Uppity-Mama

Non Sequitur

We're on a mini vacay.  Be back at the end of the week with a new finished quilt to show you!

Quickest Tote Bag

Beckett needed something to keep his cars in.  This fabric from the Country Wheels collection by In My Mind's Eye was perfect. 

This bag takes literally about a half an hour to make.  If anyone wants a tutorial let me know and I'll post one.

More Blocks

These are for Latifah  in the Bricolage and Butter Bee.  Latifah also happens to be the president of the LAMQG and she is an amazing quilter and woman.  She loves solids and I dare say...I'm starting to see her point!

 

Flea Market Treasures!

I can't tell you how happy I am with my finds today at the Rose Bowl Flea Market and last week at the Santa Monica Airport Flea Market.  I love the bottoms of the green wine glasses.  Can you see them?

The yellow candleholders in particular are killing me!  I grabbed them and practically squealed with delight when I handed over a mere 20 bucks for the pair.  Here they are a little closer:

As we were walking out with the awesome bench below we were told by a very disappointed couple that they were just going back to check it out again...you snooze, you lose people!

I'm waiting for guests to come before I use these amethyst wine goblets I scored.  Aren't they fantastic?

 

But I am letting the kids enjoy ice cream out of these thicker/less fragile blue cuties.

And I know this magazine rack needed me and my Living Etc. magazines.

Quilt Blocks for Bees

As you may recall I am participating in a couple of virtual quilting bees.
These blocks are for Jenny Ryan of Home Ec., and Sew Darn Cute fame who is participating in the Bricolage and Butter bee.  Jenny wanted us to do the Denyse Schmidt method of improv piecing.  To be honest. when I pulled out the first two pieces of fabric I thought, "Really?!"  But look how cute these blocks are with all these various styles/colors of fabric!

And these are for Lisa who is participating in the LAMQG bee.  Lisa gave each of us a different colorway of Hope Valley and asked us to do log cabins, wonky or traditional or improvised.  Pretty, right?

Mira's Tree Softie

Most of the projects in this book are too complicated for young children to do but this one was perfect.  

Quickest Handmade Hostess Gift

I'm going to a girl's only Oscar fete tonight.  Wine, food and gown judging as we watch the red carpet.  Heaven. 

 

I made these coasters from a charm pack of Anna Maria's Little Folks voile and some leftover batting.  Wrapped a ribbon around and I'm good to go!

Crazy Nine Patch Finished!

This quilt was so much fun to make.  I love the Dolce fabrics and I think they look great with the medium gray Kona.

I love the binding fabric especially, Deco Fans. 

As I said in this post, I followed Oh Fransson's tutorial although I didn't go the lattice route. 

 

I also enlisted advice at the last LAMQG meeting.  I had done the diagonal lines and was trying to avoid stitching across the patterned blocks but the stitching was too far apart. Kelly suggested I stitch around the inside of the patterned block.  It worked well, I think.

Fabric Giveaway #2 Winner!

CONGRATULATIONS SARAH KATE!

Please email me your address!

Just have to share this. Can you believe how cute this little felt watch is? I can't stand it! Beckett loves it and if you ask what time it is he will tell you a made up "o'crock"! Go to AliceInLalaland.etsy.com and see if you can still scoop one up!