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~

Whatcha Working on Wednesday/REDnesday

It is Wednesday again.

I will be linking in with Sue at It's A Very Cherry World

and with Leslie at My Country Home

for Whatcha Working on Wednesday.

If you saw my post yesterday, you will see the progress I am making

for the 3 projects in 3 weeks.

I am trying to get as much as I can done on my

A Christmas Wish BOM project.

When I visited Kaaren at The Painted Quilt

I discovered what she uses to

draw or copy a pattern onto fabric.

It is mentioned in the directions of her download for her

First Friday Freebie.

I want to make that too!

A pen something like this one.

I thought, oh I have some of those.

So I tried it when I prepared the

MAGIC block.

Works great.

I love how it works.

So much easier on my hand!

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I did more in my sewing room project too.

The room is partially painted a Sunset Yellow.

But it is not finished.

I moved some things around.

I had these things sitting in front of the window.

The full laundry basket was usually sitting next to it.

But right now it is empty.

Yay!

I have taken the door off the closet.

But with this mess in front of it,

I can't get into it very easily.

I want to make the closet into

an efficient storage place for

my sewing and craft items.

Then I won't have this mess I hope.

I moved the cutting table over to the other side of

the door for now.

I can get to the closet better.

I emptied it some more.

But as you can see I am not finished with that part.

When I empty the closet,

then I will clean and paint primer on the walls.

Then I will paint it yellow.

The rest of the room still needs to be painted too.

Then I moved my storage drawers

over here.

I can still get into the closet!

The ironing board is now in front of the window.

Which can be a pleasant place to iron.

I used to have it under a window in a previous place

we lived and I really enjoyed looking out the window

as I ironed.

We did those cabinets about a year ago.

The left one has scrapbooking things in it

and the right one has office type stuff in it.

I love the cheery yellow.

Can't wait until the rest of the room is also painted.

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Here is a peek at something else I worked on.

I mailed it to Lady Jane for her

daughter's baby shower.

I hope she gets it on time.

The shower is this Sunday.

I will show more after Lady Jane has

received it in the mail.

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Now for the something RED.

I found this in the closet.

The Christmas dress I made for my daughter

when she was 5 or 6.

I think it fit her for a couple of Christmases.

Here is the tag I put in it.

A close up of the lace.

Hmmm....I think I will see if this will work for my

granddaughter. It is still too big for her though.

I will give it to her later.

Still working on the MAGIC block.

Also bordered in RED!
Happy Wednesday!

~Linnea~

More on the Redo of Sewing Room

Here are a couple more pictures of the evolving process of redoing the sewing/computer room. Here you can see that we have the room partially painted in a color called Summer Yellow from Kelly Moore Paints. I decided I needed a cheery color to help with making this room a happy place to be. The one of the cabinets in the corner is new and the other was in the family room. One holds office related stuff such as printer paper, phone books, envelopes, instructional manuals and anything else related to office. The other holds scrapbooking stuff. I keep paper and other supplies in there for scrapbooking. Still working on improved sewing storage. In the other picture I did have 3 bookcases along that wall. I moved one back out to the family room and was able to fit in the sewing table in between the other two. Doing that really opened up the area and makes it much easier for me to get to the sewing machine and serger. Sewing is becoming more enjoyable to do in my more cheerful room. We are not finished redoing the room yet, but it is a start. We can only do so much at a time and of course having the funds to do what we want takes time too.

The Before Mess

This picture shows a before mess. The sewing/computer room is getting a facelift and this is before we started that process. I did not have much room to walk to get to my sewing chair. That frustrating process resulted in my not wanting to sew as often, plus I could not find things when I wanted them. For example, I ended up with 3 7" hunter green zippers because I could not find one when I needed it. I eventually finished the project I needed the zipper for, but now I have 2 extra zippers when I only needed one. Oh well. Now I have them if I do another project that requires a 7" hunter green zipper. At the moment that kind of a project is not on my to do list of sewing projects. Plenty of other things are at the moment. But I will stop here for now and come back later for an update on the changes in the sewing room. In the meantime I gotta get back to the baby gift I am currently working on right now. I need to get it finished before the intended recipient outgrows the outfit before I finish it.