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Continue reading →: One more veterans quiltI started vacation packing yesterday but I had plenty of time to get one more veterans quilt quilted. Mom made this one. It’s based on a quilt that we saw hanging in the Virginia Quilt Museum gift shop. She found the batik fabrics in the Patchwork Plus quilt shop just…
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Continue reading →: Eclipse Scraps QuiltIt’s so nice to have one of my own quilts finished, even if it’s a small one. This is made from the scraps of my Eclipse quilt that is yet to be quilted. Eclipse is foundation pieced and there were a lot of small triangle shaped cut-off bits. I made…
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Continue reading →: It has a home!Once my thread problem was solved, I was able to quickly finish quilting the scrappy quilt. I just need to trim and binding it. Thanks to Mom, it now has a home to go to. She suggested Hanover Safe Place. That’s the perfect solution for this quilt so now I’m…
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Continue reading →: It was the thread!I procrastinated revisiting the longarm until after dinner. Instead I worked on the postcards that I can’t share yet. Once I got back to the longarm I went through the steps methodically to see if I could find the problem. I double checked tension, rethreaded the machine, treated the thread…
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Continue reading →: The weekendIt was an unusually social weekend for me and, I admit, I enjoyed it. I wore a dress for the first time in years. We attended my college roommate’s son’s wedding. Cheryl got to invite 4 “friend” couples. Three of us went to college together and we had a great…
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Continue reading →: A good dayFriday was quite productive around here. I started the day by getting the binding on this veterans quilt. This quilt proves that even the ugliest fabric can be beautiful if cut small enough. The star fabric is one of the ugliest fabrics that I ever dyed but, cut into small…
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Continue reading →: Cricut and crochetI had a nice change of pace yesterday by getting a little play time on the Cricut. I had 4 shirts left to do for Cora. I had to do one for her to wear on this special 4th of July and 3 others just for fun. Now, aside from…
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Continue reading →: More veterans quilts and what’s nextI finished the last two veterans quilts that I had. One of them is this one that I made and I’ll have a full photo when the binding is done. The other one was made by my Mom. I think my Mom should write a book with all of her…
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Continue reading →: Becky’s other veterans quiltsHere are the two other veterans quilts that Becky made with her hand dyed stash. I’ve seen sneak peeks at a 4th one that’s in the works. I have will left to quilt but I know at least 2 more are being dropped off this week! In the garden, a…
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Continue reading →: Good news
Chris and I are still speaking, the house hasn’t burned down and we eventually got this light put up in the basement. At least we didn’t have to find joists behind drywall. Someone needs to make ceiling lights that are easier to install. What an incredible pain in the neck!…
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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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