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Continue reading →: Road2VA part 1Road2VA is probably the most popular quilt show in the US aside from Houston. I’ve never been to it but have heard about it for years. I was very excited when I found out that they were expanding and the new location was right here in Richmond, VA! Yesterday, Mom,…
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Continue reading →: Veterans quiltsAfter our great visit to the Fredericksburg VA facility Tuesday, I took that inspiration right to the basement yesterday and got two more veterans quilts quilted. This one was made by Gwendolyn. Our group has made lots of quilts with this simple framed square block and I think they always…
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Continue reading →: Veterans Quilt DeliveryYesterday was a special day. I didn’t work on my new jacket project. Instead, my friend, Marcy, got to deliver 48 veterans quilts to the new VA facility in Fredericksburg. We were given a tour of the new facility and got to present 3 quilts to veterans that are patient…
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Continue reading →: Starting the jacketYesterday was a really busy day away from home. I picked up the sewing machines from the repair shop, took a gluten free sourdough class and med a friend for a drink. The class was over an hour longer than I expected. It was only $49 and lasted over 2.5…
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Continue reading →: Eclipse is now a kitI can’t believe it but I got the entire Eclipse quilt cut out this weekend! Now, it’s the only thing I did for 3 days but I stuck with it and got it done and packed up, ready for the Maine trip in August. The Quiltworx pattern instructions are VERY…
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Continue reading →: Starting the Eclipse QuiltYesterday was the day to start working on the Eclipse quilt. First I had to clean off my work surfaces in the sewing room and that took over an hour. Things had been piling up while I worked on moving the blog and website. For those of you who wonder…
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Continue reading →: A new veterans quilt topI get together with my quilt club to sew once a month and that time was the last 2 days. We have a great sewing space and we can leave our machines set up overnight. I use that time to work on veterans quilts and this week I got this…
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Continue reading →: Ready for new projectsLet me start with the new website. You’ll need to switch over there soon! I will not be posting here much longer. Here’s the info The blog is at vickiwelshmakes.com , you can subscribe for emailed posts on the site.For Feedly, Inoreader of Bloglovin you can find it at https://vickiwelshmakes.com/feed/ These new projects…
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Continue reading →: Veterans QuiltIt was so nice to stay off the computer yesterday and do some quilting! These two veterans quilts came together quickly with no thread breaks or tension problems. I love my Innova. I don’t know who made this one but I like it a lot. This is the second one.…
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Continue reading →: I made great progress!I’ve done two main things the past 4 days. In the morning I’ve been helping Chris chop up a big cherry tree limb. When he pointed it out to me, it looked like it was about 10″ in diameter. In reality, it was about 25″ in diameter at the trunk.…
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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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