I have been distracted by life too much this week and will be spending part of my weekend playing catch-up with Block Lotto tasks … I also hope to find time to run out for some batting so I can start quilting this crib quilt made from bird, house and flying geese blocks. How about you? Share a link below on any topic.  For me, the best part of reading quilter’s blogs is getting those “slice of life” glimpses that...

    Here’s my contribution to the neighborhood. I also found this “easy” block challenging.  I think it’s a great idea for an I-Spy quilt or for borders and table runners,  but it took practice for me to produce a house and occupants with pleasing proportions.   The rounded door of the dogs’ house and the circle attic window in the fish house were appliquéd.  I used the freezer paper and glue method...

This month, the topic is Best/Worst or  Good News/Bad News.  Feel free to interpret this as you like.   Some possibilities: a bad new/good news quilting experience of a quilt-gone wrong which, when finished, was even better than you planned? the thing you like BEST about quilting the worst thing about quilting for you the best/worst events of the week for you Add your link below.  The linky tool will be open to add links through...

  I mailed my June blocks to Maree, Nann and Vivi yesterday. If you haven’t yet mailed your blocks, please get them in the mail soon.  They are, once again, in most cases, sailing across the globe to the winners, so let’s make sure to send them on their way...

I saw a photo of this quilt on a fabric company’s site and thought … setting idea.  You could add black strips to each side of our blocks and put them together in a straight set for a similar effect to Aardvark Quilts’ Domiciles. If you needed additional blocks, you could make some smaller houses and put them together as 4-patches like the ones in this quilt...

I think I may be spending my weekend recovering from my Fourth of July.  This is a photo from Pancakes on the Plaza in Santa Fe, a yearly July 4 tradition and fundraiser. Although it seemed a lot less crowded than last year, thee were still plenty of people eating pancakes everywhere.    And after some much needed recent rain, everything looked so lush and green. How about you? Share a recent link from your blog below. NEXT weekend will be the...

In July, we’ll be using a basic house shape as a frame for I-Spy images to create a row of houses with interesting occupants and other items. This 6-inch by 9-inch (finished size) simple house block is a simple house outline with fussy cut fabrics used for door and/or window(s). Directions for the basic approach are here: I-Spy House Block Directions Block Guidelines All our blocks should have the following characteristics: The block is 6...

Sorry for the delay … the winners for June will each receive a set of 39 blocks. And the winners are: Maree Nann Vivi Congratulations!   Look for email from me soon.

I’ve had a few things come up, but I still plan to send out the sneak peek email (to everyone who has made and posted Tall Ships blocks) before I go to bed tonight …  I will update this message when the mail has been sent. Sorry for the delay.   Update:  The sneak peek email had been sent.  If you should have received it but didn’t, please let me know ASAP.

Summer is officially here in the northern hemisphere. This sad looking coneflower from my yard is showing the effects of too much wind and not enough rain around here, but it still says summer to me. Assuming the winds stay at a manageable level, I may celebrate summer this weekend by taking some paint, dyes and printing supplies out to the patio to play.  How about you? Join others in the block lotto community and share a link from your blog...

If you have ever made lotto blocks and have a blog I know about, I follow you.  I love seeing everyone’s quilt projects … and also learning about whatever else interests you or is going on in your life.  It’s for that reason that  the topic for this weekend’s linky party is UN-quilty. Please join the party by adding a link to a recent blog post of yours about something besides quilting.   Johnny the cat dares you....

I promise.  This will be the last one … unless I come across something else that I find interesting enough that I can’t resist sharing 🙂 This Baby Sailboat quilt came from a Leisure Arts Publication, Quick Method – Classic Blue Quilts.  It’s quite old, but I found some copies online on eBay … and I wouldn’t be surprised to still see it on shelves at Jo-Ann. I think there’s a couple of interesting design...