I have mailed the mailing info sheet for the Many Triangles blocks we made in August. If you made and posted blocks, but didn’t receive the email from me, please let me know ASAP. If you received the email in error or find an error in the information, also please let me know.

As usual, when I make my blocks, I try to push the limits of the fabric guidelines to see if things still work in the block and if they will play nicely together. So if you look at the five blocks below, you’ll see that three of them are scrappy in different ways and one is made from a perhaps odd choice of fabric for tulips (the black and white prints–I was thinking about white tulips, which maybe wouldn’t have worked so well on...

While some of us anticipate the official arrival of Autumn later this month, this 9-inch traditional Tulip block celebrates the Spring that is around the corner for the rest of us. You can make the block scrappy or not, but each block should have: White background – solid or white-on-white (WOW) Flower fabric(s) – color of your choice Bud fabric – darker, but same color as your flower fabric center square – green I made...

  In August 26 quilters made 126 rectangular Many Triangles blocks in scrappy reds with cream or low volume prints.  The blocks were won by Karen B, Ginny and Andra. A link to the pattern and guidelines can be found in this post: You’ll Be Seeing Red in August   The tag for ALL blog posts about this block is triangles The following list is included as an archive of all the blocks made and who made them:     Blocks entered...

With a second cup of coffee and the RandomOrg app in hand, I randomly selected this month’s winners … But first a reminder about the deadline to enter because it makes me sad when someone posts the blocks AFTER the winner has already been chosen. The deadline for posting is always on the last day of the month at NOON in New York City (eastern time).  That’s 10 AM for me in Santa Fe (mountain time) and whatever it is for you,...

Yesterday on the Block Lotto Facebook page, I shared a post I found where someone made a Kindle cover from a tiny version of triangles like ours in the same colors as this month’s block.   This morning, I saw Cath Hall’s Mini-triangles on her Wombat Quilts blog.     These triangle blocks are 2 1/2-inches square.  She paper pieced them and has a link for the paper foundation pattern.   I love all the fussy cut...

Rachel was having problems posting last night, but managed to upload a photo of her 10 beautiful blocks.  (9 for chances, one donated to the pot).  It looks like we’ll have enough blocks for THREE WINNERS this month. Rachel has the same problem as has happened to a few people (including me). I think the issue is the resolution/size of your image.  When I look to try to figure out why, the images are usually really large (this one, before...

If you have made and posted Many Triangles blocks, you should have received an email message from me with the sneak peek at the guidelines and direction for the September block. If you should have received the sneak peek but don’t have the email, let me know. Similarly, if you shouldn’t have received the sneak peek (because you haven’t made/posted blocks this month) but DID receive the email, please let me know that I goofed....

I’ve jumped back into some guild activities this week, including unpacking and catching up with a QOV quilt that is made from large stars with made-fabric centers (our April block) with a border of this month’s block.  While I was cutting fabrics for some scrappy red star blocks, I also cut some triangles for these … which also explains my choice of the red and blue stars on white low-volume background for one of my Many...

Yesterday I received the mini-triangle template from The Modern Quilt Guild for their QuiltCon West 2015 Challenge. I thought it was a nice bit of synchronicity with our triangle blocks this month. For the challenge, you must use triangles cut from on of their mini Triangles–either 60 degrees or 45 degrees.  Our blocks this month contain  (larger) 60º equilateral triangles, but could be a start on a challenge quilt made from triangles of...

I mailed the doggy block to Maree today. 

The short answer is because: Red was #2 in our colors in your stash poll in June, tied with green. Red and white blocks have always been popular Block Lotto colors, if somewhat problematic when colors run … so be sure to PREWASH YOUR REDS! The Summer of Color is the theme for many of the museums and galleries in Santa Fe right now.  Here’s a glimpse of two of the shows that feature red that I have enjoyed this summer. At the...