The beginning of my row by row quilt sampler, including block lotto blocks I won last year and some disappearing 4 patch blocks I had left over from another project.  I’m loving the how colorful it is and the colors are even brighter than they appear in the picture!!!  This was such a Great idea,...

I still haven’t discovered the critical sewing room box (with scissors, needles, rulers …) so, at the moment, I can only think about quilting.  When I noticed the bundle of fabric I put aside to make a row quilt from this year’s lotto blocks in one of the boxes that wasn’t the critical box I was looking for, I started telling myself, it’s not too late to start a sampler quilt … now I am telling you. If you...

I finally finished this just a moment ago and was so excited I threw it down in my yard and snapped a photo so I could post it for you. I did it as quilt-as-you-go, and found tutorials on the internet that let me finish the sashing and the binding totally by machine. It’s what a mod mod quilt deserves, don’t you think? This is the queen size, so it’s very big! My mother loved it when she saw it, so I am going to give it to...

A few people has asked if there will be a sampler quilt design, a QAL or *something* this year and I keep promising to share some thoughts on quilt sampler ideas for this year’s blocks. As I was enjoying a quiet moment with my morning coffee, I thought that IF only I had started another quilt-along sampler this year, *I* would have been forced to make blocks for myself for a sampler quilt … even if no one else played along....

  I’ve finished my MOD MOD! (I call it Wild Thing) 80 x 80 Big stitch quilted with perle #8 More photos and details on my blog post today. Cathy L in IA Sane, Crazy, Crumby Quilting...

I first came across Block Lotto in April 2010, when I was looking for liberated quilting inspiration and found it in Sophie’s blog. Being someone who ‘never’ wins these kinds of things, I decided that I would make blocks of my own around a focus fabric (the purple fabric–which has green and teal vines) while participating in the Lotto. Then I went back and did January/February/March. I think you can see some of my blocks...

I am still working on the binding but I am excited that it is quilted! If I hadn’t been in a hurry, I might have made the middle slightly different but I had a deadline and I am still very happy with it. The top and bottom rows SHOULD be in order by month since I pinned them onto the design wall as I made them. Added a sleeve to the back just incase I decide to hang it. Since this was supposed to almost be my first year as a quilter, I am...

I made the December block and was able to put the top all together in a short stop at home. I chose to make a small one because I did want to finish it, and it will be a wall hanging for my living room. Thank you, Sophie for a wonderful year of trying new blocks. This is my first sampler. Now to quilt...

Hi everyone   My MMQAL sampler flimsy is now completed (even before the end of the year), with a couple of minor modifications to the original pattern. Primarily for colour balance and excluding inaccurate window blocks. This was a fantastic exercise, all the fabric used was from my stash. Hence the different background fabrics, 4.5 metres of white would have been just enough but only had 2 of white and probably over 2 of the batik...

Started this sampler in 2013. Each month I made 4 extra for my sampler. Except for the flowers all follow the guidelines. I have 2 more mugs to finish before I sew them together but I am starting to think about placement. Don’t really want to use sashing because I was hoping for a smaller quilt. Goal is to finish this before the month is out. Any suggestions for placement? Helen Nashville,...

       I really, really like the addition of the Big O block. I can’t wait to lay it out with the rest of the modules. I think this module would make a fun...

I am hoping that these big O’s lighten up the quilt…I thought they were a tad chunky when I looked at the pattern but, after actually making them I love them! A Lot!!! I am still working on the Suns…I have the rays sorted out and the 2 pieces together to form a whole Sun but stitching them into the background is still being an issue…pleats and gathers all over the place…I am going to go look for freezer paper...