A hearty start to the new year
When Sophie sent the sneak peek I took a break from the Quiltville mystery and made nine heart blocks. Now I can post the...
read moreWhat Do You Love? January’s Heart Block
I was thinking about New Year’s Resolutions and thought how it seemed we mostly focus on negative things that we want to change to make better, rather than the positive things that, if we found a way to have more of in our lives, would make us even happier. I was led me to the idea of making heart blocks this month after asking myself the question, What do you love? followed by, How can you have more of that in your life? Those are my three blocks in the photo, photo-bombing by my cat Grace Hopper, who is also loudly protesting...
read moreBlock Lotto O’s Top Finished
I was so excited to win these blocks the first month I joined Block Lotto, in January 2015. Here is the finished top.
read moreDecember 2016 Recap
In December, 29 quilters made 195 Cross-cut String blocks, which were won by: Lori Barb P Margaret Mary (AKA Needled Mom) Congratulations, again, to our winners. Complete guidelines and the block directions are in this post: Cross-Cut Strings in December Tag for ALL blog posts about December’s block: strings Here is the list of the 195 blocks made and posted who made them: Blocks entered into Drawing: Barb P – 4 *** Winner #2 *** Barbara S – 1 Carol – 6 Cathy L – 9 Elizabeth -9 Ginny –...
read moreThe Last Winners of 2016 are …
Thanks to almost 30 blocks posted yesterday, we ended the month with a total of 195 blocks. And the winners are: Here are your winners: Lori – 49 blocks Barb P – 49 blocks Margaret – 49 blocks Mary – 48 blocks Congratulations to your all! Curiously both Lori and Mary also won blocks from the FIRST month of 2016. The winners should expect email from me later today, confirming their address and asking how many of their own blocks they choose to keep. Everyone else who made blocks the month will receive the...
read moreStill here, still stitching (a little)
So, nothing like leaving it to the last minute…but I like this sort of block and always have loads of scraps on hand, and, more importantly, have finally finished the sewing project which was hanging over me, preventing me from feeling I could do anything else before it was done. It’s been a very busy year for me – very little time at home coupled with a bad virus during one of my holiday weeks – and I don’t think I’ve played in the lotto at all until now. However, better late than never, and perhaps 2017...
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String Blocks
Nine string blocks from me for this month’s lotto! These sewed up really fast and fun, and used up a lot of the strips left over from this month’s main (Christmas) sewing projects. The pieced string makes it a neat variation on rail fences. I can definitely see myself sewing these again. Thanks for the block,...
read moreJust a few last minute strings
Here are three that I’ve made just for the pot. I know these ‘made’ fabric blocks are very popular, but not particularly with me, so they should go to someone who will enjoy them. I doubt that I’ll make the January blocks because in looking through the few strips that I have, very few are red....
read moreDecember String Blocks
String blocks are always fun to make from scraps. I’m adding six more to the pot. ...
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