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Continue reading →: April Accomplishments and May PlansI ended April by quilting 2 veterans quilts. The one on the left was made by Ellen and she gave me permission to add a border. I think this rusty orange worked out well. The one on the right was made by Peg. Peg shared this pattern with me a…
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Continue reading →: April AudiobooksApril was a very fine month of reading, although a little heavy with a couple of long books and one heavy topic. My favorite book was probably The Boonerang. DNF:The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – I couldn’t take the narrator’s coice What were your favorite reads of April? The…
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Continue reading →: 2 finished veterans quiltsIt’s nice to be back on the easy quilts! I finished my 2 veterans quilts today. This is such an easy quilt to make. The blocks are 12″ finished and set 4 blocks by 5 rows. There’s an A block and B block set alternately. I cut 20 background strips…
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Continue reading →: Ready for bindingYesterday I was determined to get the 2 veterans quilts quilted and I accomplished that after taking care of some errands. They are now trimmed and ready for binding. I plan on that being today’s goal along with adding a border to this top. Someone else made this cute top…
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Continue reading →: Mom’s quilt is done!This is a big quilt! I think it’s about 95″ square. Mom spent a lot of time designing and making this quilt so I wanted to do something other than a pantograph. But it also needed to be soft for a bed quilt. That’s where my design freeze came from.…
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Continue reading →: Blocks are doneYesterday I didn’t get to the basement to do quilting but I did get all of the blocks made for the green and brown scrap quilt. The top row is on the floor. I worked on this because I only had snippets of time to do anything and the was…
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Continue reading →: Getting back to normalI haven’t done much since we returned from the beach. Some of Chris’ friends have been visiting for golfing and fishing. Normally that would still leave me with lots of time. But yesterday I had to go to the mall and buy something to wear to a wedding. I’d rather…
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Continue reading →: HomeWe’re home from our beach trip. It was short, but lovely. We’ll have the whole family together at Nags Head for a week soon. I got unpacked and headed to the sewing room for a bit last night. The quilt is coming together nicely. We also checked on the baby…
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Continue reading →: The beachI’m writing quickly this morning before we pack up to head home. We’ve had a lovely time at the beach. It was beautiful when we arrived Friday and Saturday was spectacular. We spent a couple of hours on the beach manufacturing vitamin D. I even made a new friend. We’ve…
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Continue reading →: Two veterans quilt topsEven though our meeting room was freezing, I stayed at the quilt club sew-in long enough to finish 2 quilt tops. They are the same except for the background and they sew up so quickly. I had the strips per-cut. Once strip pairs were sewn together (one background with one…
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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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