THANKS !

It made my afternoon to see that I had won. All I can think about now, is what kind of layout to put the blocks into. Thanx again & congrats to the other girls.
** Caroline **

Thank you!

Thank you Julie for drawing my name/number and thanks to all the ladies that made blocks this momth. I could hardly believe it when I got an email saying "you are a winner". This certainly must be my lucky year after having a very long dry spell.

I can't wait until these geese start arriving in my mailbox.
Terri

Thrifty Block Pattern

The Thrifty block was first published in 1939 by the Kansas City Star, according to Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Blocks.

It's a simple little block that has a lot of design possibilities. I'm thinking about putting some I-spy squares in place of the pink squares. It would make a great alternate block in a sampler quilt (or for a lot of the lotto blocks we make) or a border block. It could be a great swap block or scrap buster by keeping the 4-patch and center squares a consistent color and changing up the 4 squares (pink in my example).

To make a single six inch (finished size) block, you'll need small amounts of fabrics in three colors, illustrated here in Pink, White and Black:

Pink: One 2.5 inch by 10 inch rectangle (or a 5 inch square)
White: One 1.5 inch by 12 inch rectangle (or a pair of 1.5 x 6 inch rectangles if you are working from scraps, as I did)
Black: One 2.5 inch square plus One 1.5 inch by 12 inch rectangle (or a pair of 1.5 x 6 inch rectangles)

Tip: add 1/4-1/2 inch in length to the measurements to the rectangles to give yourself a little wiggle room to square up edges if necessary




1. Sew the black and white long rectangles together along the long edges.

2. Press the seam allowance toward the black side. Slice into eight 1.5 inch sub-units.



3. Use these to sew four 4-patches. After your 4-patch units are sewn and pressed, they should measure 2.5 inches square.



4. Cut your Pink rectangle (or 5 inch square) into four 2.5 inch squares and lay out the units of your block, 9 patch fashion.



5. Assemble your block.




. . . And then, because that was so quick, make a couple more



Then, you might be inspired to pull out some more black and white and pink scraps and think about making some more . . .



Like I did ;-)






The thing to be careful of when you make this block is that you always end up with a nice "X" and that your blocks don't look like this when your done.



It's easier than you think to OOPS . . . and I offer this photo as proof positive of that fact ;-)

And the winners are...

Gotta love that random number generator -- but how does it really work? Is there a chicken in the back room that picks numbered scraps of paper out of a bin? What does "random" really mean??

Okay, enough philosophy! The winners of the jeweled geese are:

• Terri
• Shelley
• Carolyn

Have fun with these!

Ladies, Start Your Engines . . .

. . . and cross your fingers (or whatever you do for luck).

I've just sent the list of names for the random selection of THREE winners to Julie. She'll be posting the winners sometime today. Since we didn't have any newbies this month, the donated chances were spread among those who have never won a block lotto for a smidge of extra luck this month.

Good Luck everyone.

Counting Down . . .

The deadline for entering the lotto this month is 12:00 noon (Eastern Daylight Time) Tuesday, March 31. We currently have 173 blocks which is enough for 3 winners . . . very close to enough for 4 if anyone is still thinking about making jeweled geese blocks this month.

Julie, who is donating her chances this month, will be choosing the winners this month and posting the winners name here.

The April Lotto Block will be posted early Wednesday morning, April 1. The sneek peekers have already made 47 blocks, so we'll have lots of eye candy to share.

It is Finished! ~ ~ Heart in a Snowball Quilt ~ rho

I am so happy that this is complete..... now I can push on to

the next UFO! Though the colors look royal (sashing and borders),

it is really, purple. I used a double seminole border. After adding

everyone's blocks, and making the sashing 1 -1/2", the width was

still not as wide as desired, so I continued until the width was 80"

and the length was 95". I am happy with the results. I don't know,

I just like to make larger quilts, most of the time.

Many, many thanks to all of you who contributed to the blocks

in my quilt for Feb's block lotto. They are really, really appreciated! And

thanks to you Sophie for hosting!

Happy Quilting Everybody!

Blooming Bowties

I had to share this photo with everyone. I saw this pattern in the Clotilde catalog and thought how perfect it is to use for some pretty bowtie blocks and those applique posies we made in July 2007 for the lotto. Two lotto blocks combined in one quilt!

Terri

Shelley's jeweled geese.

Well, I hope to do this correctly! I'm an old dog learning new tricks you know. LOL. Here are my 9 entries for the month of March.

Shelley

Received blocks from Libby today, too!

Thanks, Libby!

rho

Received blocks from Libby today

Thanks, Libby!

Laura Randolph

Not this month

Hi there,

I have been working on an ongoing project and thought I would be done by this time. But, alas, I am not. Have you ever had a project that seems to just take over your whole life? I'm there! I didn't get any blocks made this month, but am looking forward to jumping back in with the April block :)

Cheers,
Melissa

If you have made March Lotto Blocks

If you have made Jeweled Geese blocks for the March Block Lotto, you should have received sneek peek email from me with info about the April block.

You should also appear in the list in the right sidebar.

If you haven't received the email or aren't in the list, be sure to let me know.

If you haven't yet made blocks this month, you still have a week to join the fun . . .

My March blocks

Here are my blocks:


LJRandolph

Caroline's Jeweled Geese

Here are my blocks for the March lotto!