In November, 14 quilters made 31 of these foundation paper-pieced rooster blocks, made in wild colors. They were won by Barb P. Complete guidelines and the abbreviated block directions are in this post:   Chickens Gone Wild in November     Blog posts about this month’s block are tagged with: rooster This post is our archive of how many blocks were made, who made them and who won them.   Blocks entered into Drawing:...

I don’t want to drag everyone through my internet saga, but … after the local phone company re-connected my DSL, it was so slow as to be unusable, so I called the cable company and had to wait 2 1/2 weeks for a Saturday appointment. This weekend, I was finally able to sit down and sew after something like 3 months. I wish I could tell those of you having printing problems how to resolve them … but, for whatever reason, I...

I will say now, this is NOT the hen block I designed for us, but given my lack of internet for two more weeks, my utter lack of energy and my generally frustrating life right now, I am linking to a pattern that is CLOSE enough to get us through. You may make a maximum of 9 blocks  for chances in the drawing at the end of the month. The target set size for the winners will be 48 blocks.   Block Pattern This paper-pieced block pattern by...

In October–in spite of some sketchy directions–11 quilters made 54 Dresden Fan blocks, won by Margaret.  Congratulations, again to Margaret and my thanks to everyone who persevered and made blocks in spite of the circumstances. 4 Blocks make a 12 inch Dresden Plate, like these, made by Cathy. Complete guidelines and the abbreviated block directions are in this post: Dresden Fans in October   The t ag for ALL blog posts about this...

First the good news – the winner of all 54 Dresden fan blocks is … MARGARET! As soon as I confirm her mailing address, we will be sending all our blocks to her. The bad news is that my internet problemsare back and I will be without internet until my new provider comes out and installs the new service … in two weeks! I will do my best to work around the problem, but it is bound to be...

If you made and posted blocks in September, you should have received email from me earlier today with the mailing info sheet. This post brought to you by Alice’s white rabbit … because, I’m late, I’m late, I’m...

If you have been reading my comments or have reached out to me, you know that I had a worst ever reaction (to cleaning products) after my previous landlord decided to illegally storm my house before I was out, bring in a carpet cleaning company and–essentially–poison me.   I had just found enough energy last week to start seriously unpacking, including my computer, so I could plug in and start getting caught up with life (and the Block Lotto!)...

Sorry for the delay … My move is not going well … But thanks to a recharged phone I can tell you that the winners of our barn door blocks are … Teresa Julie W Barbara S We ended up with 147 blocks which means you will each receive 49. Details to follow when I am on the other side of this.

This post is a placeholder just in case I don’t get unpacked and settled into my new place quickly enough … or there are problems with internet access or … I am just utterly exhausted and too brain dead to do what I plan to do … In October, we’re making 6 inch Dresden Fans. There is no pattern written yet, but … here are the templates you’ll need, created by Robin: robins-adjusted-dresden-templates...

September Block: Barn Door In September, 29 quilters made 147 Barn Door blocks, which were won by: Julie W Theresa Barbara S. This post is our archive of the blocks made and who made them. Barb P made this one. Complete guidelines and links to the Barn Door block pattern are in this post:     Seeing Red in September     Tag for ALL blog posts about this block: Barn Door Blocks entered into Drawing:   Barbara S – 1...

I sent my purple/gray Split 9-Patch blocks to Iowa, Georgia and California yesterday. Since September is already half gone–why do months pass so quickly when you have impending deadlines–if you haven’t already mailed your August blocks to the winners, please get them in the mail ASAP. And if you’re still planning to make blocks this month, we’ve got one week to go before the sneak peek deadline and 2 weeks until the drawing to...

There are a lot of new things going on in my life these days–most of it good but also way-too-stressful, and so if I am not as responsive as you expect for a while, that’s why.   I’ll share more later when the dust settles. In the meantime, I’ve been doing a little Block Lotto housekeeping. I’ve updated the in-progress layout for Old MacDonald’s Mystery Sampler quilt on the 2016 QAL page, adding the Barn Door...