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Continue reading →: Memory Quilt – part 7Now that I’ve gotten pat the scary parts, I am thoroughly enjoying working on this quilt. Every piece has to be measured and cut individually and I’ve made a few mistakes. You know that I don’t mind tedious projects and this is one of those. I want it to be…
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Continue reading →: December Finishes and January PlansDecember was not a month of fantastic finishes but I have no complaints. Getting the Christmas postcards done every year is a major accomplishment on it’s own. With the birthday cards I made a total of 78 cards. It’s possible that this is the last year for them. The mail…
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Continue reading →: December AudiobooksIt’s the end of 2025 and I ended the year with 5 great books. I enjoyed every one of them. For the year, I read 58 books, a little over 1 a week. Since 1995, I’ve read about 2130 books, according to my spreadsheet. I’ve had much more productive year…
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Continue reading →: It’s fun to dye again!
I had a fun day of dyeing yesterday. My ankle handled the standing and many trips upstairs. Even better, I remembered how to dye! Most of these are for the bear quilt but there’s also a backing for the memory quilt and some stash yardage to use up some older…
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Continue reading →: Last crochet finish for 2025Thanks to a sprained ankle that gifted me lots of extra time sitting, I finished this blanket yesterday. It finished about 50″ x 72″ and will be a great comfort blanket for a tall person. This is at least the third time that I’ve made this pattern. The yarn is…
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Continue reading →: A mellow dayI intended to do some fabric dyeing yesterday but my ankle had other plans. It’s healing really well but I did too much standing and walking Wednesday. I decided to spend most of the day relaxing. I did get my fabrics prepared and plan to do dyeing Saturday. I have…
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Continue reading →: Memory Quilt – part 6I made good progress on the quilt yesterday after a slow and lazy Christmas Eve morning. My goal was to get the cross in the middle done because if I didn’t like that then the whole payout would need to change. I wanted to add Zane’s initial somewhere in the…
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Continue reading →: Memory quilt – part 5I had another half day with Ella yesterday but I forgot to take any photos. We finished the neck embroidery on her sweatshirts, made a small cube pillow for a dog toy and made cookies for her to take home to her family. The cube was interesting because, as you…
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Continue reading →: Christmas craft dayElla and I had a great day yesterday! It’s so much fun to spend time with her. She wanted to make matching sweatshirts for her and her cousin. Both shirts have the cross on the back and hearts on the front. We used the Cricut to cut the cross template…
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Continue reading →: It’s good to have many hobbies!Because when you are down with something like a sprained ankle, at least one of your hobbies will be doable. My sprain is pretty significant but it’s improving quickly. I’m treating it with red light and DMSO and it’s working great. I could put weight on it within 24 hours…
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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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