June is my favorite month! Not just because it is my birthday (June 17th! You can send me cards at 104 Elm… …. Haha, Just kidding!). June is my favorite month because the daylight is long, summer officially begins, …. And June is LGBTQ+ Awareness and Pride month, so that means: RAINBOWS! Rainbows Everywhere! (Rainbow Happy Dance!). In celebration of my favorite color (Rainbow), for June Block Lotto 2022 we will do a Rainbow Log […]
I know I am not alone when I say I am horrified about what is happening in Ukraine and I somehow want to help. Thank you to MMQG member Misty for sharing the link which will be our Block Lotto for this month. Pat Sloan has created this page with the free block pattern (Star Within a Star) and also has created a specific link for donations to UNICEF that will go directly to children […]
Hi MMQG Friends! It was so great to “see” a bunch of you via Zoom at the meeting last week. I’m excited for this month’s SHAMROCK BLOCK! We will be making this fabulous shamrock block designed by Kelli Fannin (instructions below). Parameters: Green Fabric for the shamrock Blue background fabric This was a super fun block to make. I once again used my Pilot Frixion ball Erasable pen (disappears when ironed) to mark the back […]
For the June meeting, our Block Lotto block will be the fun and dynamic Chain Link Block. The block comes together pretty quickly, and can efficiently chain pieced! We will be using up our remaining stash of Bella Solid Off White and Quotation Mark Plus – Ink which we have used in our previous two block lottos. This is a big block and it will finish at 14″ x 14″. The instructions this month come […]
Hello Quilters! It’s spring, and I think we need something fresh, bright and bold! I was inspired by a few quilts I saw online and decided to draft this up. For this block (and the next two), we will be using two required fabrics. The first is Bella Solids Off White, and the second is Moda Quotation Plus in Ink. Both of these are available from Blue Bar Quilts. I’m not going to tell you […]
Greetings from inside! That’s kind of odd to say because I never really post these things when I’m outside, but for those of us here in Wisconsin outside isn’t really even an option right now! THIS is quilt weather folks, and I for one have been under one or had one really close by for about a week now. The block lotto for this month is one I am calling Inside and Out. I was […]
Well it seems the gloves once again came off for the Chicken Block Lotto, and a new champion has been crowned. So let’s put aside any hurt feelings, bruised egos or shattered dreams of sleeping under a chicken quilt and let’s put on our mittens…it is winter after all! The January block lotto is brought to us by the amazing talents of Lorna McMahon. You may be familiar with her blog, Sew Fresh Quilts, and […]
Oh yes I did! Who had the chicken block on their 2020 Bingo card? This is hands down the most talked about quilt block lotto ever! Originally debuting in 2018 for the November meeting, Trish Franklin laid this lotto down both declaring her love of chickens and setting into motion a chain of events few could have seen coming. I know it may bring up some difficult feelings for some of you, but it’s just […]
Hi Friends! Thanks for hanging with me during these strangest of days. I have put together a block lotto for October! Included is an instruction sheet for what I hope is a fast fun block for you. Additionally, please get scrappy with this one. As the sheet explains, I chose the size to help you use up any jelly roll leftovers along with other things in your stash. Once you have made your block or […]