The blocks I won are in a top and it will be going to the quilter real soon. So there is time to think about….. What color binding??? Julie P....

Here’s a start for the month I’m auditioning border fabrics for the blocks I won. This quilt will be for my future nephew due in March. Here are 4 to start…not sure about any of them. What do you think? Any suggestions? The far left is a molted batik Under that is a blue on blue bubble print Then on the right is blue stripes And lastly the electric green. These were some fabrics I had in the stash that I found quickly. There...

I finished up the second top from my tic-tac-toe winnings last year, and hope to get this quilted soon.  There were fun to play with — thanks again to all who made the blocks! Julie...

Today I did my block for the July (!) Bee I am in. One of the requirement for the block was to make a flower in the block so I thought I would use the African violet block from the blocklotto last month that I DIDN’T win as I loved that block so much and Sophie had nicely provided instructions for different sizes of blocks. I followed Ellie’s exampleof a pansy block but modified it slightly when I realised I made a mistake in the...

I’m going out of town this week and loved this month’s pattern so much that I tried to make a table topper for my host, who loves flowers. Sadly, my back started giving me trouble, so there is only ONE block for Black Lotto (Kim H.) and four 12″ blocks for me. At least I got in for the sneak peek deadline. But this does give me some time to think about how to quilt the top. I had thought to follow the outline of the flower and...

After a few misstepts, I now have added the borders to the quilt top, and I’m pleased with the outcome. I followed your suggestions with the green fern border with a thin blue line for a little oomph. Even though I have completed 4 or 5 quilt tops with borders, and have always added borders one layer at a time (including a large king size quilt), I decided crazily that it would save time to make a single long border strip by sewing the...

When Michelle posted her quilt top, 42 x 54 inches, made from our 3-patch Rectangles using 4 fabrics, finished from cutting to finished top in 3 hours 15 minutes . . . I wondered if a completely scrappy version would go as quickly.  The super rectangle table topper I planned to make started to feel like The Three-Hour Challenge. My little 18 x 27 inch table topper is made from nine 3-patch blocks cut from 27 fabrics (no fabric repeated.)  ...

As long as I’m being efficient and getting all my accumulated blocks made up into tops, etc, here’s something I finished today – the top with the red and white blocks I won from March’s lotto. This is probably a record for me in terms of the short length of time it took me from receiving the last set of blocks to assembling them into a top… Of course, it will be quite a while before the top is quilted, because...

I won these wonky Reeds last summer, and finally pulled them out of the UFO pile. I kept the darkest backgrounds at the bottom, and they fade to the white at the top. I hope to have a completed quilt...

I want to thank everyone who sent me blocks. I love them! The picture doesn’t have all of them in it, but a good many of them that I had received so far. Some of my off ones are in there too. What I am going to do is….. Put a quote about geocaching in it. The blocks and caching are international! It will read something like…. geocaching: using multi-million dollar satellites to find tupperware in the  woods So far I have my...

The final blocks arrived today. Thanks to Sophie and June for their wonderful blocks. As I had a day off work and was already sewing I decided to put them together this afternoon. The colours certainly look vibrant – I love them. I am looking at edging them with the blue and green fabrics pictured. This will have to wait though as I am back at work tomorrw and I will have to buy more of the blue fabric or something...

1. Fireworks blocks sent off yesterday to Linda. 2.  Basket blocks received from Sophie~~Thanks! First Basket Blocks top ready for quilter~~”Baskets of Love”  Thanks to all who sent these blocks!!! pattilou in...