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Continue reading →: Quilting TrailsideI’m on a mission to finish this quilt by Thursday. I’ve made it for the guest house, a building that’s rarely used. But, one of our favorite families is coming to visit Thursday and I want this quilt on the bed. I got it loaded this weekend and will finish…
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Continue reading →: May In Review, June GoalsMay was very longarm focused and, even with a week of vacation, I got a lot done. My goals were: Starting with the quilts that I finished. I finished on veterans quilt of my own and one scrap quilt that will be donated to the local women’s shelter. Then I…
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Continue reading →: May Audiobook ReviewsI didn’t get as much reading time in May because of my vacation week. I wanted to focus my time on family and not do my usual book escape. But it was till a pretty good book month. Even the “bad” books were good but my two favorites were The…
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Continue reading →: 2 more veterans quilts plus a new toyMy week has been focused on my annual basement deep clean. I was beyond happy to finish it yesterday. I even had some time left to finish up the 2 veterans quilts. This one was made by Peg. She’s been focused on making quilts from her scrap bins and this…
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Continue reading →: Just 2 rowsWe had a great afternoon yesterday at a burn party. Where I live we don’t thread our documents. We save them up, gather at a friend’s house for a burn party and cookout. It was hot and sunny through the burn then we had a timely rain shower to kill…
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Continue reading →: Trailside ready for quiltingI spent most of yesterday on the uninspiring task of cleaning the basement. I got it all done except for the mopping. I saved that for today. After dinner I had a couple of hours left on my audiobook and thought I’d try to get the borders done on Trailside.…
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Continue reading →: I’m backWe had such a wonderful vacation. A well-behaved and adorable 2 year old really perks up a vacation week. On top of that we had the most wonderful weather and I got a great jump start on stocking up vitamin D. I feel very bad for the people vacationing in…
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Continue reading →: May PostcardsIn case you are wondering, we are having a great time at the beach. The weather has been hot and sunny and playing with 2 year old, Cora, has been a blast. This post is about some things I did before we left for the beach. I have a lot…
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Continue reading →: BeachingWe’ve made it to the beach and are having a great time with the family. We arrived late afternoon yesterday and are getting settled in. I brought my crochet projects with me. Here’s where they stand now. We’ll see if I accomplish anything this week. Not much is going to…
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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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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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