Can I Get A Whoop-Whoop?

 I recently found out about Linky to participate in which is right up my alley!

This one Can I Get A Whoop-Whoop? is hosted by 

Sarah over at Confessions of  a Fabric Addict. 

She has a wonderful blog if you have not visited her yet.

So I have some finished some things and others are still in progress.

I made this self-binding receiving blankets as gifts for a couple of co-workers.
Both of them are having boys.
I used the tutorial HERE and another one that I can't remember at the moment.
The other one suggested using left over fabric to make Burp Bibs.

The reverse side.

I love how they turned out.

So soft and the recipients loved them.

Or so I heard.  

I was not able to attend the shower as I was out of town that day.

Here are the Burp Bibs. One is finished, but the other three are not.

I will need to get them  to my co-workers soon.

And now for another project I am still working on.

These are the handles.

 Continuing on my project I posted about a couple of posts down.

The front and back of my tote bag.

The design is from the book "Fresh Fabric Treats" from the Moda Bake Shop.

I got the fabric from a local quilt shop.

I love the name of this line.

"Happy"

The handle is attached. Actually attached on the other side too.

The side pocket is attached to the side.

And that is as far as I have gotten at the moment.

I was also working on this project which involved a lot of prep work.

This was my original gift idea for the co-workers, but I was running out of time

for the shower so I made the receiving blankets first.

What am I making?

This! A crawl mat. With puffy monsters.

Can you see the names of the puffy monsters in the picture?

So cute.

Anyway, I found this pattern at 

www.fairytalefrocksandlollipops.com

They have such cute patterns there.

A busy sewing week.

I hope to be just a busy sewing next week too.

~Linnea~

A Pincushion Parade!

I was visiting Jo over at Jo's Country Junction and

discovered this is a pincushion parade going on!

Whoo! I knew I had to get in on this one.

 The parade is going on over at Love Laugh Quilt.

Beth is the host over there. 

 I will start with my traditional pincushions.

The two smaller ones are showing their age for sure.

 Then one day I started making these.

I somehow found the tutorial HERE.

 Each one is different.

This was the first one I made. But I was not really happy with 

how big the top turned out. 

 It is okay.

So I made the top smaller on the next one. 

Have not decorated the top yet.

 Then on the third try, I made the top even smaller.

More like the ones on the tutorial.

This size I like much better.

Just need to decide what to do on the cushion part.

 In the meantime, here is a fourth one I have started.

 In the tutorial, they use soda bottle caps.

I decided to go with bigger caps.

Easier to hold while working on it for one thing.

These caps are from the the Special K protein drink bottles.

 The bottom.

These are nice for taking in the car to work on.

 This pincushion is from Terry at Terry's Treasures when

she did a Pay It Forward. Soon I need to post about it 

and then do a Pay It Forward myself.

Terry makes lovely stuff. I always enjoy seeing her latest project.

 This yellow one is from my Secret Santa who is from 

New Zealand. Her blog is Michells's Place. 

Michell makes lovely things too!

 I posted about that earlier Here.

So that is my parade of pincushions.

And I have a pattern to make more.

I like that owl, or maybe the bird, 

or maybe the mushroom, or.....

well you get the idea!

How about you? 

Do you have a few or a bunch of pincushions?

The Pincushion Parade is still open for a few days.

~Linnea~

REDnesday Wins!

 It is still REDnesday! Best get busy and write this post.

Sue at It's A Very Cherry World! is our lovely host.

I had won a couple of giveaways recently!

This one came before Thanksgiving and I am finally posting about it.

The beautiful handmade card is from Terry over at

Cherished Treasures

The link takes you to the post where she announces the winner!

The Michaels giftcard was the included with the card!

I used the card just before Christmas and this is a picture of the 

things I bought. The giftcard helped to cover a good portion of it.

The cardstock paper includes RED paper. I enjoyed getting

more stamps for my collection too. 

Then in December I won another give away from

Selina Quilts. She does a tutorial on her rice bags HERE.

And HERE is the link to her post about the winner of her giveaway.

ME!

 The fabrics are wonderfully soft. And RED. 

This fabric is the one she uses in her tutorial. 

The white fabric is to use for the rice bags themselves and

then the pretty fabric is used for the sleeves. 

 She included a note, a set of cards on how to use the rice bags,

and a charm pack for fun.

Then there is the rice bag she included in a manly sleeve.

See how the rice bag is inside the sleeve. That way the sleeve 

can be washed. 

Now I can make some rice bags for gifts!

Thank you to Terry and Selina for drawing my name!

Happy REDnesday!

~Linnea~

REDnesday/Alphabe-Thursday

I am doing a double post today.

REDnesday and Alphabe-Thursday!

My current project is from this book!

And this is the project I am working on!

A cool totebag!

My choices in fabrics have lots of RED.

I got them at our local quilt shop. 

Such a fun place to go.

The owner was interested in what I was planning to make.

I told her I needed a jelly roll type thing and she directed me to the different areas

where they are displayed.

I found this one and nearby were the coordinating fabrics.

I thought it was cool when she came by and asked if I was 

finding any "inspiration" yet. 

And inspiration I did find!

Here I am starting to put together the front of the bag.

And the ends.

It is suggested to use a different decorative stitch 

over each seam. What fun that is!

I turned one section over so you can see better the decorative stitches.

I hope to not need to repeat a single one.

Here you can see which fabric I chose for the binding.

Pretty cool huh?

The REDs in the fabrics is for REDnesday with

Sue over at It's A Very Cherry World!

So how the heck does "H" fit in here with Alphbe-Thursday?

Besides trying to use a bunch of "H" words,

the name of this line of fabric, that 's what!

It is called HaPPy by Jennifer Heynen for 

In The Beginning fabrics.

Hey! Her last name even starts with "H".

And I am HAPPY while sewing on this fun fabric.

You can see more Alphabe-Thursday with Jenny.