You’ve already seen these, but I was wondering about how they would look in an on-point setting. I haven’t decided which way I like them better, straight set or like...

I have sent email(s) to everyone who made Tulip blocks last month. If you didn’t receive it (but should have), let me know. If you received it and found an error or couldn’t open the attachment, let me know. Separate email was sent for the rule-breaker blocks with mailing info for those.  Ditto the messages above for that one....

I first saw this star block design on Angela’s So Scrappy blog. Her version is 6 inches.  Ours is a 9-inch square (finished size) block with added snowball block-style corners. I made this one. The fabric guidelines and my directions for making this block can be found here: Twinkle Star Quilt Block Pattern This block uses the Triangle-a-Square unit AKA Peaky and Spike. You may use whatever technique you prefer to create the four units in...

In September, we celebrated Spring with the members of the community that live in the southern hemisphere and making this 9-inch square (finished size) Tulip block. Marianne made this one. 32 quilters made 136 blocks. Complete guidelines and a link to the pattern are in this post: Think Spring (!?) in September   Tag for ALL blog posts about this month’s block: tulip This list is an archive of the blocks made, who made them and who...

We ended the month with 122 Tulip blocks (and 14 more of the color rule-breaking variety). Thanks to Mr. Random.Org for his help in selecting the winners. And they are: Corinne (41 blocks) Laura (41 blocks) Sue K (40 blocks) As it turns out, 41 is a magic number if you plan to put your blocks on point–it’s the number of blocks you need for a 5 by 5 arrangement. Maybe that means these blocks are meant to be set that way … though, of...

Corinne hasn’t been able to participate in the Block Lotto for a while and sent me email because she is having a hard time getting logged in and didn’t want to miss the deadline for the tulip blocks.  These are...

I’ve added a list to the at-a-Glance page to list the blocks rejected for breaking the color rules. We’ll have a separate drawing for the people who made them. I’ve sent email to everyone who has made blocks this month asking them to let me know if any of their blocks really are breaking the color rule of tulips being made from different fabrics which are the SAME COLOR.  I thought some looked questionable on my screen but...

Rules are rules, but when I reject 10 blocks for not following the color rules for this month’s block … it feels like I must be failing somehow to communicate them to all of you. I always feel bad when I have to reject blocks for not following the color/fabric guidelines, especially because in my own scrappy quilts, you are likely to find those kind of rule-breaking blocks.  But then I start feeling all kinds of ambivalent because...

I have mailed the October sneak peek to those that have made and posted Tulip blocks this month.   I have had some struggles with photographs, printers, creating templates that will be correctly sized when printed, etc., etc. … so I am blaming all those technological challenges on Mercury. Please let me know if you didn’t receive the sneak peek email, but should have … or vice versa. I feel like Mercury is playing with me...

And then this happened. This is the story of the little project that grew.

I am amusing myself while standing in line at the post office by posting that as soon as I get to the front of the line, I will be posting my Many Triangles to Andra, Ginny and Karen … and proving just how easily amused I am.

Over the weekend, Amy emailed me with a link to an Instagram photo and a question – “Does this quilt look familiar?” It did.