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Continue reading →: Starting new thingsFinally I can start a couple of new projects! I still have to finish painting the guest house and I’ll work on that today. But I can load a new quilt on the longarm and start a new crochet project. Yesterday I cleansed my soul from hemming that dress by…
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Continue reading →: A side projectI haven’t posted since Saturday because I’ve been stressing over hemming a dress for a friend. It’s been ages since I’ve worked with fussy fabrics so it took a lot of time. I finished it yesterday afternoon and then met another friend for drinks. It was just the break that…
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Continue reading →: Training day
That cold seems to have finally let go and impact to normal activity. The highlight of yesterday was giving another longarm lesson. She did great! She’s so much more comfortable with the machine than I was at the beginning. But, also, I didn’t have a teacher and YouTube didn’t exist.…
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Continue reading →: Virginia Tech baby blanketTwo finishes in a row. “Cold virus week” wasn’t horribly unproductive. While I was lounging in my recliner I did work on the Virginia Tech baby blanket off and on. I got it finished during the Bears game last night. This is for the anticipated grandson of my college roommate.…
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Continue reading →: Monty ScrapsI haven’t even finished the Monty quilt and I’ve just finished the second quilt from the scraps! I finished Trailside in June and now Monty Scraps is done. This quilt started with one leftover tree blocks from Monty (3rd row center), a pile of half square triangles and a few…
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Continue reading →: Ready for bindingI’m coming out of the cold and yesterday I got the quilting done on this quilt. I even got the binding made and that’s when I ran out of steam. Today I was supposed to go to sew with my quilt club but I still sound terrible and have low…
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Continue reading →: A little quiltingI felt a little better yesterday so I made it to the longarm today start quilting my Monty Scraps quilt.
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Continue reading →: Richmond Quilt Guild Show
Last week I had a mild cold but it cleared by Saturday morning so Mom and I headed to the Richmond Quilt Guild show. It’s an exhibition show, not a judged show. They had one interesting themed area called Panel Palooza. People did some very interesting things with panels. Saturday…
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Continue reading →: What’s nextYesterday I spent some time in the guest house putting the bedroom and bathroom back together so that I could clutter the bedroom with everything from the tiny “great room”. The bathroom is only waiting for the mirror, windows shade (on order) and new flooring. The shower curtain is the…
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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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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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