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Continue reading →: Getting close!Ready to attach the borders. Only 3 steps left! Now you know what I’ll be doing this weekend.
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Continue reading →: HalfwayThere are 12 steps in the construction, and I’m through half of them. This will be together soon!
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Continue reading →: Weekly crochet updateNow that football season has started, I’ll be crocheting a lot more. I thought that I’d just do a weekly update on my crochet projects. Here’s my progress after 1 week. I rotate my projects by day. I made the most progress on the scarves because I worked on them…
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Continue reading →: Eclipse progressI’m slowly making progress on Eclipse. Yesterday, I got the rest of the D blocks added to the C blocks. It goes a little slow because I remove paper as I go. Once an area is blocked in, I remove the paper. Those dark blue pieces on the edge were…
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Continue reading →: Eclipse starts coming togetherI didn’t get any ton of time in the sewing room this weekend. We had company and I did some visiting. But it did make some progress on Eclipse. I got the border sections together. I algot the first step of the center done. I’m removing some of the papers…
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Continue reading →: Ready to assemble Eclipse!I found some focus yesterday and got all of the Eclipse border blocks assembled. All of the foundation piecing is done! The next step is to sew some of the border blocks together before I start assembling the center. Judy Neimeyer has the most detailed instructions that include these assembly…
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Continue reading →: It’s crochet season!Tge football season started last night with an uninspiring win by my Eagles, but more importantly, that means that it’s crochet season. I can’t sit and watch TV without something to do. I like to have multiple projects going with different hook sizes. It keeps boredom at bay and keeps…
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Continue reading →: Eclipse borderI made some progress on the Eclipse border. There are 8 different foundations, 4 of each. I’ve finished 3 of them. The remaining 5 are all smaller blocks. While I was working on it, I realized that my pins are a mess. Most are bent or blunt. I checked them…
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Continue reading →: Another donation shawlI finished this in the car ride home, but I didn’t get the ends woven in and the button sewn until yesterday. This is the shawl that I make most often for donation. The pattern is here. The yarn is Red Heart Roll With It Sparkle. The sparkle is a…
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A finished scarf and Eclipse
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Continue reading →: A finished scarf and EclipseI finally finished this scarf! It’s made with yarn leftover from my poncho project. The yarn was expensive enough that I wanted to find another project to use the leftover yarn. I selected one of the scarves from this pattern set. I used 4 repeats instead of 3 as the…
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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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