I decided to forgo sending my Rail blocks by rail (wink) and sent them instead via the USPS. Three each were mailed today to each of the winners and should arrive by the weekend.

These Summer Reading blocks were so fun, that I had to do six. I loves me a good book…. or a good book block.  The first shot is all six blocks. You’ll notice that to three of them I added “book titles”. These were taken from selvages. I trimmed down the selvages (I only use the tightly-woven ones) and stitched on with a short 1.0-1.5 stitch length.  This is a technique I used successfully in my Reading Rainbow Quilt, which you can see on...

Here are my 9 Rail Variation blocks for May. These were quick and fun. I even found some blue and green fabric from the seventies that was perfect for a few of the squares . Can you tell which fabric it is? (No, it’s not the carousel horses – that was from the nineties, LOL).  These are all for a chance in the...

Today, Tuesday May 8, I mailed my blocks to both Karen in South Africa and Kristin in California. Kristin should receive hers on Friday, and Karen’s will take 2 weeks (6-10 business days) to get to South Africa, and then it’s up to their postal service from there.

I had fun pulling the scraps and playing with these blocks for April. I wish the outdoors was as sunny as these blocks! Here are my six for the...

The truth is that all three of my Susannah’s ran off with the mailman today. The rumor has it that they’re on their way to Robin and should be there by the weekend. I’m sure Robin will set them straight when they arrive. On the other hand, she might set them on point. Sorry/not sorry for the puns. 🙂

First, sorry I’m a couple hours late. The Easter Egg Hunts went on a bit longer than I was led to believe by my family and the Easter Bunny. Sheesh! But we have two winners. I randomized the list of 83 block entries (of the total 90 made; 7 were donation blocks). Then the resulting order was put into Mr. Random Number Generator, and he picked number 67, then number 1, which corresponded to: ROBIN and NEEDLED MOM Congratulations, Ladies. Thank...

Hi Ladies! Did you think this month would never end?!? LOL – I did! Anyway, tomorrow is the 31st and I will be drawing for two winners at noon (MDT). So if you haven’t finished your Susannah blocks (or want to add more), you have until then to get them posted. In the meantime, please check out the list of blocks donated this month (the link is in At a Glance) to make sure you are listed correctly. We are up to 91 blocks so far. Wow! And...

My four Little Orphan Blockies have begun their journey to their new home with Kathleen in Oregon. I know they’ll have fun there!

The original instructions for the March Susannah block had one picture flipped in error (or as I like to say, “by misssssssssnake”). Anyway, that has now been fixed. The link will now take you to the corrected tutorial, or you can access it here: BlockLottoSusannah. Thanks for bearing with me!

This is our tally post for the March 2018 Susannah Blocks posted. Total Blocks as of March 30:    90   For a chance in the drawing: (83) KarenN – 3 Barbara – 4 Cathy L – 8 Kathy S – 8 Margaret – 3 Nann – 8 Sukay – 5 Jude – 3 Christa – 1 KathieL – 4 Linda – 4 Julie P – 2 Pat KK – 8 Marsha R – 2 Julie W – 4 Robin – 4 Neayact – 1 Desert Sky...

Welcome to March at the Block Lotto! To celebrate the eventual arrival of spring (in the Northern Hemisphere, that is) and all things Irish in March, our block this month is heavy on the greens. It’s  fun and easy and offers a lot of design potential. For March, we’ll be making the traditional block, “Oh Susannah!”, but we’re simplifying the name to Susannah. The finished block will be 8”, but should measure 8.5” as sewn. The inspiration and...