October Block Quilt

Here is my top of wonderful blocks from October! I just love them all. Haven't decided on a border so if anyone has a suggestion, please say it! Thank you one and all!

I plan on gifting this to my cousins. We stayed in our RV at their farm for over a month this fall to prepare and recooperate our daughters wedding! We had such a wonderful time and they wouldn't accept anything to repay for electricity etc. I found out I won the Lotto and she was so excited to see the blocks and loved them so. This will be such a wonderful surprise for them all! And a special thank you to each and every one of you. It has inspired me to start a Dear Jane type quilt and stretching myself with learning new techniques on each block.

Janet H now in AZ

October Blue & Tan Blocks

Here are two blocks for the lotto this month.  I love this color combo Sophie!

Terri

Sophie's Samplers on their Way (at last)

As I was waiting in the very long line at the post office, waiting for my turn with the lone clerk, I thought about how most months at about this time, I'd be working on the sneak peek directions, guidelines and email message (if only in my head).  Yes, I thought, shamefully, I really am mailing my blocks THAT LATE.

Because I used my blocks to make the totals work (in case you're wondering how I manage to always make them work out, that's how), I am mailing to ALL FIVE of our October winners.

I hope mine are the last blocks that Andi, Ellie, Janet, Rho and Sue are waiting for ... if YOU haven't yet mailed your Sampler Blocks from October, please let me/them know.  Things come up for all of us, so if something has also come up for you, don't sweat it.  Let's just get all our blocks in the mail as soon as we can and let the winners know that they are on their way.

Lovely mail this week!  Sampler blocks arrived from Corinne in WA, Julie in Derbyshire, Linda in TX and Toni in OR.  Thank you ladies, they are all beautiful.

Happy Stitching!
Andi in Arizona

Samplers from CathyC to Andi

Blocks have been packed and ready to post for days ;-)

First opportunity to get to post office today - they should take about 10 working days from Australia to USA

October sampler blocks sent by Laurina

Rho & Sue - I dropped your sampler blocks into the post today, you should see them in a week or two.

in the mail...almost

My sampler blocks are packed and ready to go into the mail to Rho.  They should make it to the post office, if not this morning, then on Monday.
Janet S

Sampler Sent

Sampler blocks were shipped today to Ellie, Janet and Rho. You will each receive 3 blocks from me. Enjoy!

October sampler blocks were dropped in the mail today to Sue in Austrailia from Kathy in Ohio.   The post office said it should take 7 - 10 days.  Congratulations to all the winners this month!

Block mailed

My October sampler block was just dropped in the mail to JanetH.  Congratulations to all the winners this month!

October Recap

Here's the list of blocks made in October, saved here before I delete the list and we start over in November.

October Block List: 252 Blocks

• Andi - 3  *** WINNER ***
• Andrew - 3 (donate)
• Cathy Ann - 5
• Cathy C - 3 (donate)
• Cathy S - 5
• Christa - 1
• Coralie - 9
• Corinne - 9 (donate)
• Cyndi - 5
• Céline - 2 (donate)
• Debbie M - 1
• Debra - 9
• Ellie - 2 *** WINNER ***
• Gail -2 (donate)
• Ginny - 4 (donate)
• Giselle - 5
• Gwen - 8 (donate)
• Helen - 1 ***NEW ***
• Janet H - 3 ***NEW*** *** WINNER ***
• Janet S - 4 (donate)
• Jo - 4
• Julie P - 3
• Julie Wa - 5 (donate)
• Julie Wy - 4
• Kate - 5 (donate)
• Kathie - 3
• Kathy S - 3
• Kim G - 3
• Krista - 1
• Kristin - 7
• Laura E - 7 ***NEW ***
• Laura R - 9
• Laurina - 6 (donate)
• Linda N - 9
• Linnea - 1
• Liz - 2
• Marree - 9
• Mary -1
• Mary Jane - 9 + 1 (extra)
• Marybeth - 3 (donate)
• Michelle - 3 (donate)
• Pat H - 9
• Pattilou - 7
• Rho - 1 *** WINNER ***
• Sophie - 9 (donate)
• Sue - 9 *** WINNER ***
• Terri - 2
• Terry - 4 (donte)
• Tina - 9
• Toni -6 (donate)
• Wendi - 3
• Wendy F - 7 (donate)
• Wilma - 4 (donate)

October Mailing Info has been sent

If you made blocks in October, you should have email from me with the information you need to mail your blocks.

If you didn't receive the email, check your spam folder ... then let me know and I'll try again.   If you DID receive the email and found an error in it, be sure to let me know ASAP.

The October 2011 WINNERS are . . .

I was able to get away for an hour this afternoon and randomly choose the winners.  They are:

1. Sue - wins 56 blocks
2. Rho - wins 49 blocks
3. Andi - wins 49 blocks
4. Ellie - wins 49 blocks
5. Janet H - wins 49 blocks

Look for email from me later today.  I'll be asking you how many of your own blocks you'd like to keep and to confirm that your name and mailing address (as I have the) are correct.

Congratulations ladies and thanks to everyone for making such interesting blocks.  I know our winners will have fun with these.

Kim G's Choices for October

Each is done with a blue Morris design fabric (yeah for the fabric I had in storage).  Left to right they are - Birds in Flight, Bear Claw, and Spinning Spools. The spools are traditional NOT wonky - just a bad picture sorry!

Drawing tonight

Unfortunately, I have a work lunch meeting and will probably not be able to race home during my lunch break to finalize the list for the drawing and send it to someone to pick the winners.

So, unless I end up with a chance to break away for an hour, the drawing will happen later today and, to minimize any further delays, I'll use the random number generator to "pick" the winners.  It looks like we'll have FIVE WINNERS tonight ... unless some more blocks are posted today.

Wild Geese Chase!

Here is my third block for the month.  This was my third attempt at making this block.  I'd never done paper piecing before and it is harder than it looks!!!  But I'm finally pleased with this one.  I am also donating this one.

October blocks

Here are my October sampler blocks.  I put these together as a last minute fallback entry.  I started with a couple of Sunbonnet Sue blocks, but I packed them up to work on in the car for our trip last weekend and I haven't seen them since.

My October blocks...

Laura Randolph

ljrandolph

Broken dishes & catch-up

I am so far behind on Block Lotto.  How far behind? 

Well, I would like to thank Andi in AZ, Belinda in TX, Cathi in Clare, Deana in UT, Jennifer in CA, & Shelley in ME for your August lotto blocks.  Yes August.  They all arrived ages ago but my kitchen was in boxes & then came out of boxes & then when two of the three new appliances FAILED & had to be replaced, a lot of things had to go back into boxes...well, it was a shambles.  I am sorry to take so long; your envelopes were among the things that had to be boxed so the repairman had room to...perform (work seems the wrong word somehow since he never fixed anything & actually broke other things while he was here).  All the violets are so wonderful & I cannot say thank you thank you thank you enough.

In other late, but not so late news my rails were mailed.  They were mailed so long ago they have probably been received.  Reading Block Lotto is a luxury & I have not had much time for that lately.  My choice yesterday was read Block Lotto or make the current block(s).

& so finally all caught up & here they are:  my October 2011 sampler blocks.  They are variations on the traditional block "broken dishes".  It seemed appropriate somehow.  Also I just love this block & used this same color scheme to make a broken dishes quilt for my step-father years (OMG it has been years!) ago.

These three are all to donate; I am still making offerings to the Block lotto Gods for my two wins this year.

Two Sampler Blocks from Kathy S.

Here's two more sampler blocks for the October Block Lotto: