Crafts at Three or More Tuesday

I have been on a crochet kick lately.

And for Three or More Tuesday I have at least three of 

crocheted items I have made.

Thank you to Tam at 

 The Gypsy's Corner

for hosting every week.

So what have I been making??

HATS!

I found this pattern in Crochet World.

Lots of neat projects in that magazine each issue.

Hard to decide what to make next!

 This is the first hat which I made for myself.

It came out kind of loose for me.

But I still like to wear it when I am cold.

This hat I sent to my daughter for Christmas.

I used a self stripping pattern in sock yarn.

This one I made for one of my nieces.
She loved it.

Here she is modeling it for me on Christmas Day!

I made one for my other niece as well.

Finished it in the car on our way to their house to celebrate Christmas.

This one in brown colors I made for my dad.

He is cold easily these days. 

My mom told me he wore it all day after I gave it to him.

I have since made a couple more hats.

They are fun to make and it is fun to see how they turn out with the different choices in sock yarns.

Happy Crafting!

~Linnea~

Procrastinator's Party and Three or More Tuesday

Well, the main thing this week is that I am joining in with

the Procrastinator's Party with The Inspired Room.

It lasts over 3 Tuesdays, starting with today (Oct 6).

And it is going to take me 3 or more steps to complete this task.

I had joined in last May with the Procrastinator's Party.

I attempted to recover a wingback chair.

I got it started and it still sits unfinished in the living room.

I am not going to go back to that project just yet,

because the living room is in chaos as it has

become a holding area while I try to complete

this next project.

No garage, makes it hard to hide messes!

I have been wanting to redo this closet in the sewing room.

I want it to be much more efficient for storing

sewing and craft related items

in a way so that I can find what I need

when I need it.

First are some before pictures,

before I started cleaning it out.

Lots of mess in there.

Couldn't even walk in there.

I was getting very tired of that.

Some of the mess has been cleared out by the time

I took this picture above.
And this is where I am at right now.
Step one: I need to take down that shelf on the right.
Step two: I need to clean in there and prep the walls.
Step three: I need to paint with primer.
Step four: I need to paint with my color of choice,
a Sunset yellow.
The color we are already using in the rest of the room.
So.......
On to the Procratinator's Party!
I am not working the next two Saturday's.
I should be able to get at least as far as getting all the painting done.
I hope I can get farther!
Wish me luck!!
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Thank you to Tam at
The Gypsy's Corner for hosting
Three or More Tuesday.
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Melissa at The Inspired Room
is our host for the
Procrastinator's Party.
Thank you Melissa for doing this.
Ta ta for now!
~Linnea~

Three or More Tuesday Challenge

It is Tuesday and time for Three or More Tuesday!

Thank you Tam for hosting every week.

You can see her over at The Gypsy's Corner.

These last few weeks I have been participating

in the 3 or More Projects in 3 Weeks

Challenge.

I'll have to admit that I did not get as far as I hoped.

Work and other projects I have to work on

got in the way as well as life.

But I will show you the progress I did make.

Thank you to Barbara Jean at Treasure From the Heart

for putting us up to the challenge.

I am sure I got more done than I would have

otherwise.

Having a challenge pushes me a little more

to see how far I can get by a certain day

and then report it.

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Frequent visitors to this blog

are probably aware I have been working on

this BOM and that I am trying to make

8 sets.

The farther along in the year we get

the more I am afraid I may not get

8 sets done.

But I am going to keep trying!

I think I posted this the first week of the Challenge.

The block I was working on at the time.

And I shared this picture with what I
had done spread out along
with two more sets I wanted to
work on to get farther along as well.

I started sewing together the blocks I had finished up to
that point and was able to get the first one pieced together.

I also started piecing the next two.

Here is one of them.

Then I also did the prep work and got the designs traced

on the 4th set!

Actually all, except the last two blocks on that one.

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I actually finished making the first quilt top. Meaning I

added the borders!

Here is how it looks!

TA DA!!

Finished quilt top!

One down, 7 to go.

Notice I said quilt TOP.

I still have to do the batting and backing and binding

any quilting I want to do.

That is a whole nother challenge!

LOL!

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I have finished stitching the next block for the

second quilt top and currently working

on the NOEL block for that one.

Check back tomorrow for

Whatcha Working on Wednesday

for what else I have been up to.

And then I hope to have some

Get R Done stuff for Friday!

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Hope you all have a great Tuesday!

~Linnea~

Three Projects in 3 Weeks for Three or More Tuesday

Tam is our host for Three or More Tuesday, but

Barbara Jean at Treasures from the Heart is the guest host

for this special run for three weeks.

I decided I was going to try and finish 3 or more quilt tops of

Gail Pan's BOM.

A Christmas Wish is the name of this BOM.

I have been working on them when I can find the time.

Hard to do when I am working a lot and

then have a busy weekend.

But I take the project with me everywhere and

I find snippets of time to work on it.

For example during my lunch break at work is

one time when I bring it out and stitch a bit.

I finished my first MAGIC block!

And attached it to the first quilt top.

I am still playing with the outside border.

Should be able to show that to you next week.

I also finished another BELIEVE block and

attached that to the second quilt top.

I have started another BELIEVE block

for the third quilt top.

I am moving along, but I wish I had the time and energy

to move along a little faster.

May get some time to work on it Tuesday.

But Tuesday is our 30th Wedding Anniversary!

So we may be out doing something after I work a 1/2 day

at work.

Don't know what yet.

Depends on how hot it gets here.

Hope you have a great Tuesday!

~Linnea~

Three or More Tuesday-Challenge Update

It is Three or More Tuesday!

But Barbara Jean at Treasures From the Heart

is the guest host for a few weeks.

We are in the middle of a challenge to get

three projects done in three weeks.

Visit Tam's place at The Gypsy's Corner for

more Three or More posts.

I am working on getting the blocks done on three or more quilts

of the BOM design from Gail Pan Designs

called

"A Christmas Wish".

Well, I am making progress.

Yay!

Let me show what I have done so far.

I am currently working on the ninth and last block

of the blocks. This one goes to the first set.

I sewed together the blocks I have finished so far on the first set.
When I get block #9 done, then I will add it to the bottom
row and then attach that row to the other two rows.

I have also started sewing together the other finished
blocks of sets 2 and 3.
Sewing these blocks together really made me
feel like I have made progress!!

I have also traced the designs of blocks 6, 7 and 8
for the second 2 sets.
I carry those in my bag so that I have them where ever I go
to work on. But first I have to finish the MAGIC one I am working on
right now.
I will keep plugging away and post again next Tuesday
the progress I make between now and then.
I have to say I am pleased with my progress for
the first week.
Go Me!!
Happy Tuesday Everyone!
~Linnea~

Whatcha Working on Wednesday and a Challenge

Whatcha Working on Wednesday

is here again!

Leslie is our gracious host for this every week.

You can find Leslie at My Country Home.

Visit others who are posting their projects

for the week.

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Also Barb at Treasures from the Heart

is challenging us at part of

Three or More Tuesday

to complete 3 or more projects

in 3 weeks.

So I am game for that.

I will get to that project in a moment.

First is the update I posted on the Stitch Along Blog.

I had done some of the white on the checkered cloth

on the shelf. Since this picture was posted

I have done more.

It is taking me so long to finish the last bits of this

even though I am so close to the finish line.

It will get there though. I have also done a little more on this card.

I think next time I will use a darker color for the

backstitch part.

Doesn't stand out as much as it does in the picture

in the book I got it from even though

I am using the color it says to use in the directions.

I finished my first Block #7!!

And I am working on Block #8!

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And now for the challenge from Barb!

3 projects in 3 weeks!!

I have here 3 sets of the "A Christmas Wish" BOM project.

The project consists of 9 blocks.

I have the first 7 done on the one that is spread out.

The other two in the binder clips have 5 done with 3 more ready to go in each one.

In the meantime, block #9 is now out and I have that one

to do as well.

So my plan is to finish all 9 blocks of the three sets I have here

by Sept 29th when the 3 week challenge is up.

And.....if I am lucky I will have also started

the 4th set.

I am trying to make 8 sets.

I think I am digging myself in a hole here.

But I will just do the best I can.

I take my project with me to work to do on lunch

break. I take in the car to work on

while hubby drives.

Like I said, I will just do the best I can with the time I have.

Happy Wednesday!

~Linnea~

Three or More Tuesday-Scissors!

Time for Three or More Tuesday!

Go and see Tam over at The Gypsy's Corner

for more Three or More posts.

When I was visiting Kaaren at The Painted Quilt

I got a idea for a Three or More post.

Scissors!

Then she also had mentioned

Ranette's blog over at Ranette's Daily Stitch

and I knew I had to do a post on scissors.

I did not even realize how many I had until

I started hunting them down for a picture.

Here they are!

At least all the ones I could fine!

That is 23 pairs there!

I was actually surprised at how many I had.

The second pair from the left I featured on Vintage Thingies Thursday

last week. That is my oldest pair.

Then next to it on the right is my newest pair.

I just bought those recently at Joann's.

The black ones on the right I use by my sewing machine

all the time to snip the threads.

The pair on the far left I forgot I had

and realized they are perfect for embroidery also.

The orange handle ones are Friskars and I have had them a long time.

The black handle ones are pinking shears.

Next to that is a pair of applique scissors.

I use those a lot when making narrow hems.

I trim the fabric close to the stitching before doing the final heming.

The large silver ones are Singer brand scissors.

I forget how I got those.

These were freebie scissors.

The black ones and the white ones were

freebies from House of Fabrics.

Do you remember House of Fabrics before it became Joann's Fabrics?

The white ones even have the House of Fabrics logo on them!

The brown handled ones were also freebies.

I think from Fingerhut.

The blue ones belong to B-Daddy.

I had to sneak them out for the picture.

The purples ones are Friskars.

These pink ones are from Hancock's Fabrics and they

are Mundial scissors. They are a recent addition.

I featured them once on a Pink Saturday.

So there you have it.

My Three or More Scissors collection.

I just realized I have more scissors.

All the decorative edge ones I use

for scrapbooking.

Oh well, I guess I will save those for another post.

Happy Three or More Tuesday!

~Linnea~

Three or More Tuesday-Pottery

This is my second post today for Three or More Tuesday!

I do that sometimes.

The first is on my main blog.

But on this one I am sharing something I made over 10 years ago!

But first let me thank Tam again for hosting.

You can visit her at The Gypsy's Corner!

Here are Three things I made in a ceramics class.

I had to take the class as part of my prerequisites

for the Occupational Therapy Assistant program

I was preparing for at the time.

I have been in this career for 7 years now.

We had to learn different techniques for making ceramic items.

This one I started with a long narrow slab.

And thin too.

Then it was rolled and shaped into this piece.

This picture is pretty close to the true color.

Here is another view.

This one was taken without the flash.

Gives it a different look.

To make this one, I started out with a rolled ball.

Then I had to flatten it out until it became a bowl.

See how thin the edges are.

I had to spread, stretch and flatten to get this form.

A view from above.

This one started the same way, except that I
rolled the outside edge in towards the center.
This gave it a basket shaped look.

A view from above.
Then they had to be fired, glazed and then fired again.

This one is rather large done with yet another technique.
I had rectangler shapes that were sort of thick.
Then I had to join them on edge and smooth the seams out
where each slab met.
I left opening between slabs creating those windows you see.
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It was a fun class. Made a lot of things in it.
I still have other ones I made floating around.
When I find them perhaps I will post those other ones too.
In yesterday's BLUE Monday
I stated I would share what I had displayed in front of the vases.

Here they are as I have them displayed.
The vases in back with one raised on a box.
Then my ceramic items displayed in front.
Also on different height things.
This gives an uneven number of things
displayed with a triangle in mind.
A suggested method I have seen on HGTV.
Those American Indian dolls??
That is another collection we have.
That is only two of them.
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Happy Three or More Tuesday!!
Thanks for visiting!
~Linnea~