These blocks have sat in my to do pile for almost a year, I am so excited to have finished this quilt and be snuggling underneath it. 🙂

My mother won block lotto in January and we’ve had a wonderful time together piecing the quilt with the winnings. I hope no one is offended….but since the inspiration for the quilt was tomatoes and limes and the pattern was Tall Fly, we’ve started calling the quilt ‘Tomato Flies’. Several of the blocks were smaller than they were supposed to be but with the stripes we were able to fool the eye into believing all...

I know the Lotto drawing for the Steps hasn’t even happened yet, but I made some for myself and I have a finish to share. The first pictures was taken in the house and shows it complete, but the outside picture shows the colors better. Like Sophie, I seldom use black as a binding but the graphic feel and the grays in this quilt made me feel that the black would work. Pssst! I have to admit I did extra blocks of the “Tall Fly”,...

This lovely show-and-tell arrived via email today. This 14-inch quiltlet was made by L. Kelley.  I am sharing it with her permission.  She had this to say about it: I made a small “quiltlet” wall hanging for the friend who introduced me to African Violets 40+ years ago.  I used the 4 inch block, so the quilt is about 14 x 14.  If you look closely, you might see that I free-motion quilted 3 of the flowers with an iridescent thread to...

I finished up the 24-inch pillow shams Friday night and sent them through the washer/drier yesterday for some crinkly goodness.  I blogged about this Block Lotto Inspired Project a few days ago.  Here’s the finished product. I backed them with some old Hoffman Challenge fabric and used one of the darkest purples in the pillows for the binding. Since one of my cats, Johnny,  has come to believe it’s his birthright to go out onto the...

It is a dark and gloomy day here. So this isn’t the best of pictures, but you get the idea. This quilt is for a very good friend of ours. He was so excited about the quilt, he went shopping all on his own to pick out the sashing/border fabrics. He was in the Navy during the Vietnam War, and is a big fan of the St. Louis Rams. He thought these colors would be perfect. I was going to add a little more to the top and bottom so it would be...

I’ve finished the flimsy for my second quilt made from the hot cross 9-patch blocks I won from last April. This one is set on point and has no border. I think I prefer it to my first one but like that it is different. More about it on my blog. I was very motivated to make some significant progress before my heart blocks from February start arriving! Sounds like some are already on their way...

  I love this quilt. I don’t know why the picture is sideways. Thank you Block Lotto...

I really like the low volume string hearts this month and made enough to have a topper for my dresser. It just needs the binding and then it will be...

This one is definitely a case of “finished is better than perfect.” Today, I finished my doll quilt, made from mini-Tall Shoo Fly blocks. If you would like to make your own mini-version of our Tall Shoo Fly block, here are the measurements you need to cut fabrics for one 3 by 4 inch block (finished size). From BACKGROUND Fabric: Two 1 ½ -inch squares Two 2-inch squares * Two 1 ½ by 2 ½ inch rectangles From SHOO FLY fabric, cut: Two...

I’ve finished the first of 2 quilts from last April’s winnings – Hot Cross 9 Patch. More on my blog, if you’re...

One of the things I really appreciate about Sophie’s designs are that she knows the usefulness of scraps.  Here is a little quilt I made from the trimmings from this month’s string hearts.  The triangle squares are leftovers from another project, too.  It makes me think of the conversation candy hearts that are out for Valentine’s...