A Rainbow Scraps Idea
I think it was Kathie who mentioned using this month’s block to use up scraps. I thought that was a great idea, then thought about a quilt made from scrappy monochrome blocks and came up with this layout for a 60-inch square quilt using 64 six-inch rail variation blocks and a 6 inch white border. If you are Zig-Zag-adverse, you could consider it.
Sophie: Catching Up with all of you.
A hideous allergy season in Santa Fe on top of some demanding work and health challenges has left me out of the loop. I woke up early–way too early–this morning, so I’m playing a little catch-up with all of you.
First, welcome BETH who not only is joining the Block Lotto this month, but is leading our session! You are a brave woman to make the leap from lurker to leader and volunteer in one fell swoop. For those that are having problems finding the May post, I edited the date so that it now appears to have been published on May 1 and also added the link on the At-a-Glance page.
Congratulations to the April WINNERS, Kristen and Karen. I am a little behind on the end-of-the-month tasks, but will be sending follow-up email to both today and the mailing info to everyone soon after. Stay tuned.
And … because I think we all appreciate a little eye-candy, as I mentioned to Beth in email, I can’t believe this month’s block never occurred to me, since I made (and love) this quilt. It might give you a setting idea …
The Variation Rail blocks in this quilt are a little larger at 7 1/2 inch square–I started with 3-inch squares because I had some 3 inch strips cut from assorted plaid flannels. It made for a cuddly quilt that was especially appreciated when I was without heat for 5 days during the coldest part of what was mostly a non-winter here.
The exterior shots were taken in the house where I was living when it was made: it’s best feature was a 1000 square foot studio.
I remember how much fun it was to quilt. I put long, continuous feathers in the white bars and melon shapes in the plaid squares.
Last Call for April Blocks – Noon & Light
Hello Quilters! Tomorrow is the 30th and I will be drawing for two winners at 1:30 PM (PDT). I won’t be near a computer till then. So if you haven’t finished your Noon and Light blocks (or want to add more), you have until 12 Noon to get them posted.
In the meantime, please check out the list of blocks donated this month (the link is in At a Glance) to make sure you are listed correctly. Thank you for participating.
Mod is Bound
Took me almost four years, but so thrilled with my quilt.
Hooray?
I am so excited to have won the Susannah blocks!! (On April 1st. Hmmm.) I love the on point setting and found these 2 diagrams on www.generations-quilt-patterns.com:
With and without sashing
Last Call for Susannah!
Hi Ladies! Did you think this month would never end?!? LOL – I did! Anyway, tomorrow is the 31st and I will be drawing for two winners at noon (MDT). So if you haven’t finished your Susannah blocks (or want to add more), you have until then to get them posted.
In the meantime, please check out the list of blocks donated this month (the link is in At a Glance) to make sure you are listed correctly. We are up to 91 blocks so far. Wow!
And have a wonderful Easter/Passover/April Fools or whatever you celebrate this weekend!!
Some Scrappy Inspiration
I was googling images of Oh Susannah quilts and found an interesting blog post with this scrappy version (with blocks set on point) … and a dozen others that were made from blocks donated for charity quilts. Read more (and check out more of the quilts) here – Scrappy Susannah Wrap-Up.
resizing photo via email
Robin, The first upload seemed to work but then my page would not post. I got out of Block Lotto and go in again as the publishing attempt continued to be trying to upload. This time I went to the media page and clicked on the photo I had loaded from my iPhoto. I will try to post again and see what happens this time. Thanks for your help with this.
:)Carol
test to resize photo via email
Thank you Robin, It seems to have worked. I dragged your email photo into my iPhoto and then uploaded to post as I did in the past and it appears here so I think that this will work. Thank you so much. So does this mean that if I email a photo to myself I can resize it to small and upload it or do I need to send it to you first.
Thanks for your help.
:)Carol
Last Call for Orphans
Winner will be chosen tomorrow (2/28) at noon CST.