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Continue reading →: Vacation is overIt’s impossible to have a bad vacation with this view every day. We moved to a different part of the Outer Banks this year so it was a new part of the beach and a new house. The house was a bit smaller but much more of a traditional beach…
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Continue reading →: Wolf PostcardsI actually made these cards in March. These are the birthday cards for the dudes in my life so I had to wait to post them until my brother received his. He actually reads this blog occasionally. This design started on the Cricut where I found this wolf silhouette. I…
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Continue reading →: Finished placematsI did a little bit of beach packing yesterday but I also got these 2 placemats done. Honestly, I was pretty tired all day. I always exercise as soon as I get up in the morning and I exercise to YouTube videos. The one I picked for yesterday was HARD…
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Continue reading →: The big quilt is done!I didn’t post anything yesterday because it would have just been another photo of this quilt on the longarm and even I was bored with that. But now it’s finished! This quilt is about 95″ square. It was pieced by members if out quilt club and I think this will…
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Continue reading →: T-shirt and tea towel dayYesterday I was able to finish up all of the dyed t-shirts and tea towels. These 4 toddler shirts are for my Grand-niece and were done with the Cricut and heat transfer vinyl. The puppy is glow in the dark! The elephant and owl were pretty complex and I’m thrilled…
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Continue reading →: Seashore PostcardsThis is my Mother’s Day postcard plus the card for summer birthdays. Mother’s Day this year is one week before our beach trip so I wanted to make a card for her in anticipation. I usually do something with a flower theme but I decided do dig into my Shibori…
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Continue reading →: Some dyeing and crochetI didn’t actually do anything crafty yesterday except buying more yarn at Joann’s. It looks like they have finished stocking warehouse yarn because the inventory was way down from last weekend. It looks like the yarn is going to stay at 50% off until the end, or near the end.…
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Continue reading →: Quilting Underway
The last 2 days have been a little busy with other things. It’s our month to mow the shared dock area on the community lake and we picked up a load of wood for next winter. Chris had already split one load and I got that stacked. You can see…
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Continue reading →: Back to the dye room!It has been several weeks since I’ve dyed anything so it was fun to be back dyeing yesterday. I dyed some quilt backs for veterans quilts, lots of t-shirts and tea towels and, most importantly, some blue samples. I’m trying for a blue that’s as close as possible to the…
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Continue reading →: Beach glasses are done!We had a break in the rain yesterday afternoon so I was able to get outside and etch the glasses. Thanks to some practice, I got all 15 done without any mistakes. Each glass had a beach umbrella and the name in a fun font. I like them. Chris likes…
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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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