I cannot believe we are already one week away from April … but here we are and I have sent out the sneak peek (with advance information about the April block) to everyone who has made and posted their March blocks. As always, if you made and posted blocks and didn’t receive the sneak peek email (or haven’t made blocks, but DID receive it by mistake), please let me know ASAP. In March we’ll be using: White solid or...

First, the embarrassing part.  I FINALLY mailed my double 9-Patch blocks from January YESTERDAY. My apologies to the January winners. Earlier today, I sent email to everyone who made blocks in February with the mailing info for those blocks.  (And now, I’m going to pack my Arrow block up, address the envelope and mail MUCH earlier this month.)

In March, we are making 9-inch square raw-edged fused appliqué Flower blocks in three variations. Helen  made this one. The directions for making this block (with the changes noted below) can be found in Michael Miller Fabric’s free quilt pattern: Bubbly Blooms We will be making these changes in the pattern for the Block Lotto 1. Fabrics for your lotto blocks should be: Background – cream/tan tone-on-tone fabrics or other low volume...

The block for February, 2015 was a 4/12 by 18-inch long rectangle (finished size) Arrow block. Margaret made these three arrow blocks. 33 quilters made a total of 132 blocks won by three winners: Dagmar, Kim and Jude. Complete guidelines and link to the pattern are in this post: Cupid’s Arrows will Fly in February Tag for ALL blog posts about this month’s block: Arrow   This post is our archive of the blocks made and who made...

And the winners of the arrow blocks, as determined by the random integer generator on random.org,  are: Dagmar Kim Jude Each will receive a total of 43 arrow blocks. Congratulations! Look for email from me later today verifying your mailing address and asking how many of your own blocks you’d like to keep.

My computer is in the shop–I finally gave up on figuring it out and took it to an expert, so I am now in wait and see mode. I’ve done my best without my usual tools to send out the sneak peek. If you should have received it, but didn’t (or vice-versa), please let me know.  

If you made and posted Double 9-Patch blocks in January, you should have received email from me with the mailing info. If not, please let me know ASAP. As always, if you can mail early, it is appreciated by the winners and also by me.

In February, I reveal the second block size we will be making this year: a long 4 1/2 by 18 inch (finished size) rectangle. I made this one. Looking forward, in 2015, there will be 8 square 9 inch blocks and 4 long rectangular blocks with these dimensions. This block offers the opportunity to work with skinny strips, make half-square triangles and use snowball corners to create angular shapes. The fabric guidelines and directions for making the...

The block for January, 2015 was a 9-inch square (finished size) Double 9-Patch block. Sharon made this one. 47 quilters made a total of 181 blocks in January, which were won by Elizabeth, Laurie, Marianne and Nann. Complete guidelines for this month and link to the pattern are here: New Year, New Block   This Month’s Tag Tag for ALL blog posts about the January block: Double 9 The Blocks and who made them Blocks entered into Drawing:...

My computer is still broken … and I have given up on figuring it out myself and will be taking to a local guy next week. In the meantime, I have discovered the Random.org app for my phone which I used to pick the January winners:   Marianne – 48 blocks Elizabeth – 48 blocks   Nann – 48 blocks     Laurie – 37 blocks   Congratulations!  Look for email from me...

My computer is dead and sending out the sneak peek was a bit of a challenge without it … it has been mailed, but I may have used an old email address and so if you have the time, please take a moment to make sure you received it (and email me if you have not). I will try to add the latest blocks to the at-a-glance page today with my phone or iPad … and then I’ll be asking you to double check that the blocks I have for you are...

If you made blocks in December, you should have email from me with the mailing info you need to send them to 1 or more of our 6 winners. Please let me know ASAP if you didn’t receive the email or if you see an error in the mailing info sheet.