Well November is here, and it’s time once again for the always popular chicken block lotto. This has become a tradition for the Mad Mod Quilt Guild, and it always brings out the competitive nature in many of our members! Originally posted on Quilty Love , It was designed by Vicki at Sew Inspired and there is a free tutorial from the designers website. You can find the tutorial HERE. It’s important to note that this block ends up 7″ x […]
Hello Mad Mod Quilters! Here is the block lotto I shared at our last meeting in October. Remember, we are building off of the “Sunflower Fiasco” this summer after Craftsy removed their free pattern. If you were one of the lucky few who were able to access the pattern and then make it, you can enter those blocks in this months block lotto. This block lotto is using the same color palette, but you have […]
So last month’s block lotto was berry, berry successful! By the time all was said and done we had 59 blocks, and the winner was Betty Slinger. Congrats Betty. We can’t wait to see how you jam these all together into a quilt! This month we are going to pay homage to summer again, with one of the favorite flowers of the season, the sunflower! We are going to keep things scrappy again this month, […]
Summer is here and it’s time for shorts, sunscreen and STRAWBERRIES!!! This time of year offers many wonderful things, but one of my favorites has to be fresh picked strawberries. I think they might also be one of Marian Stimson’s favorites too, because she sent me a link to a berry fun pattern! It’s a quilt designed by Elizabeth Hartman and the pattern can be downloaded for free on the Robert Kaufman site here. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
Well it has been a HOT minute since we had a block lotto, but I am happy to report we are back on track. These last few months have been a challenge for many of us. There’s a lot going on right now, but in the midst of all the chaos and change I am finding that I keep going back to my constants and the things that I can control. Sewing and quilting are […]
Hello fellow quilters! As if things weren’t crazy enough, the weather has me running around in circles. I took my dogs for a walk the other day, and it felt kind of cool out. By the time I got home though, I had my sweatshirt around my waist and had seriously asked myself if my underwear could pass for shorts at the turn for home. For the record, they cannot. My tulips though have been […]