I probably should put my Block Lotto deadlines on a calendar … because I woke up this morning and realized I did not have one more day to put together the directions. Lucky for me, it’s a pretty straightforward block to make and I was able to make a sample, create the directions and send it to everyone who has posted blocks this month. As usual, I’m asking that you let me know if there’s an error on the blocks I have...

Sometimes a quilt or a set of blocks is the inspiration for my choice of a block pattern for us. Other times, one of the lotto blocks we’ve made is inspiration for a project … it turns out, this quilt is all the above.   The 6-inch bright logs are from a log ago block exchange and were the inspiration for the August 2008 lotto block.  When I was asked a few months ago to make a wall hanging to raffle at the guild’s...

A few people has asked if there will be a sampler quilt design, a QAL or *something* this year and I keep promising to share some thoughts on quilt sampler ideas for this year’s blocks. As I was enjoying a quiet moment with my morning coffee, I thought that IF only I had started another quilt-along sampler this year, *I* would have been forced to make blocks for myself for a sampler quilt … even if no one else played along....

If you made and posted fused flower blocks in March, you should have email from me with the info you need to send them to 1, 2 or all 3 of our winners. If you didn’t receive the info, let me know ASAP. If you find an error in the number of blocks or other info, let me know...

Kristin posted a photo of her finished quilt on Facebook and gave me permission to share it here.   It is made from the Scrappy Trips lotto blocks she won in November 2011.   I love the interesting paths she created in her layout of the...

In April, we are making 9-inch square Stars with made-fabric centers. Helen made this one. The fabric guidelines and my directions for making this blockcan be found here: Made Fabric Star Quilt Block Pattern You may make a maximum of 9 blocks for chances in the drawing at the end of the month. The target set size for the winners will be 48 blocks.   Tags and Categories   Add the tag Star to all your blog posts about this block. The...

The block for March 2015 was a 9-inch square (finished size) raw-edged appliquéd Flower block. Helen made this one.  In total, 26 quilters made 126 blocks, which were won by three lucky ladies: Kim, Barb P, and Maree. Melissa and Myrna are two new quilters who joined the block lotto this month. Complete guidelines for this month and link to the pattern are here: Fuse It and Forget It in March Tag for ALL blog posts about the March block...

Even though my computer is working again, I couldn’t resist using the Random phone app to generate our winners today.  We made a total of 126 blocks this month, which split between three winners will be 42 flower blocks each. Many of the chances were donated this month, leaving 74 chances in the drawing today. And the winners are: Which translates to:   Kim H in New York Barb P in Michigan Maree in New Zealand   Congratulations,...

Myrna asked that I post her first three lotto blocks for her. Welcome to the Block Lotto,...

In the way that one thing leads to another … I was reading blogs this morning and noticed that in hers, Melissa (a newbie to the block lotto) mentioned she was geocacher (is that the word?)  I wondered if she had seen Julie P’s geocaching-themed quilt made from lotto blocks … so I went looking in the gallery to find a picture. Of course, when I went to the gallery, the first thing I noticed was Cathy’s Wild Thing.  I got...

I saw this photo in a review of Pat Sloan’s new appliqué book, Pat Sloan’s Teach Me to Applique: Fusible Appliqué That’s Soft and Simple and thought that our March blocks would look great in a layout like this. There are more images from the book and information in the review on the QuiltShopGal blog – there’s also a giveaway for the book there. Martingale, the publisher, is also running a giveaway including the book,...

I cannot believe we are already one week away from April … but here we are and I have sent out the sneak peek (with advance information about the April block) to everyone who has made and posted their March blocks. As always, if you made and posted blocks and didn’t receive the sneak peek email (or haven’t made blocks, but DID receive it by mistake), please let me know ASAP. In March we’ll be using: White solid or...