Gorgeous Scrappy Stars Arrive from South Africa
Gorgeous scrappy stars arrived from Karen N. in South Africa today. Such beautiful fabrics were used.
read moreNine Fireballs for the Drawing
I enjoyed making the January blocks — the colors provided heat during a nice steady snow here in Michigan. A good time to hole up and get serious about sewing and sharing. Thanks, Sophie, for the inspiration and good instructions.
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Well, these are just like (insert your favorite snack here), totally addictive. I pulled a bunch of red and white strips and couldn’t stop until they were all gone! One of my 2019 goals is to get serious about clearing out some scraps that have been waiting their turn far too long and Sophie’s Drunken Fireballs layout inspired me. I plan to give it a chance to make them shine. In the meantime, my schedule is full so these are for...
read moreFireball blocks
Here are my 8 blocks for the lottery. I love that the color parameters make me work with colors that I usually avoid. And digging through my scraps is like visiting old friends.
read more6 fireballs from me
Here are 6 from me for the drawing. I’ve been away for awhile, fixing up vintage sewing machines instead of sewing, but I’ve been following along. Had to include a picture of my favorite machine for paper piecing now. This is the 99K I restored – love piecing small things on the hand crank Great block, as always –...
read moreDecember Scrappy Stars — More Arrive
More December Scrappy Stars arrived to snowy Ohio from Cathy L. in Iowa. I love the ice cream sandwich fabric and all of the fish fabrics! There’s also another GORGEOUS purple block. Thank you, Cathy!
read morescrappy stars welcome
More scrappy stars have arrived over the past couple of days. Thank you Carol M., Cathy L., and Teresa! I am looking forward to putting these great blocks together. I’ve been thinking of setting them on point. Also considered the ideas that Sophie shared in her post! I am busy trying to finish my Good Fortune Mystery quilt. Su, Quiltin’ in Michigan
read moreStars Mailed
Thought I would try the new editor to say I mailed star blocks to the winners and they should arrive tomorrow, Jan. 17. As an FYI I use Chrome as my browser and it denotes this site as “not secure” so it takes awhile to load. I don’t see how to add tags or categories right now. I went back to edit and saw the categories and tags come up under the settings tab so added them now.
read moreBlocks received from Karen B.
Gorgeous, scrappy purple stars have arrived from Karen B. in Florida. Seriously, who knew there were so many gorgeous purple fabrics out there? I love all the variety. Thank you, Karen.
read moreA finished quilt from 2013
Even though I posted my flimsy from the Boomer boys and girls block win from 2013 some time ago, it has taken some time for a completed quilt to be achieved. But here it is. This time my husband took and edited the photo. This is his favourite quilt from Block Lotto. Thanks again to everyone who made this happen, such kindness. Best wishes Margaret...
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