwellings' is the perfect quilt to use some of the MM.

I have ...

added by Astrid 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , dwellings , moda marbles , pieced backing , stash , ufo challenge 2025 , wip

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

The binding is sewn on the blue Kaffe Pinwheels quilt and the hand stitching is started. I got 2 sides done while watching 3 hours of TV last night.

Most of the backing is the fabric at the bottom of this photo. I was short 17" on the second panel so I added in a fat quarter of the fabric at the top. The colors are similar and it blends in well. It took me over a month to make a decision which fabric to piece in there. I'm glad I took my time because this was the best ...

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

Backing, quilting, stash............ from Exuberant Color

I had to turn the iron on yesterday to press the binding fabric so while I was down in the basement I chose backing for the next 2 table pieces. Hooray for stash!

Speaking of stash, this piece I chose for the binding came from stash. It is still available for purchase because it is one of the classic prints, but I'm glad I still had some of the original.

This is all I have left after cutting the binding, but I don't have to panic, I can get more if I need it. Or...are we supposed ...

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

A variety of things.............. from Exuberant Color

The missing piece from my February 2025 Kaffe collective fabric came in the mail yesterday so here are the last 2 pieces I purchased. I was surprised at how many creases were in the fabrics, all of them, this time.

I did more ditch quilting on the Crooked Cobblestones wall hanging. Here is a close up of some of the stitching. I was using medium pink thread on this line because most of the pieces in this column had pink in them. I'm showing this section so you can see how hidden the ditch quilting is, even when the ...

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

RSC Week 11 - More Yellow from Grandma's Red Needle

Where did the week go? It's already middle March, which means we are heading towards cooler days! Hot and sticky today.

Beginning of the week was wet and thundery. We got almost 4" rain. Not much, but every little drop counts. Mauritius is in drought (it's the rainy season and almost no rain!?) Water restrictions are put in force. Water reservoirs are about 40% or less.

Enough of weather, whatever it is, we can't do anything about it!

Over to sewing!

The RSC color for March is yellow.

I made most of the blocks at the beginning ...

added by Astrid 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under eclipse , quilt blocks , rsc2025 , rscyellow , stash , wips

New fabric................... from Exuberant Color

I usually preorder some of the new Kaffe collective fabrics in February and August. There weren't many that I wanted but I thought this group would cut up nicely. You can see here how they would look in a 2.5" strip.

I like Brandon's "gingham" which had some new colors offered. I ordered 2 colors of one more print but there was a mistake on my order and one of them wasn't included. It will be coming next week and then I'll show both of them.

I put the strip of Tilda's ladies on ...

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

First quilt top in March 2025.............. from Exuberant Color

The top is pressed now and ready for its debut. I didn't measure it (and it's in the basement) so I'm estimating the size at 57" x 75". I took photos with 2 cameras and this was the closest to the actual color.

I took a couple closer photos so you can enlarge these and see the variety of fabrics better.

I didn't use any of the prints that had green in them. They will be in a future quilt.

I sewed more stratas for the 16 patch quilt last night. I have enough of the ...

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

Top sewn, not pressed.................. from Exuberant Color

The Tilda Whimsy top was finished last night and I'll press it today and take its photo. There were only 5 seams in both directions but they were long ones so it took a few hours.

I got the next batch of strips ready to sew for 16 patches. That project will probably be my evening sewing for several days.

I didn't have any dishcloths on the needles so I started one last night to use up the lighter blue and I'll finish it with the darker blue. The lighter color is called Stonewash and the darker ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under knitting , stash , strip piecing

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

There are 16 fabrics in the mock up of the Whimsy quilt and I used about 28 fabrics. I'm not sure that was a good idea. There are only 9 spots for each block (because there are 4 different blocks) so I was extremely limited in where I could place them. I think this might be the best layout I can achieve and I'll decide that when I look at it this morning.

There were some cute selvages on some of the prints.

Last night I cut the 16 patch block pieces out of the stratas I pieced ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under stash , strip piecing

More decisions............... from Exuberant Color

Here are 3 more sets to make blocks, but there are 4 different ways the block is arranged so I can't just sew them together without having an idea which of the 4 blocks they need to be. I'm pretty sure how the red rainy day ladies block will be sewn but I have to start a layout before I can decide on the other 2 sets of blocks. Meanwhile I turned on the iron and pressed the blocks that are already sewn as well as the 16 patch stratas that are sewn. I'll have to make ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under nature , stash

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