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Continue reading →: My fish have an ocean!This quilt top has been waiting almost 4 weeks for the vertical sashing. It was a bit of a conundrum because I had to make a 77″ sashing from a 40″ gradient. It’s not perfect but it’s fine! The fish stand out much better now that the sashing is in.…
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Continue reading →: Veterans quiltsI got two more veterans quilts quilted Monday. This first one was made by Anne. I love how bright and vibrant it is. The next one was made by my Mom. Black, white and red is always a winner with me. Yesterday I hosted my second longarm lesson with Charlotte…
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Continue reading →: Placemats for a CauseToday Carole, at From My Carolina Home Blog, is hosting a Fall Fortnight blog hop. This one is in support of Meals on Wheels and features placemat tutorials. I was very excited to be asked to participate! Carole is collecting placemats to donate to her local Meals on Wheels organization.…
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Continue reading →: A very fun and busy weekend!I didn’t post anything yesterday because I didn’t have much to show for the weekend. Mom and I had a great trip to visit family in Chesapeake and Newport News. We visited my oldest brother (of 3) and my nephew’s family on Saturday. I had the best time playing with…
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Continue reading →: Painting prep and little else
This painting project is like many others, start one task and discover two more that need to be done. I thought I’d be on to painting trim yesterday but it turned out to be only a prep day of patching holes and caulking trim. I has a long set back…
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Continue reading →: A finished veterans quiltThe highlight of yesterday was giving a longarm lesson to my friends Charlotte and Magnolia. They are in quilt club with me and Magnolia keeps an eye on my house when we go on vacation. They can use the longarm while I’m away and keep the veterans quilts moving and…
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Continue reading →: ProgressThe veterans quilt is quilted and the bedroom is painted. I’m ready to start painting trim. Today I’m going to be starting training a couple of friends to quilt on the longarm! Since I’m gone two months every year I think it would be nice if someone could use it…
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Continue reading →: Great mail!I didn’t get to do any quilting yesterday but I did finish my little secret (for now) project. I was going to quilt in the afternoon but I got some great mail. Patty sent me a gift of a lot of Lenten Rose plants! It’s one of the few plants…
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Continue reading →: The weekendI will admit that much of yesterday I did nothing but watch football, eat and make a new pumpkin spice bread recipe that I also ate. Saturday evening I did get my veterans quilt loaded and ready to quilt. Should I get ahead of today’s project, I might quilt a…
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Continue reading →: Veterans quilts and paintingI finally got both veterans quilts finished. Peg made this first one. The pinwheel blocks are from a block exchange that the quilt club did this year. Peg set hers in a bright and beachy quilt. Mom made this next one. Nancy made a quilt like this a couple of…
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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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