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Continue reading →: Upcoming projects and the big quiltIt’s time to start doing the real quilting on Mom’s quilt. I realized that I needed a full photo so I unzipped it from the longarm leaders and brought it to my back porch studio. (I do mop the decking before I put a quilt on it.) We have a…
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Continue reading →: Ditch quilting is doneI finished all the ditch quilting on Mom’s quilt yesterday. After I was done, I realized that I need to take the quilt off and get a full front photo so I can figure out how I want to quilt it. I will do that today. It’s an easy thing…
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Continue reading →: ProgressI made good progress on the SID quilting today. I only have one row of blocks and the last border to outline. I have to take a back stretching break each time I roll the quilt down. I went to the chiropractor yesterday morning and that has helped tremendously. Today…
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Continue reading →: On to something differentI know you are happy to see me doing different but you might get just as fatigued at this one! This is a quilt that my Mom made and it’s huge! About 98″ square. She told me I could pantograph it but I’m in the mood for some light custom…
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Continue reading →: I’m finally done!My goal was to cut quilts through the weekend and that is about how long my fun lasted. I got 7 more kits cut over the weekend and I’m really looking forward to making every one of the quilts. But, I’m officially over cutting fabric for now. I started with…
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Continue reading →: 2 more kitsI only completed 2 more kits yesterday but I was really happy that I could purge some scraps from veterans quilt backs for both. In this first one, I devised a layout to use the chisel blocks. I had the beige scraps from quilting 6 veterans quilts that I was…
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Continue reading →: Some sewing, finally!I packed up my sewing supplies and this kit and headed off to sew with my friends. This kit has enough fabric cut for 2 quilts. I started by making just one block to make sure that I cut the fabric correctly. Then I sewed all the strips together and…
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Continue reading →: More cuttingSome of you are bewildered at my current obsession with cutting kits. That’s understandable. A lot of people hate the cutting stage. I probably enjoy the planning, cutting and organizing the most. The sewing part is the relaxing, meditative part and quilting is the get-it-done stage. I don’t like to…
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Continue reading →: Cutting, cutting, cuttingIf you have filled me for a long time you know that I do things in volume. Instead of making 1 postcard, I make 30. Dye some tea towels? 2 dozen. We’ll, this week is the week for cutting veterans quilt kits. I work on the veterans quilts when we…
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Continue reading →: Two veterans quiltsI didn’t post yesterday but you didn’t miss anything. My projects for Thursday and Friday were these two veterans quilts. I got both quilted and bound. I don’t know who made this one. I heard that it was handed off in the parking lot at the last meeting. The maker…
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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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