Hello All, Many greetings from Germany. This is my first Block Lotto and I am look forward the end of month 😀 Here are my 9 blocks for February. Good Luck!...

 Here are eight beads for this month’s...

Here are 5 bead blocks for me this month.  Definitely a step out of my comfort zone! Quite easy once you read the instructions!

I made these blocks for the sneak peak and I think they are just so cute! Thanks to Sophie for such wonderful block designs. I will be donating these blocks – even though I just love them! 🙂 If you are interested you can read my post about these blocks at Little Jewel Quilts. Good luck to the winners!...

Just wanted to let you all know that I have all the maroon fabric! I don’t know why. I don’t really remember using it but I seem to have many pieces. Never ask me for gold or anything like gold as I really don’t like it at all. Not for quilting or anything else.

Here are 3 beads for me. I had a hard time finding maroon in my stash, too. I just happened to purchase this paisley print with a fabric lot on eBay just a couple of weeks ago. Great timing! For the applique, I used a technique with nonfusable (is that a word?) interfacing. Check it out on this YouTube video: Applique by Machine. It is a little longer than it really needs to be and the “camera work” is a bit comical. But she does a...

It always happens.  I think I’ve created some new block … and then I see it in a quilt on someone’s blog.   And that happened recently with the Bead on the String … though I did’t save it and am having problems finding it again … I’ll keep looking. The good news is those are happy coincidences because they usual lead to some new idea about how to use the blocks in a quilt design. Our block is...

I put these blocks together for the sneak peak. I really love the bold graphic look. I only wish I had a bit more maroon in my stash – there’s only one fabric that qualifies. I am trying very hard to be disciplined and not buy any more fabric because I am supposed to be paring down and packing up this month; however, I will be vendor at a quilt and craft show in mid-Feb, so if the perfect maroon fat quarter leaps into my hands I...

I made these once the February sneak peek was issued.  It’s a color combination that I don’t remember using before, and I like it.  I think there are probably a number of sports teams that have these colors, so it might make a good boy/man’s quilt. Kathie...

Here are my first three beads.  I plan to be back with more. I used a mix of fabrics for the strings–one solid black, on BOB print and one white-on-black print–to see how they played together.  The white background is a woven stripe from my stash that I thought was a favorite that I thought was long gone.  I was happy to find it and use it for these blocks. I’m donating my chances this...

Here’s my bead on the string blocks for February.  I LOVE these colors!!!  Good luck...

In February,  we are making a 7-inch square (finished size) Bead on a String block using white (a solid or white-on-white print) for the background, black (solid, black-on black or white-on black prints) for the string and two fabrics (solid, tone-on-tone or multicolor prints) of your choice of yellow, orange or maroon for the bead.  Ellen made this one. The block pattern directions are here: Bead on a String Quilt Block Directions The tips...