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Continue reading →: Craft camp was awesome!
I’ll take Ella home this afternoon and I will miss her. We had a great time. Carole asked about my relationship with Ella. Ella is my brother’s step-granddaughter. I won’t share photos of her because I won’t share photos of any children on my blog. But I can share that…
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Continue reading →: Fabric dyeing and Ella’s first dayYesterday I picked up Ella around 2:30 and, after grocery shopping, we headed to Hobby Lobby for supplies. When we got home, she jumped right in. She’s getting a new puppy on Monday, so this craft camp is puppy themed. It’s a tiny dog, and she started with making bows.…
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Continue reading →: 25 veterans quiltsI didn’t spend a full day at sewing yesterday because I needed to cut more fabric. Instead, I came home early in the afternoon and got to quilting these 2 veterans quilts. This one was made by Becky. She said the 2″ x 4″ fabrics were from the year 2000…
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Continue reading →: 2 more veterans quilts to quiltI wasn’t planning to quilt any more veterans quilts before vacation, but these two came in. One is from Mom, and one is from Becky. Both are really busy, so I can do a stipple pattern and get them done quickly, maybe this evening. I started a new string quilt…
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Continue reading →: Two more veterans’ quilts and some ice dyeingMy main goal of yesterday was to get these 2 veterans’ quilts quilted so I can deliver them to their makers at our sewing days, today. This one was made by Dawn and I think it’s a very clever design. The border is just half square triangles but it looks…
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Continue reading →: The next veterans quiltsYesterday was a big errand day after Mom and I met my cousin for lunch. So, aside from washing out fabric, I didn’t get much done. I only got the next 2 veterans’ quilts loaded and pasted. I think I’m going to use dark red thread and I’d like to…
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Continue reading →: Veterans quilts and dyeingWe had a great weekend here. I had art day with my friends Friday and we got to go on a river tiki bar boat ride for a friend’s birthday celebration Saturday. In between, I got some things done, starting with quilting a couple of veterans quilts. I don’t remember…
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Continue reading →: A play dayYesterday I was invited to an art play day with my friends, Marcy and Margaret. Marcy and Margaret have great stashes of fabric paint and stamps. I decided to take some ugly fabrics and see if I could fix them. This is the first ugly fabric. I’m much happier with…
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Continue reading →: Back to quilting!Yesterday I had some appointments in the morning but I was excited to get some quilts back on the longarm. It’s been too long! I got these basted and the first row of quilting done. I uncovered the soap for it to continue to process uncovered for a couple of…
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Continue reading →: Soap and granolaI didn’t get any sewing done yesterday, but it was still busy. I with some soap making. I made 12 pounds of my normal soap, and I also tried a new recipe for a shampoo bar. I’ve been using my body soap some to wash my hair, but it’s really…
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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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