Final scrappy trip blocks

Thanks Gwen, your blocks arrived today, so now I can get on with arranging them all.  Thank you everyone!

Cyndi has all blocksI

We came home from our Arizona-New Mexico journey a little early - it's unseasonably cold so we decided we'd rather be comfy in our home instead of our RV.  We picked up the mail, and ALL the scrappy trips that were on their way to me have arrived.  I'm looking forward to playing with layouts and sewing them together. It'll be fun!

My scrappy trip top

I just finished sewing the border on a scrappy trip I've been working on for awhile now, and although I've posted it on my own blog (BrooklynQuilter) I thought I'd post it here also to inspire the lucky winners of the scrappy trip blocks this month. This block is fun because there are so many different layouts you can create with it. I was worried that it looked unfinished as just scrappy trip blocks, so I made the zig zag border to pull it together. Congratulations again to the winners. And Sophie, I hope you are having a nice and well-deserved month off!

Scrappy Trips from Kathy in Ohio

Today I mailed scrappy trip blocks from Ohio to:
Kristin in OR
Ellie in OH
Jo in Oman
Congrats to all of the winners!
Happy holidays, everybody!

Blocks In the Mail

My blocks to Debra in Texas and Cyndi in California went out yesterday.  (I would have let you know yesterday, but we had no internet).  I hope you have fun playing with the blocks!

Scrappy Trips from CathyC posted to NZ & USA

Hi there!
my scrappy trips to Maree & Michelle are in the mail ;-)

Enjoy ladies!

The eagle is posting!

Thanks so much to Sophie for giving us this fab block, and to luck or fate or whatever for me being a winner. I'm having a great time in Australia (and for today have wifi, hence posting here today!) but I am looking forward to coming home to lots of squishes. My body is still suffering with the effect of 'time travel' - tired in the day, awake at night! But I'm hoping to wake up enough to look for some fabric shops LOL. Thanks again, and congrats to the other winners

Scrappy Trips Blocks from Angela C.

This message is for Michelle Lynch.....I will send your blocks to you as soon as possible.

Sophie...I am postin this because I am in the hospital with our 12 yr. old daughter who has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Luekemia. We are scheduled to spend another 2 weeks here before the possibility to go home, we have already been here for 7 days. Anyways, I will send them as soon as I get home and get them packed. Also, i would greatly appreciate it if you all would prya for our little girl. Her name is Heaven. Thank you Sophie and to all of you other quilters. May you all have awonderful CHRISTmas.

The Eagle has landed

Houston ... the Eagle has landed ... and so has Benta's plane ;-)

We've exchanged the necessary email messages and I've put together the mailing info and sent it to everyone who made lotto blocks in November.  You all know the drill:

If you haven't received email from me or have problems opening the attachment, please let me know ASAP.

If the number of blocks made attributed to you is incorrect, please let me know ASAP.

Otherwise, because of the glut of holiday cards and packages that will soon be clogging up postal systems everywhere, please send your blocks ASAP ;-)

I don't know why, after Benta's plane landed (in Australia, lucky girl) I thought of that famous line, "The Eagle has landed."  Isn't it funny the things we remember (and those we do not ;-)   If you aren't old enough to remember Apollo 11 in the summer of 1969 and that "giant step for mankind", you can read about it here.

There will be a slight delay ...

One of our winners DID send me email on Monday to let me know that she was flying yesterday and wouldn't be available via email until she lands ...

I am pretty confident that the address I have for her is correct . . . unless she has moved since she won blocks late last year.  But, since I didn't see her message until this morning, I wasn't able to double check her mailing address with her, nor find out how many of her own blocks she'd like to keep.

Because she DID the RIGHT THING and the error is mine (or my mail program ;-) I'd like to wait for email confirmation of her address before sending out the Mailing Info for the November blocks.

I don't know if she took her blocks with her when she traveled to the other side of the world and planned to mail them from there, but I'm guessing she'll choose to keep her own blocks.

I'm a winner!

I see that I am a winner of Scrappy Trips Blocks!  Thank you all!  I look forward to using the blocks. I just completed a quilt top for my DS  for Christmas....Scrappy Trips with a single green fabric for the diagonal since he said his favorite color is green.  The same fabric will be used for backing and binding.  As I worked on this I had the thought I could work with this same block for a longtime and get different results depending on colors and contrasts.  I originally thought I would do a "Straight Furrows" layout but found that the green was not a dominant fabric and the whole thing looked chaotic.  Since the top is 5 blocks  x 6 blocks it felt lopsided  when I tried the blocks alternating directions to form a diagonal grid of green.  I also tried zig-zag rows but wasn't happy with that either.  I finally came up with this somewhat unconventional layout...

Last week I put together this top for a quillow for my DD, Mimi, using 24 Liberated Star blocks I won last year. In order to fit the backing fabric I chose (a super soft piece of 21 wale corduroy) I had to make the sashings different sizes horizontally and vertically, thus rectangular cornerstones.  Since she had originally said she'd like a "crumb" quilt I think she will like the liberated stars.

Novermber 2011 Recap

In November, 62 quilters made 333 blocks. We had nine winners–each will receive a set of 37 blocks.  Congratulations again to our winners:  Balinda, Benta, Cyndi, Debra, Ellie, Jo, Kristen, Maree and Michelle.

Here's the list of blocks made, saved here before I wipe the slate clean in preparation for Block Lotto 2012.

November Block List: 333 Blocks

• Andi - 4
• Andra - 6
• Andrew - 5
• Angela - 3
• Barbara B - 5
• Belinda - 9 *** WINNER ***
• Benta - 6 *** WINNER ***
• Béa - 2
• Caroline - 6
• Cathy Ann - 9
• Cathy C - 5 (donate)
• Cathy S - 3
• Christa - 1
• Coralie - 2
• Corinne - 7
• Cyndi - 5 *** WINNER ***
• Céline - 6
• Debbie M - 3
• Debra - 9 *** WINNER ***
• Ellie - 4 *** WINNER ***
• Ginny - 3
• Gwen -9 + 1
• Helen - 1
• Irene - 3
• Janet H - 4
• Janet S - 1
• Jo - 4 *** WINNER ***
• Joan - 4 (donate)
• Julie P - 6
• Julie Wa - 4
• June - 1
• Kate - 9 (donate)
• Kathie - 1
• Kathy S - 9
• Kelly - 5
• Kim G - 6
• Krista - 6
• Kristin - 5 *** WINNER ***
• Laura E - 9
• Laura R - 9 + 1
• Laurina - 8
• Linda N - 6
• Maree - 9 *** WINNER ***
• Mary - 2
• Mary Jane 9 + 1
• Michelle - 9 *** WINNER ***
• Nan - 2
• Pat A-S - 2 (donate)
• Pat H - 9
• Pat K - 6
• Pokey - 4
• Rho - 9 + 1
• Sara - 9
• Shannon - 9
• Sharon - 8
• Sue - 6
• Terri - 1 (donate)
• Terry - 3
• Tina - 4 (donate)
• VIcki - 6
• Vivi - 2
• Wendi - 5
• Wendy F - 2

Another Late Entry

Pat from the UK emailed this photo of her two blocks to me with this note:

Hi Sophie,

I've been really busy this past month or so and not keeping up with things.  I did make two blocks for this month yesterday, photographed them this morning but forgot the time difference when I came to post them just now.  Anyway, there are two more blocks to add to the total if you would like to include them.

I am attaching a pic as it seems a bit late to post them on the blog.

Hope all is well with you.

As with Shelley and Cory, I have suggested that it's OK to hang onto them and use them for a start on a scrappy trips quilt of her own.

And the November Winners are . . .

I started with a numbered list, organized alphabetically by first name. I distributed the donated chances among the 13 quilters who have never won lotto blocks. And then I let the random generator site do it's work:

This translates to:

1. Belinda
2. Debra
3. Benta
4. Jo
5. Michelle
6. Kristin
7. Cyndi
8. Ellie

The last number belonged to someone who had already won, so I went back to the source to choose a replacement: 

And our ninth winner this month is:

         9. Maree

Congratulations to you all.  Belinda, Debra, Benta, Jo, Michelle, Kristin and Cyndi will each end up with a set of 37 blocks.  Ellie and Maree will receive a set of 36.  I look forward to seeing the great scrappy quilts you all make from these blocks.

I'll first be in touch with all the winners to find out how many of their own blocks they'd like to keep and to confirm their mailing addresses, then I'll send email to everyone who made blocks this month with the mailing info.

I'm Making a List and Checking it Twice ...

My computer has been misbehaving, so I haven't been on top of all the last minute blocks you all have been posting ... I'm playing catch up this morning, updating the list and double-checking it one more time before I randomly choose the winners.

I can't believe how many blocks have been made and/or posted in the last couple days.  Our total is 331 blocks--enough for 9 winners to receive a set of at least 36 blocks.

Stay tuned, I'll be randomly generating the winners soon after the NOON (east coast) today ... in about an hour. 

5 more blocks before the deadline

Just in time for the deadline I guess, I finished 5 more blocks this morning, taking my total to 6. I was hoping to get to 9 to maximise my chances of winning some of those great blocks but that will be all for me this month. I started the blocks during the month while working on other projects, sewing random strips together so when I pulled out my bits and pieces yesterday evening, I realised I had 5 blocks started that needed a few extra strips before being sliced off. It was a fun block to make and definitely one to keep in mind for the scrap basket when it is a bit overflowing. Thanks very much Sophie for another winning block. Here is a picture of my blocks together: 3 with black fabric in the middle and 3 with dark blue.

Now I can go off to finish my Advent Calendar for tomorrow and cross my fingers for the draw later on today!
To all, have a happy holiday season and I hope Sophie will be able to continue with the lotto in the New Year if she feels like she can. All the best to you Sophie and thanks again for your hard work with a very enjoyable block lotto.
Celine

Last Minute Mary

If it wasn't for the last minute sometimes I'd not get anything done.  I've been busy with my Christmas Projects but didn't want to miss the Block Lotto sneak preview and get removed from the Blog authorship again.  I made a block last night and it was a bit dark, so I made another with lighter fabrics.  One has Navy fro the Dark center and one is Kona Black.  I like the method used to make these blocks. Thanks Sophie for the fun blocks all year!

Just one more day until December and the busy Holiday Season.  Time to wrap up all the Sewing Projects that I can before 2012 begins.  Merry Christmas to ALL my Fellow Block Lotto ladies! Mary C in WA

8 Blocks for Sharon

I managed to get another 2 blocks done this evening, so that makes a total of 8 for me.  I would have liked to go for the whole 9, but it's almost midnight here in the Pacific Northwest and I'm tired, so this is gonna be it for me.

Here are all 8 of my blocks.  I sure would like to win this month, so my fingers are crossed!  Good luck everybody!

5 November Blocks for Kristin

Hopefully this will work. I'm computerless so I'm using the blogger app on my phone. Sorry about the picture quality!
-Kristin

4 More Blocks

I got another 4 blocks made last night.  I seem to have found my "groove" again, as I had no problems with these.  Whew!  So, that makes a total of 6 blocks for me, Sophie.  I hope I can get another 3 done today.