A few people have emailed me to apologize or explain why they didn’t make this month’s block or how they tried and failed or how they would have made this block using a different technique like appliqué. Honestly, while it makes me happy when I choose a block, technique and/or color way that everyone wants to make and we end up with enough blocks for a handful of winners, I don’t take it personally when my choices are not at...

The sneak peek has been emailed to everyone who has made and posted blocks so far this month. It’s a very small, exclusive list … As usual, if you should have received it but didn’t (or vice-versa), please let me know.  It’s also a good time to make sure that the blocks I have attributed to you on the at-a-glance page is correct.

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Here are my three blocks for the Block Lotto this month. As for catching up with everything … my plan is to send out the mailing info for the bullseye blocks and update the at-a-glance and QAL pages sometime tomorrow.  Thanks for...

Ordinarily, I probably wouldn’t force two curved improv blocks upon you in two consecutive months, but this month’s block is such a good match for the Rainbow Scraps Challenge colors and one does build upon the skills learned/practiced on the other, so I hope it won’t be too much of a hardship.   I promise … August will mark a return to more traditional techniques. In July, we will combine improv curves with bias to make...

In June, 33 quilters made 212 improv bullseye quarters, which were won by Julie P, Kristin, Maree and Mariella. Complete guidelines and links to the block pattern are in this post:   Improv Fun in June   The tag for ALL blog posts about this block is bullseye.   This post and this list is an archive of blocks made in June 2016, who made them and who won them.  Total Blocks: 212 Blocks entered into Drawing: Barb P – 8...

The winners of the improv bullseye blocks are: Julie P – 56 blocks Maree – 56 blocks Kristin – 50 blocks Mariella – 50 blocks Julie actually won TWICE in the first list of random numbers … so another winner was chosen. I will be checking in with the winners later today to confirm their addresses and find out how many of their own blocks they choose to keep. I can’t wait to see what you all do with these cool...

Next month we’ll be making another improv block … and putting together the directions for it took me longer than expected.  (Even though I should know better by now … really). If you have made and posted bullseye blocks this month, you should have email from me with the sneak peek. If you didn’t receive it–or maybe even received it when you shouldn’t have–please let me know ASAP.  If you have any questions about...

We are one week away from the end of the month, with 170 blocks on the list so far … I will be sending out the sneak peek for the July block later today/early tomorrow.  If you have blocks to post, be sure to post them today to be included in the sneak peek email.

If only to myself, I had declared this weekend my time to catch up with my Old MacDonald’s Mystery Sampler (#OMMS) quilt blocks  … which led me to think about the tomato joke and remind myself all weekend long to “ketchup!” (As you all know, I AM easily amused.) If you don’t know what I’m talking about, here’s a clip of Uma Thurman’s character telling the joke in Pulp Fiction: I had fallen quite...

Isn’t that what the signs you see in real places say when they’re doing a bit of construction or maintenance? After working on someone ELSE’s website a couple days ago to resolve some security issues flagged by Google, I realized it was time for me to do a bit of maintenance on Blocklotto.com.  If you had problems accessing the site earlier today or have noticed it was slower than usual … it was ME. Any problems should...

It seems like whenever I put off walking to the Post Office, Mother Nature punishes my procrastination with rain, high winds or some other weather feature that makes me wish I’d gone when I had planned.  And so it was today–the weather has become hot and (unusually) humid overnight. I went early enough that I didn’t have to pay too dearly for my delay … and my blocks to Barbara, Karen and Wendy are on their...