Uppity-Mama

Ups and Downs

Well, here are the ups:

an entire wall of Kona cotton solids-every color they make!  and help from my awesome friend Lisa (pictured below).

MORE help from Leslie and Emily...with data entry and figuring out my POS system, Lightspeed. I have such amazing friends and am so grateful for their generosity.

The number one down is:

VERIZON.  I can't overemphasize the awfulness that is their system.  JUST to get the right person on phone takes 20 minutes...every time.  Twice in the first month of service with them, my internet has gone down due to errors on their end.  They only discover that they have issues after I spend hours on the phone with them.  Those same hours, if THEY spent them helping ME, would cost me 150 dollars each.  HUGE DOWN!

Next down:

Almost all of my orders have come in with mistakes.  Mistakes that cost ME time calling, repacking, and shipping the mistakes back.  Argh.  Gimme a break!

But I don't want to leave you on a negative note so...

some of these gorgeous linens from Valori Wells came today!

Merry Chrismukkawanza!

Whatever you celebrate,

I hope your day is filled with all the things you love!

Finally, A Finished Quilt!

Okay, so I saw a guy and he was wearing this cool shirt. 

So I made it into a quilt!

 

It's been rainy here and tough to get great pictures so I may change these when the sun comes out again.

 

The solids are all Kaufman Kona cottons: peridot, melon, ice frappe, cerise, chocolate, rich red, and champagne.  At the moment the name of the print is slipping my mind...and there's a pond between me and my studio so I'm not going out there!  Anyone know?  For the binding I used Anna Maria's Mixed Signals print from the Innocent Crush Collection. 

My New Tattoo

Done by the amazing Swag at Tattoo Lounge.  I love it so much! The B is for Beckett.

So Exciting at Sew Modern

The shelves are starting to fill up!  I've kept all of the fabrics in their plastics so far to keep them clean but I don't think I can stand it much longer. 

I got the new Tula Pink line, Parisville in and can't wait to make something with it, it really is stunning.

Also on the horizon is the completely fantastic Ruby Star Rising collection by Melody Miller.  I even bought a viewmaster to have in the store for the "kids" to play with!

Oh, yes and Thursday I am picking up the entire line of Kona cottons at Robert Kaufman!  Hooray for solids!

Holiday Swap at the LAMQG

We had a holiday swap at the December LAMQG meeting last night.  We drew names at the November meeting and I got the lovely and lively Jamie!  I love Jamie's energy and enthusiasm for things.  She said she celebrates Christmas but not in a religious way so I made her this:

My swap partner had moved away suddenly and so I got nothing last night but as Alison (who couldn't make it to the meeting) was supposed to make for her...I figure Alison should give to me...whadya say Alison?

 

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