REDnesday and Whatcha Working on Wednesday

Time for Wednesday stuff. Been awhile since I did a post on this blog.

I am kind of frustrated with it at the moment. I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the blogger template I had switched too. Now that I got rid of that, I have now lost my 3 column format. I can't remember how to do that. Can anyone lead me in the right direction to fix that again? If so, thank you very much.

On my other blog, comments are disappearing. I had seen them because of moderation. But some would not publish and now some have plain disappeared. I don't know if I am missing comments now.

Is there anyone else out there having these kinds of issues?

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Today is Whatcha Working on Wednesday with Leslie at My Country Home

and I am going to link in with Sue at

It's A Very Cherry World for REDnesday as well.

I still do some cross stitch here and there.

 

This is a birthday card I finished for a co-worker in June.

Finally we went back to The Container Store recently.

We order online and then go pick it up.

They put our stuff in these neat RED reusable bags.

You can also see the additional shelves we bought.

I start putting them up. Here the bottom shelf is the first of the three I added.

Then another shelf with stuff on it.

and the last shelf before I started putting stuff on it.

Now I can put magazine holders on the floor under the shelf and they fit perfectly there.

Maximizing my space!

This is the lastest of my other cross stitch project for the stitch along blog.

Member of the RED family there.

This last weekend and on Monday I get this bookcase totally emptied out.

See my bear with the RED feet and paws?

I am noticing other RED's in the picture too.

Can you spot them?

Now it is on it's side. Ready to head out the door and on to my husband's truck.

Yay! The bookcase is gone.

It went to a new home at our church in the pastor's office.

He said he needed more space to corral his books and things.

We took that over there on Monday evening.

Now my niece is planning on coming over this coming weekend and help

me set up the two tables I bought and do some organizing so I can

get back to sewing more easily.

My niece is anxious to sew with me again.

I am anxious to be decluttered in the sewing room.

So....What have you been working on???

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~Linnea~

Get R Done Friday!

I can't believe it is Friday already!

The week has flown by.

I have spent most of it being very tired.

But I do have some finishes to share.

First I want to thank

ClassyChassy at Expressly Corgi

for hosting for us.

I finished this card I had been working on last week.

Then I also finished this card this week.
It was for a couple at work who had gotten married
the week before Thanksgiving.
They also brought their baby.
It was my first time to see her.
She was wearing the dress I made for her too!
It is always cool to see the babies wearing the outfits I made
for them.
Several of the co-workers have brought their babies to work
in the outfits I made.
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That bookcase I am working on clearing out.
Not done yet, but I am getting there.
Takes time to figure out where to put everything.

I got that skirt hanger to hang my bags of strips.

They are hanging in the closet next to the dresser where

I can find them.

So what have you gotten done?

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Happy Friday!

~Linnea~

Whatcha Working on Wednesday

Wednesday is here already!

And tomorrow is Thanksgiving!

Fortunately I am not hosting this year.

My dining room and living room are still messy

as I try to organize my sewing room.

Today I am linking up with Leslie at My Country Home.

Thanks Leslie for hosting!!

Something I did in that direction was

go through one of my boxes of fabric scraps.

And I emptied it too!

I have a Little Quilts book that suggests

cutting fabric into strips of different sizes.

That is a good thing to do with scraps that I like.

Above I have 1" and 1 1/4" strips.

Then 1 1/2" and 1 3/4".

And 2" or larger.
I am storing them in those large 2.5 gallon ziplock bags.
I still need to get one of those skirt hangers
that holds about 5 skirts or so.
I will clip the bags onto that and hang it in my sewing closet
next to the dresser.
Here I am preparing to cut more strips.

I also cut some into bean bag size.

I make those for work.

If the pieces were big enough to be almost fat quarter size,

or an 1/8 or bigger,

then I left it whole.

I will later organize those by color after

I finish going through my other boxes of scrap fabrics.

What did I do with the empty box?

I used it to start emptying the bookcase that I need to remove

from the sewing room so I can paint the rest of the room.

I keep moving along on this project in baby steps.

I guess that is better than no progress at all.

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I have also been doing cross stitch.

More progress on my Stitch Along project.

I made this card for a co-worker who is leaving

our facility for a different facility closer to where she will

be living.

A birthday card in the works.

And this one will be a wedding congrats card.

I am also still working on my

A Christmas Wish BOM.

The numbers as to how many I have done keep changing

in my side bar on the right.

Right now I am working a JOY block.

I do those during my lunch breaks at work.

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Happy Wednesday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

~Linnea~

Get R Done Friday! More Sewing with Niece

Whoo Hoo!

It is Friday again!

Time for Get R Done with ClassyChassy

at Expressly Corgi.

Feel free to join us with your Get R Done projects.

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I have been sewing with my niece again this week.

I am teaching her to sew.

Here she is using my mother's featherweight.

I helped her sew the pockets on.

This one too!

It is a reversible apron.

While she was sewing, I worked on this block.

I finished it too!

Making progress!

Here she is sewing the two sides of the apron together.

Turning it right side out and pressing the edges.

Ta Da!! Side one.

And side two!

And yes that is a loom to the the left there.

And on the windowsill are two Amish

dolls I had painted for my mother one year.

This room was once my bedroom.

Now it is my mother's sewing room.

Finished this anniversary card this morning.

The inside.

Helmi has hopped into my bag again.

She likes traveling with us.

We are packed at ready to head out the door.

Will mail the card on the way.

Have a great week end folks!!

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What is your Get R Done?

~Linnea~

Whatcha Working on Wednesday

Leslie at My Country Home

is hosting

Whatcha Working on Wednesday!

Thank you Leslie!!

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I have lots going on this week.

Hold on to your hats!

This is my current cross-stitch project

for the Stitch Along Blog

I belong to.

This the picture I posted on that on Sunday.

There are 6 shades of pink going on there

I am so glad I have the grid.

I keep getting lost even with that.

It would be much worse if I didn't have the grid to guide me.

That is 18-count aida I am using!

I posted this before.

I am still working on shortening pants

so I just used the same picture as before.

These are the black ones and I finished those.

But I also shortened a pair of dark blue ones for me too

and finished that last night.

I don't know if I am shrinking or what,

but I bought the same size as always

and now they are too long for me!

Not only that,

my B-Daddy recently bought

new jeans in 30" length.

They are usually a little long for him,

but in jeans he can usually wear them without my shortening them.

He is actually a 28" length.

Well, these new jeans were so long on him he had to

roll them up twice.

So I measured them last night

and they are actually 31 1/2" long!!

No wonder they are tooooo long!

Hmmm...I don't get that.

Pants labeled 30" that are actually 31 1/2 " long.

I shortened one of the pairs of jeans

last night.

They are still a tad too long.

Tonight I will shorten the other pair a little shorter

than the first pair.

And wash the first pair and see if they shrink enough

so that I don't have to redo the hem on them.

Then there is my jeans.

I need to replace the elastic on them.

What a job I have ripping the elastic out on that pair!

Yes, I am still trying to finish that project.

I want to take these pants on the trip.

Actually I want to wear them the

day we leave!!

Hope I can get them done.
Not much time left!

I have been working on baby gifts too.

The card that is not quite finished.

And the gift.

More on those to be revealed on

Get R Done Friday!

My sewing room closet.

See yesterday's post for more on that one.

And Helmi has been trying to help me again.

Or NOT!

She is in my way here as I try to find the pattern pieces I need.

Helmi, I think those scissors are a little big for you!

I think you better let me do the cutting.

If you ruin this I will have to get another pattern.

Here Helmi, you can hold the pin cushion for me while

I pin the pattern down.

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So that is where I am at now.

Working on this and that

and trying to get ready for our trip

to visit our kiddos.

As my granddaughter says,

"I so cited!!"

Happy Wednesday everyone!

~Linnea~

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P.S. What are you working on?