If you were among “the few, the proud” quilters who made and posted blocks in August, you should have received email from me with the mailing info for your spiky blocks. Most of you also received the sneak peek a week ago … for which I have a small correction in the number of blocks you’ll need if you are making Old MacDonald’s Mystery Sampler quilt.  You will need 15 Split 9-Patch blocks (not 14) and may want to...

In July, 9 quilters made Spiky Leaf blocks which were won by Margaret. I made this one. Complete guidelines and links to the block pattern are in this post: Improv Fun Continues in July …   The tag for ALL blog posts about this month’s block: spiky   This post serves as an archive of how many blocks were made, who made them and who won them.   Blocks entered into Drawing: Christa – 1 Laura – 2 Margaret...

The 19 Spiky Leaf blocks made this month will all be going to … Margaret! As soon as I confirm Margaret’s mailing address, expect email from...

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.

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.

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...

This month’s block can be made from 2 or 3 fabrics … but NOT 4 fabrics. The center (or pie shape that will become the center when four blocks are sewn together to form a bullseye) and the second arc around the center must be the same fabric. Graphically, these drawings represent your two options for fabric placement:     You can certainly start with a stack of MORE than three fabrics which is what I did when I made the four blocks...

If you made lotto blocks in May, you should have email from me with the information you need to mail them to one or more of the winners. I’ll be standing in a line like this one later today … The numbers and directions are a little different for this one because you need to send mirror-image pairs of the leaf blocks–I think of them as “lefts” and “rights,” but you might identify them in some other way. Other...