November Block Lotto

Here it is, my final installment of block lotto.  Cozy!   The block pattern is Mountain Majesty and the tutorial I followed is found HERE. Please feel free to use any of the colors for either the peaks or valleys! The block finishes at 11.5″x14.5″. How to play: Make up the block for the month following the pattern and color scheme. Make as many as you want as you will get an entry for every […]

October Block Lotto

This month’s block palette is easy: black and white. Feel free to use a solid black or a print that is mostly black (tonal black on black would be great). Dark grey or charcoal would be fine, too. The background should be white.   The pattern is a an Old Maid’s Puzzle variation (or School Girl’s Puzzle) and the instructions can be found HERE. *Edit: Follow cutting instructions for the 12″ block, which actually gets […]

October Block Lotto

This month’s block palette is easy: black and white. Feel free to use a solid black or a print that is mostly black (tonal black on black would be great). Dark grey or charcoal would be fine, too. The background should be white.  The pattern is a an Old Maid’s Puzzle variation (or School Girl’s Puzzle) and the instructions can be found HERE.*Edit: Follow cutting instructions for the 12″ block, which actually gets you a […]

Quilt Con Charity challenge

Mad Modders, At the September meeting I tested the waters for interest in our guild contributing a quilt to the Quilt Con challenge.  There was little or no interest expressed at that time.  If I am in error and there are people who would like to be part of a team working on this project, please notify me immediately.  The entrance forms are due September 30! There are very specific guidelines as to colors, design, […]

Lucky Sew Day

Lucky ME at Sew Day Saturday at Stitcher’s Crossing…..Amy Anderson dropped by to visit and ended up begin my sous-sewer!  She clipped and pressed and kept me working!   Thanks, Amy!I’m putting on a big push to finish up a LOT of charity projects….at the October meeting, I’ll be hoping for lots of volunteers to take home a quilt and quilt it! The scraps are so deep that they are beginning to drift!