Sorry for the delay…I hope no one was holding their breath, lol.  Drum roll please… 1st Winner is Linda N!!!  She will receive 56 blocks. 2nd Winner is Mary Jane!!!  She will receive 50 blocks. 3rd Winner is Sharon K!!! She will receive 50 blocks. 4th Winner is Cathy L!!! She will receive 49 blocks. Look for an email soon from Sophie – she needs to confirm a mailing address for the winners and then we will get  a message with...

The deadline for entering blocks into the drawing this week has passed and I’ve sent the list to Andi to choose the winners. If you’re in the drawing, you might want to cross your fingers. We made a total of 205 blocks this month which will be split among 4 winners.

If you are one of the 29 quilters who have made and posted photos of their tall stars this month … you should have sneak peek email from me with the guidelines and directions for the September block. Let me know ASAP if you should have received the sneak peek but don’t have it. If you have received your sneak peek, great!  Don’t forget, it’s a secret until September 1. It’s also that time of the month when I ask...

Just a friendly reminder … Tomorrow at noon (east coast US time) is the deadline for posting photos of your blocks if you want to receive the sneak peek email with info about the September block. That said, it will probably be later in the day before I can send out the email to everyone … It’s been a crazy week and I’m not as prepared as I would like to be.

The mailing info has been sent to everyone who made I-Spy House blocks in July.

 Our lotto block for August is a rectangular adaptation of Bonnie Hunter’s Maverick Star. We’ll be using her block pattern with one small change (described further down this post): Maverick Stars This month’s block is a great example of one way to turn a change the size/proportions of a quilt block pattern. As usual, you may make up to a maximum of 9 blocks for chances in the drawing at the end of the month.  As always, if you...

In July, 33 quilters made 120 I-Spy House blocks, won by Michelle, Pat K and Maria.  Congratulations ladies! In July, Cathy joined the Block Lotto and made her first blocks; Michelle and Liz returned to the Block Lotto.  Welcome and welcome back! Complete guidelines for July with links to the block directions are in this post. In July, a Neighborhood party of I-Spy Houses The tag for ALL blog posts about the July block is: I-Spy House Archive...

Of the 120 blocks made this month by 33 quilters, 24 were donated to the pot, leaving 96 chances in the drawing today.  Because these blocks will likely be used in kids projects, I decided to divide them into three slightly=smaller-than-usual sets of 40 blocks, which I believe will still give the winners enough to play with and, if they want, use only those that fit their quilt design idea. This month, I ordered the names in the list based on...

I’ve been updating things. The list of blocks made this year, with links to the block patterns and blog posts that are (correctly) on the 2013 Block Index page has been updated.   Especially if, now that you’ve seen/made more than half of the blocks … you decide to make a sample of this year’s blocks, you can now find the pattern link in one place. I’ve updated the at-a-glance page and all the blocks made and...

In July, we’ll be using a basic house shape as a frame for I-Spy images to create a row of houses with interesting occupants and other items. This 6-inch by 9-inch (finished size) simple house block is a simple house outline with fussy cut fabrics used for door and/or window(s). Directions for the basic approach are here: I-Spy House Block Directions Block Guidelines All our blocks should have the following characteristics: The block is 6...

Sorry for the delay … the winners for June will each receive a set of 39 blocks. And the winners are: Maree Nann Vivi Congratulations!   Look for email from me soon.

I’ve had a few things come up, but I still plan to send out the sneak peek email (to everyone who has made and posted Tall Ships blocks) before I go to bed tonight …  I will update this message when the mail has been sent. Sorry for the delay.   Update:  The sneak peek email had been sent.  If you should have received it but didn’t, please let me know ASAP.