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Continue reading →: Another veterans topI got all of these blocks made at sewing days, and while I had them out, I commenced with sewing them together. These fabrics are leftover from Karen’s quilt. I way overbought these fabrics. I’ve already gotten a set of placemats from them, and this project mostly finished them off.…
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Continue reading →: One veterans top finishedYesterday’s main accomplishment was getting this veterans top done. I also brought home two more tops from other quilters. That means that I need to get some quilt backs dyed this weekend. I also got all of the batik squares pieced. I’ll get them on the design wall this weekend…
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Continue reading →: Working on veterans quiltsYesterday was sewing day with my quilt club. I like to use those days to work on my own veterans’ quilts. I started by finishing these string blocks. I started this quilt in July. I finished the blocks yesterday and trimmed them up last night after dinner. They are stacked…
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Continue reading →: Veterans quilts!I’m so happy to have something different to share! I got the 2 veterans quilts quilted yesterday. This one was made by Estelle. We’ll have a lot of these coming in soon because there’s been a year-long block exchange going on with these blocks. This one was made by my…
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Continue reading →: Finally something differentI haven’t used the longarm since July, so I was very happy to load 2 veterans quilts yesterday. What a nice change of pace! I’m doing a pantograph with green thread. Finishing these is my goal for the day. I was going to do some yard work, but the rain…
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Continue reading →: Moving on to something elseEclipse is finally all together! The last seams were beastly to match up, but I had football to get me through it. Boy, was it messy! Here’s how it will look one day on the bed. I dyed the dark blue to match the headboard and the color palette Ian…
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Continue reading →: Getting close!Ready to attach the borders. Only 3 steps left! Now you know what I’ll be doing this weekend.
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Continue reading →: HalfwayThere are 12 steps in the construction, and I’m through half of them. This will be together soon!
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Continue reading →: Weekly crochet updateNow that football season has started, I’ll be crocheting a lot more. I thought that I’d just do a weekly update on my crochet projects. Here’s my progress after 1 week. I rotate my projects by day. I made the most progress on the scarves because I worked on them…
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Continue reading →: Eclipse progressI’m slowly making progress on Eclipse. Yesterday, I got the rest of the D blocks added to the C blocks. It goes a little slow because I remove paper as I go. Once an area is blocked in, I remove the paper. Those dark blue pieces on the edge were…
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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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