You chose the colorway ... now choose the block--Quilter's Choice in October

October is QUILTERS CHOICE month at the Block Lotto.  That means that you can make any 8 inch (finished size) block that follows the guidelines.  Vivi made the great example block on the left.

COLORS AND FABRICS

Your blocks MUST contain BLUE and CREAM fabrics.  If you like, you may also add Tan or Brown fabrics . . .  or not.  Kathie made the blue and cream block on the right.   All fabrics may be solid or tone-on-tone (TOT) prints.

RULES FOR BLOCKS

Blocks must measure 8 1/2 inches (to finish at 8 inches when sewn into a quilt) and contain at least 5 pieces.  So a 4-patch would not be acceptable, but a framed 4-patch or double 4-patch, which we have made a couple times in the past, would be good choice.

Applique blocks must have turned-under edges–no versions of raw-edge applique are allowed this month.

If you make a paper foundation pieced block, please remove the paper (or use a foundation that can be left in the block)

As always, the golden rule applies–please make blocks that you would be happy to receive.

MULTIPLE BLOCKS

• You may make a maximum of NINE blocks for chances in the drawing.
• If you make multiple blocks, you may use the block pattern for up to three blocks--so If you make the maximum of 9 blocks, you'll need to make a least three different blocks patterns.
• If you make multiple blocks, you may use the same cream fabric in all your blocks.  You may repeat the other fabrics, too, but avoid using identical fabric combinations.

BLOG POST LABELS

Please use these labels for your blog posts about this month and this set of sampler blocks:

sampler 11 : for anything on the topic of this month's blocks
Oct 2011 photos : for posts containing photos of October lotto blocks
sampler-sent : for posts about mailing your sampler blocks to the winners
sampler-received :  for posts from winners about receiving their sampler block winnings

The reason I ask everyone to use the SAME label is to make it easy to find your posts, to make sure your blocks are counted, to help the winners figure out which blocks are "in the mail."  These 4 labels will be added to the "Useful Labels" in the right sidebar, to make it easy to find them (and easy to find all the posts that are correctly labeled). 

INSPIRATION

In addition to the blocks from Vivi and Kathie at the top of this blog post, here are some blocks made by sneak peekers, Cathy, Cyndi, Giselle, Laurina, Sue and Tina. Thanks to all of you for the inspiration.