I know I haven’t played along in a while. I wanted to show you what I designed using the ideas of blocks from December and January. I had appliqued my dots on 10 1/2 inch squares (the dots were a little too big so I didn’t enter them in the lotto). Then in January I made the lotto blocks and had fun with them… The idea of this quilt came then. I cut the 10 1/2 inch dot squares wonky (so the dots aren’t centered) and made...

If you have been around the Block Lotto long enough, then you can probably guess just how long ago I started this project . . . if you haven’t, I’ll tell you that the 6 inch 16-Patch and Stamp Basket blocks were blocks we made (in different colorways) in April and June, 2008. I pulled the UFO out of my project chest and finished it as part of the Friday Night Sew-in. Today I posted a link to the (free) pattern on which it’s...

I know it’s a shamefully long time ago, but I thought those of you who made and sent me cherry-chocolate framed pinwheels when I won the lotto in August 2008 might like to see what has become of your handiwork. Apologies for the dodgy picture – the quilt is currently laid out on the floor in our spare room, half-way through being basted before quilting. I tried rotating the picture, but it just looked weird… It’s...

Hello everyone!  I have not been able to swap with anyone because of my schedule with the kids and my college classes…but I got spring fever today and made this month’s blocks for a quilt for myself.  I thought I would post my layout as an idea for the winner!  I personally liked method three (the stack and slash method) the best when making the blocks!...

I finished my first tic-tac-toe quilt, using 9 of the blocks that I received from the January lotto.  (The quilt itself is actually square, although that’s not completely obvious in this photo.)  I mirrored the wonky blocks in the setting, and then continued the theme in the quilting.  I echo-quilted the lines in each of the blocks. I love these blocks – they are so nice and bright.  I can’t wait to finish my plans for the...

Mary K gave me permission to share this photo of her completed lotto block quilt.  Like this month, these lotto blocks–from January, 2007–were also made in pairs. I think the resulting quilt seems so much more complex than the simple Double 4-Patch blocks. In January, we made 275 Tic-Tac-Toe blocks which was a new high for the Block Lotto, but for a long time, these blue and white blocks, from January, 2007, represented the Block Lotto high...

Here are a few shots of the baby quilt I made with the pink polka-dot blocks I won. It’s done and ready to ship off to my cousin Sarah, who just had a baby girl. The first 3 photos are of the wonky but fun quilting I did on your blocks and the final, of course, is the finished quilt. It was fun to make! Thanks for the great blocks....

Hello all, Here is my finished quilt made from my September 2009 block lotto winnings…...

Thought you guys might like to see the finished top of  the baby quilt I made with the same pattern as this month’s blocks.  When I get it quilted, I will post more up close pictures so you can see the cute fabrics. Can’t wait to see who the winner...

 Faced with making quilts from the Asian star blocks AND the polka-dot blocks I was lucky enough to win two months in a row I decided to combine my booty and make one twin-sized quilt for my 10-year-old son Peter. I was able to buy a sparkly Asian-feeling green striped fabric for the sashing—-green’s his favorite color. And I grouped the blocks in sets of 4, with 2 dots and 2 stars each, to balance the patterns and make it more...

    Many of you may be wondering just what this project has to do with the block lotto, but a while back (October 2007, according to Sophie’s handy guide), I was lucky enough to win a set of batik sawtooth stars in the block lotto. It’s taken a little while to finish making something with them, but I reckon it was worth the wait! The stars themselves are gorgeous, and I had quite a hard time working out what I wanted to do with...

  I just added the borders to the Milky Way blocks I won. I love my quilt. Thank you all so much! It is going to finish at about 66″ x 74″, it is a good throw...