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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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Continue reading →: A good weekend and baby birdsLook what I made! It might not look like much compared to “real” bread, but for gluten free, I think it looks amazing. It’s my first gluten-free sourdough. I make some acceptable gluten-free breads from the Aran Goyoaga cookbooks but, this is just a little better. She has sourdough instructions in her…
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Continue reading →: Cricut DayI’m planning to do some dyeing next week so I decided to do a little planning today. One of the things I want to do is to make some tea towel sets to stock in the gift closet. I have several screens that I like but I decided to look…
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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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