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-in Florida

It is time for Whatcha Working on Wednesday.

However, I don't think Leslie is going to do it today.

She has a lot going on at her place.

She writes about it on her post at

My Country Home.

So I hope some of you will find me here anyway.

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My Whatcha Working on Wednesday will be

stuff I was doing while in Florida.

The first portion of my trip was in Iowa visiting

my dear daughter.

Then daughter Sara went with us to

Florida to visit our son and his family.

That included hanging out and getting reacquainted with

our dear granddaughter.

We had gone to the pumpkin patch with her.

This is the pumpkin that was picked out.

Helmi has to get in the pictures and show it off.
Now she decided to pose on top of it.
You can see my stitching to the left there.
I had brought that along to work on.
It was decided to have Shaylee paint the pumpkin
rather than carve the pumpkin.
Here she is painting the pumpkin.

Helmi watches her paint.

Helmi is still watching and being careful
not to get in to the paint.
Shaylee is wearing a painting apron.

Then I decide to paint with Shaylee.

Here is the part Shaylee did!

She had fun doing it too.

And here is the part I did.

Whenever we talked about the pumpkin,

Shaylee would say

"Grandma and I did it!"

It was so cool to hear her call me "Grandma".

I must say I am not used to that yet.

This was our first time to see her since she

was 8 months old.

Helmi taking a look at how much stitching I am getting done here.

I finished a NOEL block and started the MAGIC block

while we were gone.

Now that we are back home,

I also have other projects in the works.

And this one too!

There are a bunch of other stuff I need to do to.

Like:

Catch up on ironing.

Get back to finishing painting the closet.

Finish other unfinished sewing projects.

And more decluttering which never seems to end.

But first I have to go work.

Perhaps I will have some energy to tackle a few things

after work.

Yesterday I was just too tired to do much.

Happy Wednesday!

~Linnea~

Get R Done Friday!

Yay! It is time for Get R Done Friday!

And I have some Get R Done stuff this week.

First a BIG thank you to

ClassyChassy at

Expressly Corgi

for hosting this fun meme.

First I gotta show you this sunset.

A Get R Done sunset.

I mean, to actually pull over the car and get

a picture of a great sunset instead

of driving on by and not taking a chance

to soak in some beauty.

The pretty part is between

the fog rolling in from the ocean

and the hills.

Here is that card I was working on recently.

I have already given it to the new mom.

Along with this outfit.
This is made of fleece fabric.
Should be cozy warm for the new baby.
But it is a little big yet which is good.
He can grow into it.
This is the back view.
I did not quite have it done when I took it to the baby shower.
I told the new mom I would have to take it back
and finish putting on the second section of snaps.
I did that and returned it to the family.
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I don't have pictures of the pants,
but I did finish shortening two pairs of pants for myself
and two for B-Daddy.
I also had to alter a top for me as well and finished that too.
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I gave up trying to replace the elastic in the jeans
I was working on.
I may tackle that more later.
Because........

We are leaving on a trip to visit our kids!
The suitcases are ready to go.
We just have get ourselves to the bus terminal
on time
for the ride to the airport.
The alarm clocks are set.
Yes, more than one!
And Helmi is going with us.
She is so excited,
she has parked herself
on the larger suitcase
to make sure I don't forget
to take her along.
Sorry, I didn't get a picture of that.
I gotta get some sleep
cuz we are getting up early.
Happy Friday!
~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?

The Procrastinator's Party-Did I Finish?

Melissa at The Inspired Room

is our host for the Procrastinator's Party.

I am going to have a reputation for starting

but not finishing my projects for this party.

But I have a very good reason for not finishing this time

and I will share that with you at the end of

this post.

My project was to finish clearing out and cleaning

this closet and get it painted.

This picture shows were I was

at the time I signed up for this party.

I had already done the big job of getting

this closet almost empty

to get ready to paint.

At the time of this picture above,

I had taken down the rod and shelf on the right,

spackled the holes left from the brackets,

and cleaned the walls.

Here is the first coat of primer not quite

finished.

Still needed to do more around the base

and on the left side there.

Another session of painting

had me finished with the first coat

and starting the second coat of

primer.

Ok, this is when I started having problems

The paint fumes started making me

sick to my stomach.

Even though I had a fan going

for circulation and took breaks from being

near the paint I still kept feeling sick.

Then it got to the point even walking

into my sewing room was making me sick.

I managed to complete the second coat of primer.

But I had to keep taking rest breaks again

and stand in the path of the fan

and have the fan blowing on me while I was working.

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So my friends this is where I am at now.

I still need to paint the yellow color.

But churning stomach was

telling me to wait awhile on that.

Besides we are trying to get ready for our trip

and I don't want to be feeling sick for that.

Perhaps the paint smell will be

gone by the time we get back

and I can try painting the yellow on at that time.

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Once the yellow paint is on,

then I can move on and start creating my

storage for my sewing and crafts

in the closet.

I will be posting pictures of that

as I move along.

With the plans I have,

it will be awesome!

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Thanks for visiting me!!

~Linnea~

Get R Done Friday! Ants and Other Stuff

Yay! It is Friday.

Friday's make me happy, especially if

I don't have to work on Saturday.

It is time for Get R Done Friday

hosted by our lovely ClassyChassy

at Expressly Corgi.

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So what have I gotten done this week?

First I got rid of ants.

We were greeted by ants on Monday morning!

The changing weather sent them in the house.

We had our first rainstorm for the season on Tuesday.

And it was a major one too.

We don't get rain during the summer here.

So B-Daddy put out ant bait here.

And here.

See it is already working!!

But the ants were all over my cereal box.

And inside my cereal too!

Argh!!

Not a good start to a Monday morning.

So I heated up some instant oatmeal in the microwave.

It blew up in there.

Well, not that bad, but it made a mess.

There was still enough in the bowl to eat.

I like to add a touch of sugar to it.

Found ants in my sugar bowl too.

Another argh!!!!

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I am happy to say patience pays off.

The ants have quit coming in.

I think they all went into the ant bait trap.

And they also crawled out of my cereal box too.

Yay! No more ants.

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For now anyway....

I have also been working on my

Procrastinator's Party

Challenge.

The sewing room closet.

Here it is cleaned and ready to paint.

This is how far I got painting the first coat of primer.

See the bottom is not done yet.

Then last night I sat on the floor and finished the

first coat around the bottom edge.

I tell you,

I had a hard time getting up off the floor

after doing that.

Plus I climbed on my stool

and did more around the top and

kind of started on the second coat.

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So that is where I am on that right now.

And....

ta-da!

I have finished the second quilt top.

Notice I said TOP.

The batting, backing and binding are not on those yet.

The 3 B's.

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That is my Get R Done for this week!

What is yours??

~Linnea~