REDnesday in the Sewing Room

Time for REDnesday again.

This time I am in my sewing room.

First I would like to thank Sue at 

It's A Very Cherry World! 

for hosting every week. 

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On to what is happening in my sewing room.

I have posted previously about teaching my niece to sew.

Well, this past weekend, I was teaching my OTHER niece to sew.

She wanted to spend some one on one time with me as well.
(I have several nieces, but two live close enough for me to spend time with them now and then)

We didn't know what we were going to do at first, but I did have her practice sewing on fabric scraps to get used to the machine. Sewing in straight lines, then sewing curved lines, how to thread the machine, how change thread color(involves the bobbin when changing colors) and how to rewind the bobbin when we run out of bobbin thread.

I think she is doing something with the bobbin is this picture. 

Not very many REDS this time, but there is the pin cushion again.

That fleece fabric is what she picked out for her project.

RED is one of the colors included in the design.

I am showing her how tell when the bobbin is full.

Bits and pieces of RED. 

There is Helmi watching all that is going on at the machine.

I am wearing PINK, does that count? Maybe?

My niece is 11 1/2 years old. This is her first time to do some sewing.

I started when I was 9 when I was in 4-H.

Working on a pocket.

There is Helmi making sure we keep order in the sewing room.

Putting the pocket on!

Still putting on the pocket.

She reminds me of me when I was young and sewing. :-)

When she wasn't needing me, I worked on this.

RED base on the coffee cup I am using as a pencil holder.

Some RED in the cross stitch. Actually it is a very dark pink.

But I say it counts!

A closer view of my picture.

It is done and my niece models it.

It is a snuggie. But on the pattern it is called a Comfy Blanket.

There is a foot pocket as well.

A great way to keep your feet warm.

Demonstrating how the pocket works.

The foot pocket is at the bottom on the underside so you can slip your feet into them when they are cold.

Ta Da! The comfy blanket has arms/sleeves.

Great for holding a book or a cup of coffee or tea and still stay covered up.

I am definitely going to make one for me!

See all the RED peace symbols on the fabric.

This is the latest update that I put on the Stitch Along Blog I am part of this year.

The very dark pink in the flowers looks RED.

Happy REDnesday everyone!

~Linnea~

Whatcha Working on Wednesday

It is that time again. I know I have not been posting as much lately on either of my blogs. I hope to get back to that more often now. But I have been busy with different things and work. The dark days make me tired early. But wanted to get this posted anyway.

Thank you to Leslie at My Country Home for being the ever gracious host for Whatcha Working on Wednesday. So let's see....what I have I been working on.....

My niece stayed with us last weekend to finish her project. Here it is all finished. She had broken her wrist after the last time we were together. So this time I had to help her finish sewing the pillows closed. Her name is Elyssa and her sister is Annika. Annika does not know yet what the project is. The girls share a room and these pillows will be on their beds. I think Elyssa did a great job sewing these together. Elyssa has already picked out the next project, but we will wait until she can cut the fabric out herself since it is her project.

B-Daddy and I finally got this shelf hung up. Well, B-Daddy did most of it. I just helped hold it in place. We have had this since the middle of November. I am glad to have it up. We hung it in the laundry room which is where we come and go. This shelf with the hooks comes in very handy as a place to hang our jacket. Before we were draping them whereever. We place our lunch boxes on top of the shelf. Works great. We got this shelf at IKEA. We had to hang it high enough so that a tall person would not hit their head.

I have a start on this piece I was preparing last week. Not much of a start, but a start. I did not post a picture on the stitchalong blog I am a part of. Hope to do one this weekend though. I have Saturday off and should be able to get to some projects that day. I hope so anyway.

So, what are you working on?

~Linnea~

Whatcha Working on Wednesday

Here it is Wednesday again and time for

Whatcha Working on Wednesday.

Thank you to Leslie at

My Country Home for being the gracious host.

So what have I been up to lately?

Not posting much that is for sure.

But I do have some projects in the works.

I have written about teaching my niece to sew.

Well, she was over here New Year's weekend to

work on a new project.

Here she is pinning down the pattern pieces.

A close up of one of the fabrics.

It is a flannel.

And another of the other fabric she chose.

And of course Helmi had to get in on the act.

She likes to check out what us girls are up to.

And get in the middle of it all.

Can't blame her though because

she doesn't want to miss out on the fun.

Then my niece came to spend the weekend with us last weekend.

Now comes the sewing part.

Oh, and look, there is Helmi barging in again.

Meanwhile I did some work on these.

Both my current picture for the Stitch Along Blog

and started gridding for another project I am starting.

Helmi watches while my niece turns her

project right side out.

Some of her finished letters.

Had you figured out by now that she was making letters?

Then it was time to stuff them.

There are more pictures.

But I left my camera at my mother's last night when

we met there to work on it some more.

And this is the picture I posted on the Stitch Along Blog.

Moving slowly on it, but moving.

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This was my first time to use the new updated blogger for uploading pictures and

composing your post. Worked great!

What have you been working on lately?

~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~

Whatch Working on Wednesday

Here it is Wednesday again.

Time for Whatcha Working on Wednesday

and I have a few things I have been busy with this week.

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But first thank you to Leslie at My Country Home

for hosting this every week.

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I had an update for the

Stitch Along Blog that I belong too.

This is where I am on my new project for the Stitch Along Blog.

There are 6 shades of pink I am using there and I am now finished with

the two shades that are dancing across the picture.

It is a good feeling when I know I don't need a color anymore.

Won't be long now and other colors will be showing up.

Last night my niece and I got together for more sewing.

She is still working on her apron.

Here she is sewing the neckstrap.

This is one side of the apron.

And this is the other side.
I helped her put the pockets on the apron.
We hope to finish it this evening.
We even have another project planned to
try after finishing the apron.
I am further along on this project.

And finally I am working on the fourth LOVE block.

I am also putting together the third quilt top,

but I don't have picture of that right now.

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So, what are you working on this week?

~Linnea~

Whatcha Working on Wednesday-Lots going on!

Sometimes the week just goes by too fast for me.

Here we are at Wednesday again.

That means it is time for

Whatcha Working on Wednesday!

Thank you Leslie for hosting every week.

You can visit her at My Country Home

to see who else is working on stuff.

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I am participating in the

Procastinator's Party.

I have done the first couple of steps

I had listed for me to do.

I took out the rest of the stuff that was still sitting on the shelf.

I took out the long shelf that was along the wall on the right.

I had to ask B-Daddy to help me get the brackets down.

Then I spackled the holes from the brackets

and I cleaned the walls.

The old sheets are on the floor ready for me to paint

the primer on the walls.

I hope to start on that tonight after work.

Oh, and that stool, that is not a reproduction stool.

That is an old one. Used to be my godmother's.

We use it a lot.

Hooray!! I have finished my apple bowl cross stitch!!

Some of you may have seen it on my main blog.

I posted it there too.

It took me from January to October to finish it.

And I used a total of 34 colors in it.

Whew!

You can barely see it,

but this is the start to my new cross-stitch project

for the Stitch Along Blog.

I had bought myself new jeans.

I always get the kind with elastic waist.

I can't stand to wear the other kind.

But after wearing them 3 times with one washing,

I discovered the elastic was giving up already.

I thought, oh, just rip out some of the two bottom

rows and pull out the elastic and insert the new.

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Ha!

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Turns out the elastic is sewn down as well.

Argh!!

This is turning into a bigger fix it job than I thought!

I am tackling it in bits and pieces hoping

to have it done before our trip.

I want to wear them on our travel days.

As of today,

only 9 days until we go.

I have mentioned fabric shopping with my niece

to get fabric so that I can teach her to sew.

Well, we have been tackling that project too.

First I showed her the ins and outs of reading the pattern

pieces and cutting out the fabric.

Oh, and understanding the layout too!

Here she is pinning the piece for the apron.

After cutting that out, then it was pinning on pieces for

the contrast fabric.
Then it was the brown fabric.
The ties and the bands are made from this fabric.
She did all the cutting.
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Then last night we started the sewing process.

First I had to show her how to wind a bobbin and thread
the machine.
We are using my mother's machine here.
This is the machine I learned to sew on, and
I made my wedding dress using this machine.
My old bedroom is now the sewing room.
Here she is doing some pinning.
But first I had her practice sewing on scrap fabric first.

Sewing her first seam on the apron!
I put tape there to help maintain the same seam allowance.

She also learns how to iron her seams.

This is one of the pockets.

She practiced sewing around a curve, but was having a hard

time with that.

So I do the curves for her.

Here I am sewing the curves for her and

she leans in to watch.

I used to do that with my daughter.

She did the straight seams

and I did the curvy seams until she learned how to do that.

We are not finished with this project yet,

but my niece is already looking forward to the

next project we make together.

She is 13 and very eager to sew like me.

makes me proud.

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That bandage I have on my right hand?

I burned myself on the light bulb of

the sewing machine.

Not that one, but the one that was my godmother's.

I was trying to see if I could get it to work and in the

process bumped my hand up against the hot light bulb.

It blistered up and at work, the gloves I have to use

pulled away the blister exposing the wound

and it stun too.

So I have to keep it covered now until it heals.

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We had lots of rain yesterday.

The first for the season.

Then it is supposed to warm up again.

Into the 80's.

Crazy weather!!

Happy Wednesday!!

~Linnea~

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So, what are you working on??