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**** Just before this post was scheduled I learned that my web host is having a problem processing shopping carts. I expect it to be fixed by the time you receive this, but if it still doesn't work and you want to order something, contact me and I can set up a Paypal invoice. **** My last dyeing session was all about Gradients. I go through phases when different products inspire me more than others and I'm absolutely on a Gradient kick right now. So are my customers! We are in sync and I like that. I have 2 new Gradients this week and 3 more are back in stock.  New! Dreamscape Gradient This new Gradient is inspired by the colors of traditional purple bearded iris. Iris are my favorite flowers. They remind me of my Grandmother and her huge Iris planting bed. It had to be at least 20 feet long and 4 feet deep and was all iris and spectacular. Iris are great for people like me, born without green thumbs. Iris are really hard to kill so they have to be my favorite flower.  New! San Francisco Gradient With this gradient I was going for a "rolling fog" effect and I just had to name it for one of the foggiest cities in the world. San Francisco seems to show up on every list of "foggiest cities". The one time I visited there it was bright and sunny the entire visit. This gradient will be a perfect background for dusk seaside scene. Gradients Back in StockThis week I have 3 Gradients back in stock.  Daybreak Gradient  Imperial Dragon Gradient  Blue Sky Gradient
Holiday Shopping GuideAre you looking for a perfect holiday gift for one of your quilty friends? I have a few ideas for you! I used to offer gift certificates but no longer do that because a surprising number of them just are never used. I do not like to see people wasting their hard-earned money. Instead I've selected a few items that I think would make perfect gifts. If you would like I can gift wrap your gift and ship it directly to your recipient. Just leave a note in the comment field at checkout and include the gift message.  Crayon Box Stash Pack If you are introducing someone to hand dyed fabrics for the first time you can't go wrong with any of the Color Wheel fabrics. There are 3 Stash Packs of the 10 Color Wheel fabrics and if you want something a little "more" there's the 20-piece Crayon Box. All of these are sets of fat eighths and are perfect for someone wanting to start building a hand dyed stash.  Akaiwa Stash Pack What quilter wouldn't love receiving some Shibori fabrics for their stash? With a Shibori Stash Pack you can get 8 different Shibori fabrics in one gift. Each is a fat eighth. Only 4 of these Stash Packs are made at a time. Is your fiber friend also a gardener? How about a bouquet of fabric with Stash Packs of botanical colors. There are actually 3 different green-themed Stash Packs and several that will provide some great colors for fabric petals and blooms. Fabric of the Week Sunflowers Gradient is 20% off through Sunday! The fabric of the week this week is the Sunflowers Gradient. It's 20% off through Sunday!
 We had a lovely time at the river last week for Thanksgiving and I got to spend a lot of time with my favorite buddy, Ginger.  Every evening we had a beautiful sunset just like this one from the first night. This sight never grows old.  Anne and I had a little bit of craft time. I took some things to cut out for my second set of Christmas postcards (and didn't take any photos) and I decided to take crochet for my other projects. But I had to consider Ginger and her hair. I didn't want dog hair in Chris' blanket or any "solidish" project. So for my first project I tool this scrap blanket. Every time I finish a project I add the leftover yarn to this blanket. I figure that eventually I'll donate this as a pet blanket so a little Ginger hair wouldn't matter. I got aught up on my scrap yarns so this one is in a rest until I make more scraps.  I remembered this yarn and took it with me too. Ginger's hair would blend in perfectly. I bought this to try it out for a wheelchair shawl. It was on deep discount when I bought it and it came in a pack of 3. I did finish a shawl but it's blocking right now so I'll share it with all the pattern info in another post.  But here's the news flash. When I finished the shawl this is all the yarn that was left in one ball! I should have rushed out and purchased some lottery tickets!  Since coming home I've been working in the Christmas postcards and, in the evenings, Chris' blanket. I just started the 4th ball and there's a long way to go! It's about 55" wide and I have 7 more balls to go. This is going to be my winter project and I absolutely love it. The colors in the blanket are much more vibrant than the photo. The camera really washed it out.
Today we will start putting up Christmas decorations and this year that's going to take a lot less time without the beaded ornaments! 
 Lap Quilt by Gene Black
It's the last day of the Giving Thanks Giveaway and if you have been following me for a while you know that the last day of giveaways are my most treasured fabrics - my "waste fabrics". These are fabrics that I use as part of my gradient dyeing process. They are strips of muslin that are about 7" wide by full width of fabric. I never sell these and only share them during giveaway weeks. The quilt as left is one that Gene Black made with some waste fabrics that he won. They are my favorite fabrics to use in my own quilts and you can see them in Catena and The Big Green Quilt.
​The image above is just a sampling of some of the fabrics that the winner will receive. ​Enter in the Raffllecopter box below. Newsletter subscribers and customers get multiple entries but everyone, including casual visitors, gets 1 entry. The drawing is open through November 29 and the winner will be announced November 30. 
Welcome to Day 5 of the Giving Thanks Giveaway! Yesterday I told you about my "dye end" fabrics. At the end of a dyeing session I will often have dyes left over and I don't like to waste them so I get 2 yards of fabric and pour on the dye. I get some beautiful fabrics from these and they all go straight into my own stash. But it's time to share some of them.
Today I have 1 2-yard piece in red/orange/gold and another 2-yard piece in brown/gold/purple. I'll tell you know that neither of these fabrics have even been ironed yet and that's likely the way that they will ship! I love the beautiful textures in both of these fabrics. ​Enter in the Raffllecopter box below. Newsletter subscribers and customers get multiple entries but everyone, including casual visitors, gets 1 entry. The drawing is open through November 29 and the winner will be announced November 30. ​ 
Welcome to Day 4 of the Giving Thanks Giveaway! These fabrics (and tomorrow's) are what I call "dye ends". At the end of a dyeing session I will often have dyes left over and I don't like to waste them so I get 2 yards of fabric and pour on the dye. I get some beautiful fabrics from these and they all go straight into my own stash. But it's time to share some of them. I have 2 today and 2 for tomorrow.
Today I have 1 2-yard piece in a beautiful pale gray and another 2-yard piece in pale purple and pink. I could see both of these in the same quilt. ​Enter in the Raffllecopter box below. Newsletter subscribers and customers get multiple entries but everyone, including casual visitors, gets 1 entry. The drawing is open through November 29 and the winner will be announced November 30. 
Welcome to day 3 of the Giving Thanks Giveaway!
Sometimes when I dye Stars fabrics (1 yard cuts) the photographs of them just do not turn out right. It's especially tricky with greens and turquoise shades. I always intend to re-photograph them but I never seem to get around to it! These 4 fabrics are all 1 yard cuts that didn't photograph right for me. They are still beautiful colors, my camera simply didn't like them on that day. Now they can belong to one of you! ​Enter in the Raffllecopter box below. Newsletter subscribers and customers get multiple entries but everyone, including casual visitors, gets 1 entry. The drawing is open through November 29 and the winner will be announced November 30. 
Welcome to day 2 of the Giving Thanks Giveaway! Today's prize is one of my Crystal mandala panels that set aside for myself a few months ago. I envisioned some amazing quilting or applique in the center but I just haven't gotten around to it. Maybe one of you will! This mandala is about 42" square. Included with it is TWO yards of a coordinating Reflections fabric.
****If you checked in yesterday and saw a blank post, please go back and enter. For some reason the scheduled post posted blank but it's fixed now!**** Enter in the Raffllecopter box below. Newsletter subscribers and customers get multiple entries but everyone, including casual visitors, gets 1 entry. The drawing is open through November 29 and the winner will be announced November 30. ​ 
Welcome to the first day of a week of giveaways! I'm calling it Giving Thanks in celebration of my favorite holiday, the American Thanksgiving. But I also want to recognize how thankful I am for all of you: my blog followers, customers and those of you who actually use my fabric in your creations! It's very humbling. This week I want to give back to 6 of you. I do these giveaways on a regular basis so if you don't win, don't worry there are always more giveaways in the future.
I'm staring off the week with a hand dyed scrap bag. I will stuff a Flat Rate envelope with as many scraps as I can. The fabric sizes vary from approximately charm square size to strips to fat quarter sized chunks. Enter in the Raffllecopter box below. Newsletter subscribers and customers get multiple entries but everyone, including casual visitors, gets 1 entry. The drawing is open through November 29 and the winner will be announced November 30. ​  Carrie's Land and Sea by Erica Prince, 20" x 30" Today's inspiration is brought to us from Erica Prince. She made this tapestry as a wedding gift for her Goddaughter. She and her partner love the "group of seven," Canadian landscape painters from the 1920's, especially A Y Jackson, so she browsed his paintings and came up with this design in the spirit of his style. Erica used Shibori and Stash Packs for the elements of her tapestry.
For sharing, Erica received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in the Customer Gallery. The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount.  Yesterday was dyeing day. I got 5 gradients dyed, including 2 new ones and I had time to dye some socks and tshirts for gifts too. In the evening the serger and I got together and got our Christmas on.  I wanted to make Christmas pillowcases for Ella and her brother, Eli. They also have 2 cousins so I made 4 of each. I felt that I needed to make 2 designs so that they could alternate pillowcases with the laundry cycle and no one would have a meltdown if they didn't have a Christmas pillowcase for a day.
Mom is spending Thanksgiving with their family so I'll send these with her to deliver. Today Mom and I are running errands all day so the only thing I think I'll get done today is to get my stuff together for quilt club this weekend. |
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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. Categories
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