I also could not make the link work in the March instructions.  Here is a direct link to the Michael Miller free pattern.  Even with linking to this, it would not download at first; I had to “retry”.  https://www.google.com/#q=bubbly+blooms  

I can’t seem to download the PDF for the “Blooms”.  Am I doing something wrong?

Sophie – I did not receive the Sneak Peek – am I in the drawing this month?  I posted one block.

I’ve been seeing double 9-patches around blogland.  Besides Dena’s sweet redwork quilt, another quilter from our group, Kathy,  also recently shared a double 9-patch project (which, because I follow her blog, I know she made before the block was announced).  See the Double 9-Patch blocks in the corners of her table topper? Clicking the photos in this post will take you to the blog post where I found them, if you want to read more. I...

When I added Kate’s blocks to my lotto block-tracking spread sheet, I noticed that we’ve made a total of 2222 blocks in 2014.   I am easily impressed, but that number blew me away and made me smile. And all of you helped 🙂

After I probably spent too much time last night cutting up Helen’s photo into virtual blocks, I couldn’t resist creating examples of two approaches to designing a sampler quilt. I promise that I’ll stop now … and get busy working on the sneak peek for tomorrow (yikes!) In both quilts, I assumed there will be 4 Mug blocks (I used each of Helen’s blocks twice). The first example is a Medallion-style, very symmetrical...

She made it look like too much fun … and so here’s my first idea for Helen’s blocks (a sampler style setting with each group of 4 blocks sewn into a 4-patch with a neutral colored fabric used for sashing and...

  I couldn’t help myself, I printed out the picture of Helen’s blocks. (Sophie gave me the idea)  I tried laying them out in different ways. This was fun to do on a cold, rainy morning…waiting for the sun to come...

Is it acceptable to use holiday fabrics for the Big O? I am working on a few holiday quilts, and some of the leftovers are pretty darn cute. But, I don’t want to use them if people who win wouldn’t like holiday…

I put most of the woven bar blocks up on my design wall so everyone can see how they look together.  I like the idea of using black sashing because it becomes part of the overall pattern and pulls all the blocks together.  What do you all think? Any suggestions 😉 Again, thank you to the makers for  the  blocks.  I really like they all look together.  I have 13additional blocks I could not fit on this  48″x48″ design wall so...

Remember the great color palette, suggested by Debbie, that we used for our Bead-on-a-String blocks in February and just how hard it was to find fabrics in that brownish-red color? (If you weren’t around then, you can see photos of the blocks made by sneak seekers in my Flickr album: Bead-on-a-String Virtual Blocks I think it’s going to become easier to find those earthy reds soon … I just saw Pantone’s Color of the Year...

I have spent the afternoon sitting in one end of my COLD studio, huddled next to the electric heater, while plumbers work at replacing the heating system in the other end of the space (with the garage door at that end of the studio space OPEN!) While I waited, I spent part of the day working on the virtual quilt. I’ve updated the December 1 post with the block photos from the sneak peekers and some of the blocks posted in the last couple...