Lately, I’ve been thinking about my fabric stash and how little fabric I’ve had to purchase lately because I can almost always find what I need in my own fabric collection. I know some quilters that buy fabrics for a specific project and toss or give away the left-overs … but I suppose I am closer to the ladies in the cartoon. How about you?  Do you have a fabric stash?  When you start a new project, do you turn to your stash,...

I am so Happy! I just won the  Block Lotto and March’s block was a real learning experience for me! Oh Wow! Next month I will be receiving 13 beautiful  quilt blocks called ‘Chained Star’. I am keeping my own blocks for a total of 17 Blocks …and I made 2 blocks extra to keep because I liked them that much! …almost a full quilt YAY! I am grateful for Jean Sophie Wood… for all her creativity and  hard work in...

Yipppiiieehhhh, that’s beginners luck!!!!!!! I am so happy and I am looking forward  to receive these wonderful blocks Thank you so much 😀 😀 😀

I received a lovely thank you card from Helen in the mail …………………. Thank you for the Thank You, Helen 🙂 Cheers, CathyC

Received more Beads on a String…Thank You! to Charlene from Canada and Tracy from WA!! Tracy enclosed a quilt raffle ticket 🙂 and Charlene some lovely flowers which made me think of Spring! Sew  Sweet!! Thank you, thank you!!! Marie

When I made my blocks for the lotto, I started thinking about making a quilt from these blocks in scrappy greens which led me to start thinking about the ways to make the block scrappy. The easiest, most straightforward approach would be to cut the background fabrics from different greens. You could also make it more scrappy by making the large 4 1/2 by 6 1/2-inch rectangles from two or more pieces. You could look at the block differently and...

Someone emailed me yesterday and asked for help making the Quarter-square Triangles (QST) that form the points for the star center in this month’s block.   She was cutting them larger and trimming to size and kept ending up with points that were a little unequal. I realized that the main reason that I, personally, usually do NOT cut larger when making these is because trimming them to size can be fiddly because you have to make sure the...

Because quite a few quilters have already made their Star Chain blocks and assembled their first Module(s), I thought I would go ahead and publish the complete information for the March update. This month, we add Star Chain blocks to our quilts and assemble the first module.  Here are the blocks you’ll need so far Small Crib Throw Twin F/Q King Star Chain Blocks 1 2 2 3 4 5 Bead-on-a-String 3 6 7 10 13 17 Double Chevron Blocks 1 2 3 4 6 8...

Greetings! As a newbie at Block Lotto, I am learning the ins and outs of posting/ sharing. So after seeing someone post the first module, I assembled three to share. My Mod Mod QAL blocks are made from my fabric  stash. I have resolved NOT to buy fabric. So this will definitely be a scrappy quilt....

If you follow my personal blog, Sophie Junction, then you know I’ve been making an Oak Leaf Block of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Here are my blocks for January through March, in scrappy blues, pinks and teals. My blocks are 10 x 15 inches–not one of the four sizes for which I had measurements for cutting. Mostly so that I don’t have to remember or think about it each month, I added that size to the chart at the end of...

As soon as I see March on the horizon, I start thinking about the arrival of Spring. And Spring makes me think about wildflowers blooming, fresh asparagus, packing away my wool sweaters and unpacking linen and silk clothing, gardening and new inspiration for quilts. I put together this mosaic of images from Flickr of some of the things I think of, when I think Spring. 1. Spring Fantasy, 2. Sure sign of Spring – Robin – Bird, 3....

  I’d love some input here from those with experience-  do you feel the cream TOT as background will make this too bright and in your face?  Do you think a darker background would work better ie. a cardboardy tone beige? My Fabrics are pretty bright. I want to start sewing and I really need to get cutting but, I am not experienced and I am hesitating here…sometimes that is a red flag for me so I thought I’d put it out...