In March, 42 quilters made 266 Steps blocks, which were won by, Mary Jane, Kathie, Ginny, Jeanne, Erin and Rachel. Three newbies joined us in March–welcome again to Glenna, Kristen, and Melissa and welcome back, Theresa. Guidelines Complete guidelines are here: A Rectangular Log Cabin Variation Tag Tag for ALL blog posts about this month’s block: Steps The Blocks and who made them Blocks entered into Drawing: Ana – 2 Barbara – 1 Christa –...

Congrats to the following quilters: 1 – Mary Jane 2 – Kathie 3 – Ginny 4 – Jeanne 5 – Erin 6 – Rachel Please be on the lookout for an email from Sophie…she confirms the winners’ addresses and then we will get mailing instructions. Happy Easter! Andi in Arizona

I’ve sent the numbered list of names to Andi, who is our winner-picker this month.  She’ll generate random integers for SIX winners and post the results here later today.  Four winners will win 49 blocks and two winners will win a smaller set of 35 blocks. Good Luck to everyone.

If you are one of the 34 quilters that have made some of the 224 Steps blocks for the Block Lotto so far this month, you should have email from me with the guidelines and directions for making the April block. It’s also a good time to double check that you’re on the list and that the number of blocks I have attributed to you is correct on the At-a-Glance page … and if you chose to contribute blocks but not participate in the...

FYI … The Block Lotto site was unavailable for some hours yesterday because of a power distribution effecting the Data Center in Southern California where the servers live that host our site. If you ever can’t reach the site, please DO email me about it and I’ll track down an update for you.

Google Reader users everywhere are looking at the alternatives.  Three popular choices are: Feedly The Old Reader  (based on an old version of Google Reader) Bloglovin’ I’m personally playing with Feedly (on my computer and my iPad/iPhone) but I’m looking at these others, too, since there’s time to look around before Google Reader goes away. Here’s the link that Bloglovin’ requires in order to “claim...

In March, we’re choosing colors to mix with gray and white and putting together this simplified version of a log cabin blocks that I’m calling STEPS. Nan made this  lovely example. The assembly is like the Courthouse Steps variation of the log cabin block. The block itself most resembles a block published by the Ladies Art Company in 1895 as Whitehouse Steps. Download the print-friendly directions here: Steps Block Pattern For those...

   In February, 25 quilters made 114 Low Volume String Hearts, which were won by, Laurina, Kate and Marybeth. Congratulations to our three winners. Guidelines Complete guidelines are here: Low Volume Love in February Tag Tag for ALL blog posts about this month’s block: String Heart  The Blocks and who made them Blocks entered into Drawing: Christa – 1 Erin – 3 Gail – 2 Helen – 1 Julie P – 5 Kate – 5  ***WINNER *** Kathie – 3 Kathleen – 9...

Where did February go?  Apparently it was long enough for 25 quilters to make 114 blocks, of which 26 were donated without a chance in the draw, leaving 88 blocks that counted. I decided that we’d split the blocks among three winners, with 38 blocks going to each.  This is lower than my usual “target” set size (of 49 this year), but it felt right for these blocks. … and the Winners are: Laurina Kate Marybeth (MB)...

I’ve changed the days that the Linky Tool on the Weekend Update posts will be active to keep it open through Monday (US Mountain Time). So, the Weekend Update will post on Friday, with the Linky Tool active Friday-through-Monday.

If you have made and posted heart blocks this month, you should have received email from me with the information for the March block. As usual, this is a good time to check the list on the At-a-Glance page to make sure you’re on the list if you should be; that the number of blocks I have attributed to you is correct; and that if you have made blocks but don’t want to be included in the drawing, that I have captured that correctly,...

If you made Tall Shoo Fly blocks, you should have received email from me earlier today with the Mailing Info sheet. If you didn’t receive it, let me know ASAP. If you have it and found a mistake in your information, let me know ASAP.