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Continue reading →: Etched glassesMy family doesn’t exchange gifts for Christmas so I never have much Christmas shopping/making to do. But I have a group of girlfriends that have been getting together monthly for over 10 years, maybe 15, and I love exchanging gifts with them. One of the group, Kim, makes homemade peanut…
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Continue reading →: Mostly errandsYesterday was spent mostly running errands and visiting a friend. I needed boxes for some gifts and a birthday gift for a friend, followed by regular grocery shopping. Before I left, though, I received the final delivery of clothes for the memory quilt. It was enough for me to decide…
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Continue reading →: Saved 2 quiltsThese are 2 quilts that belong to my cousin’s son, Matt. The one on the left was made by my Mom in 2008. We had a quilt book that had you cut out and sew blocks in a way that you got 2 quilts from one. We each made one…
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Continue reading →: Memory Quilt part 1Well, yesterday was kind of a surprising day! All of our snow from past week melted in 2 days. This was all new yesterday. It was a big surprise to me because I am notorious for not checking the weather. I get up in the morning and look out the…
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Continue reading →: Starting the memory quiltI honestly didn’t spend a lot of time in the sewing room this weekend. Saturday saw us being social for a change. One of Chris’ best friends started dating a woman from Texas a few months ago. She was in Virginia this week so it was time for everyone to…
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Continue reading →: Just a couple of quick thingsYesterday I spent the day working on some Christmas gifts. One of the recipients occasionally reads the blog so I won’t share them until they are gifted. I can tell you that I was in my sewing room most of the day with a view of our first snow of…
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Continue reading →: Winter birthday postcardsI have 2 December birthdays and a few more winter birthdays. I always try to make these so that they don’t look anything like Christmas and I think I succeeded with these. Like a lot of my cards, these started with selecting some element or background fabric without any sort…
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Continue reading →: Something for my backWhen I hurt my back this past weekend it was the second time I had done it while moving firewood. I like doing the firewood work because it’s good for osteoporosis to lift weight. I search out the chores that involve carrying heavily things to get that kind of exercise.…
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Continue reading →: Christmas cards are done!
I finished the Christmas cards yesterday so I’m ready to start addressing them with the goal of getting them in the mail by Monday…..maybe earlier. Normally I’d do a different post for each card design but I’m just going to put them all here without much in the way of…
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Continue reading →: November Accomplishments and December GoalsFirst, a side note. Thank you for the comments about my back injury. I’m happy to report that it’s MUCH better! I know many of you will think this is strange but I want to share how I’ve been treating it. I’m using a combination of grounding mat, DMSO and…
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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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