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Continue reading →: Just 2 rowsWe had a great afternoon yesterday at a burn party. Where I live we don’t thread our documents. We save them up, gather at a friend’s house for a burn party and cookout. It was hot and sunny through the burn then we had a timely rain shower to kill…
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Continue reading →: Trailside ready for quiltingI spent most of yesterday on the uninspiring task of cleaning the basement. I got it all done except for the mopping. I saved that for today. After dinner I had a couple of hours left on my audiobook and thought I’d try to get the borders done on Trailside.…
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Continue reading →: I’m backWe had such a wonderful vacation. A well-behaved and adorable 2 year old really perks up a vacation week. On top of that we had the most wonderful weather and I got a great jump start on stocking up vitamin D. I feel very bad for the people vacationing in…
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Continue reading →: May PostcardsIn case you are wondering, we are having a great time at the beach. The weather has been hot and sunny and playing with 2 year old, Cora, has been a blast. This post is about some things I did before we left for the beach. I have a lot…
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Continue reading →: BeachingWe’ve made it to the beach and are having a great time with the family. We arrived late afternoon yesterday and are getting settled in. I brought my crochet projects with me. Here’s where they stand now. We’ll see if I accomplish anything this week. Not much is going to…
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Continue reading →: One more veterans quiltI started vacation packing yesterday but I had plenty of time to get one more veterans quilt quilted. Mom made this one. It’s based on a quilt that we saw hanging in the Virginia Quilt Museum gift shop. She found the batik fabrics in the Patchwork Plus quilt shop just…
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Continue reading →: Eclipse Scraps QuiltIt’s so nice to have one of my own quilts finished, even if it’s a small one. This is made from the scraps of my Eclipse quilt that is yet to be quilted. Eclipse is foundation pieced and there were a lot of small triangle shaped cut-off bits. I made…
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Continue reading →: It has a home!Once my thread problem was solved, I was able to quickly finish quilting the scrappy quilt. I just need to trim and binding it. Thanks to Mom, it now has a home to go to. She suggested Hanover Safe Place. That’s the perfect solution for this quilt so now I’m…
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Continue reading →: It was the thread!I procrastinated revisiting the longarm until after dinner. Instead I worked on the postcards that I can’t share yet. Once I got back to the longarm I went through the steps methodically to see if I could find the problem. I double checked tension, rethreaded the machine, treated the thread…
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Continue reading →: The weekendIt was an unusually social weekend for me and, I admit, I enjoyed it. I wore a dress for the first time in years. We attended my college roommate’s son’s wedding. Cheryl got to invite 4 “friend” couples. Three of us went to college together and we had a great…
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I’m Vicki
I’m Vicki Welsh and I’ve been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I’m into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here.
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