Once again, a month in which it looks like I won’t have time for lotto blocks – I sure hope I get some sewing time soon, before I explode!  But it’s lovely watching everyone make (and win) blocks – perhaps in December there will be time for me to play!

  The author of the tutorial for this sweet tree quilt uses a completely different technique for making her little X blocks (AKA quilty cross stitch blocks), but look what she made from them … and think about what we could make from the Easy-X blocks! Find the tutorial here:  The Tree is Trimmed. If you used our 7 inch Easy X blocks in this layout, you’d have a bed quilt (70 by 84 inches) … wouldn’t it make a fun...

It might just be a side-effect of my long frustrating day, but I don’t recognize the name of the winner of our giveaway and I’m assuming she’s a Block Lotto lurker: MARTY ASKINS November 3, 2014 at 5:58 AM I not big on birthday celebrations, my husband took me out to a very nice dinner and surprised me that both of our sons & their girlfriends showed up. I hope you have a great birthday & enjoy whatever you want to do...

The deadline for entering the giveaway has passed, so if you posted a comment or sent me email because you couldn’t post a comment you are in. The drawing will be later today because I am following everyone’s advice and following up after my accident. After spending 2 hours on the phone with the insurance company who covered the car that hit me when walking across the street last week, I am now biding my time at an Urgent Care...

As usual, I’m seeing variations of our Easy X block everywhere.  Here are a couple I really like: Siggie squares made like one of the quarters in the Easy X (use the plain fabric for the X-fabric and sign it when you’re done. Which reminds me … would anyone be interested in a signature squares swap sometime next year? I always wanted to make one of these and would love to have signs from the Block Lotto community.  ...

I took my woven bars blocks for Debbie and Nancy to the post office yesterday. Work, weather and life conspired to make me later than I’d like this month … which always makes me feel like I’m telling you all, “do what I say, not what I do.”  I promise to be a better example next month. If you haven’t yet mailed your October blocks, please get them in the mail soon (unless, of course, you’ve been hit by...

When I saw this sampler quilt on Barbara Brackman’s blog I thought of the MMQAL. Read more about it here: http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2014/11/elbe-herbert-johnsons-sampler.html Nann

Here’s what almost done looks like on my design wall.   I’m never home anymore when there’s enough natural light in my sewing space … so the photo isn’t the best.   As you can see, this month’s Easy X blocks are used in pairs in my quilt layout. I’ll post the official update with all the layouts this...

I don’t think I will play this month! I’ve been working on a variation of this block as a Christmas Gift. Just wanted to share mine! Enjoy!...

I have a birthday coming up this month and it’s a big one … the kind with a big fat ZERO at the end of it. I haven’t yet decided how I will be celebrating … so here’s your chance to give me some ideas and win something nice for yourself. Someone from the group–who asked to be anonymous–has put together this prize package for one lucky winner.  There are some nice fat quarters, YLI silk thread, a couple of Sulkys,...

I am usually better at mentioning the traditional names for blocks, even when I’m not a stickler for always using them. This month’s block is historically known as Road to Tennessee.  Andie has a tutorial for making a 9 inch scrappy version from charm squares on her blog here: Road to Tennessee Block Tutorial...

I love the happy coincidences that happens when you have an idea and then start seeing it over and over … as a reminder or a push to move forward.   Yesterday Julie W sent a photo of the November blocks she’d made, including a mistake block–made by re-arranging the 4 units that make up the Easy X block.    She thought it was an interesting option for people using this block for their own quilts.   Apparently, Cathy thought...