rho... I am happy for the winners..............

but sad for me. Make something pretty! Congratulations!!!

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.

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.

And the Winners are ...

Mary emailed the list of the lucky winners to me.  And they are:

1. Corine  *NEWBIE*
2. Wilma 
3. Cyndi  *FIRST TIME WINNER*
4. Andrew
5. Janet S
6. Michelle
7. Kina
8. Karen S
9. Gwen  *NEWBIE*

Corrine and Wilma will each receive 56 blocks.  Everyone else will receive a set of 48.


Thanks, Mary, for doing the honors today.


If you are one of the winners, look for email from me tonight or tomorrow.  I'll be confirming your mailing address and asking how many of your own blocks you'd like to keep.


Everyone else, please sit tight.  Once I've heard from all 9 winners, I will email the mailing info out to everyone,

BLOCK WINNERS !!!!!!!!

I would like to thank the academy for allowing me the privilege of announcing the randomly chosen winners for this month's blocks. The lucky soon to be happy folks are:

1. Mary Beth
2. Ginny
3. Cathy C.
4. Shannon B.
5. Terry
6. Vivi

And the July winners are ...

1. Vicki
2. Shannon
3. Rho
4. Marie
5. Pokey
6. Linnea
7. Julie WA
8. Marybeth (MB)
9. Ronda
10. Andra

Winners #1-#9 will receive a set of 48 blocks
Winner #10 will receive a set of 44 blocks

Congratulations ladies!

Replacement Alternate Winner for June

2 days ago, just after I emailed Vivi and posted that she would our alternate winner, I heard from Jo--one of the original winners ... who doesn't have internet at home (she emailed from a friend's house).

As I haven't heard from Vivi,  Jo will go back on the list as Winner #9 ... and I will be able to send out the mailing info later today.

Unfortunately, the Block Lotto isn't like other blog giveaways and when one of the winners doesn't promptly respond, it isn't just me who has to wait, follow-up, re-email, etc ... it's at least FIFTY other quilters who have made blocks and are anxious to mail them to the winners.

It may make sense to make another change in the way things work because with so many winners every month, it seems that someone is ALWAYS going to be unavailable to check their email, the blog, etc. Although I'd like to think of this as our little community in blogland, perhaps it's not realistic to think that its members actually check the blog beyond posting their blocks?

Alternate Winner for JUNE Blocks

Almost two days later, I have not heard from Jo.  I used the random number web site to generate a new winner.

Congratulations Vivi–you are lucky number 344 and our new Winner #9. 

You should have email from me.  Please reply as soon as possible, so everyone can begin to send their 3-patch blocks to the winners.

June Block Winners!

Congratulations to this month's winners! I have stopped (briefly) from our packing and purging here in Hong Kong to post these names:

1. Laura
2. Shelley
3. Linda N.
4. Nancy
5. Karen
   Jo
6. Mary Jane
7. Pat
   Marybeth
8. Gail
9. Vivi
   Jo

Winners #1 - #8 will receive a set of 48 blocks

Winner #9 will receive a set of 32 blocks

Don't forget to contact Sophie to let her know your wishes and have fun with these three cool colors!

***  Edited because MB had asked to donate their chances.  GAIL is our replacement winner ***

*** Edited again because of a non-response from one of our original winners, Vivi is the alternate for Jo ***

*** Edited one last time because of a non-repsonse from Vivi.  Jo is re-added to the list ***

Congratulations to the May 2011 winners!!

The Random Number Generator gave me 8 names for this month's winners! The first 7 whose names were randomly generated will receive 36 blocks and the 8th person will receive 20 blocks. Have a wonderful time with them!

Kathy S.
Kim G. (HK)
Toni
Sandi
Julie P.
Diana
Julie Wy.
Andra (20 blocks)

Again, CONGRATULATIONS!

Cheri in Champaign

Edited by Sophie to add - I haven't heard from Julie Wy in 48 hours--the guidelines are that the winners must contact me within 24 hours.  I truly hope she's OK.

An Alternate winner has been randomly selected - Congratulations Shelley.  Andra will move UP the list to become winner #7 and Shelley will receive a set of twenty blocks.

Winners, check your email !!

If you are one of the lucky five winners this month--four of whom are FIRST TIME WINNERS--please check your email for a message from me. I need a couple of things from each of you before I can divvy up the blocks and let everyone start mailing thier blocks to you:

1. Please confirm that your name and address as I have it is correct
2. Let me know how many (if any) of your own string hearts you'd like to keep

Congrats again to Wendy (Newbie!),  Irene,  Moira, Julie and Kathy.

Updated to say that I've heard from everyone except Kathy.  If you're a friend of Kathy B in Lubbock, Texas, please share the good news with her and ask her to get in touch so I can get the mailing info out to everyone.

We have five winners!

Sophie is so dedicated, going home from work just to send the list so you all don't have to wait to hear the winners! 


And, here they are:

#1 48 hearts - Wendy
#2 48 hearts - Irene
#3 48 hearts - Moira
#4 38 hearts - Julie P.
#5 35 hearts - Kathy


Congratulations to Wendy, Irene, Moira, Julie and Kathy!


Can't wait to see what you make with the blocks!


Debbie in Jerusalem

Ooops

I just saw Sara's comment, letting me know that she had said she was DONATING her chances this month, so I went back to Random.ORG one more time, and our substitute winner #5 is

Michelle L.  - You said these will make a fun quilt ... prepare to have some fun, Michelle ;-)

Sorry for the double post--I can't seem to access the blog from my computer at home for some reason (but email works--go figure).

... and the (MANY) Winners are ...

It stands to reason that if I raced home during my lunch hour, that I'd have network/blogger problems and struggle to post the winners names.  I'm hoping the post-by-email function will work (since that's how I am posting this.

Here are the January Winners:

1. Cathy C (36 blocks)
2. Mary Beth (35 blocks) - newbie!
   
   Edit to admit to another OOPS--Mary Beth ALSO donated her blocks, so Julie Wy (another newbie!) is our new winner #2
   
3. Kina (35 blocks) - newbie!
   
   Everyone else will win a set of 30 blocks
   
   
4. Karie
5. Sara H 
   
   Edited to admit, OOPs, I Goofed -- Sara donated her chances and Michelle L is the new winner #5
   
   
6. Lisa M - newbie!
7. Linda N
8. Barbara B
9. Pokey - newbie!
10. Melinda - newbie!
11. Caroline
12. Wilma
    

If you are thinking that newbies had a lot of luck this month ... remember we had EIGHTEEN people make lotto blocks for the first time in January. 

The  Random Number generator site worked pretty well ... Two people won TWICE and so I had to "draw" again for two more names.




I have to race back to the office now, but will be sending email to all the winners tonight asking:

1. How many of your own blocks would you like to keep?
2. Carefully confirm that the name and mailing address I have for you is correct (before I send it out to the 50-some quilters who made blocks this month!)

What a month it has been!  Congrats to the winners and to everyone who made this a record-breaking month.  18 NEWBIES!!  376 BLOCKS!!

December Winners!

Sophie has given me the honor of announcing the winners of the December Wonky Tree block pairs.  The first thing I did wrong was I forgot to cut and paste a picture of the random.org selection - so you will just have to trust me.  There were six chances to win this month.  Here are the winning numbers and names

1.  #125 = Sara...............................she will receive 23 block pairs

2.  #120 = Ramie............................she will receive 23 block pairs

3.  #62 = Julie P..............................she will receive 22 block pairs

4.  #64 = Julie W............................she will receive 22 block pairs

5.  #1 = Andi..................................she will receive 22 block pairs

6.  #15 = Benta...............................she will receive 22 block pairs

Congratulations ladies!! 

And, while I'm here, Happy New Year to each and everyone of the Block Lotto members!!

November Winners!

It feels so odd to me on those rare months when I end up randomly choosing the winners myself, instead of mailing someone a list and instructions.  I find myself reminding myself of those same things I include as instructions for ALL our winner-pickers like pay close attention to the names because we have quilters this month with the same first name like Pat and Linda and with very similar names like Balinda and Belinda. I always remind our "winner pickers" that after the search results are generated and they compare the winners to their numbered list of names, to make sure that no one wins twice--because one set of blocks is usually enough.  But honestly, I wondered how often that it happens that someone would have won twice . . . I can tell you that this month would have been one of those times. 

As you might guess (if you can read that), the first two numbers, 32 and 37, both point to our number #1 winner, Cory.

Cory is our "very lucky" winner this month--she joins a very elite (and lucky!) club of quilters who have won lotto blocks two months in a row.  Congratulations, Cory.

In addition to our "very lucky" winner, we also have a newbie (Linda G.), an oldie–who has been a Block Lotto follower for a long time, but hasn't won in a long while (Laura) and someone who has persevered, even though they haven't yet won ... until now (Linnea).  What's with all the L-names this month?

Here's out winners list in order:

1. Cory - 30 blocks
2. Linnea - 30 blocks
3. Linda G. - 28 blocks
4. Laura - 25 blocks

Congratulations to all of you. 

I will be sending the winners email messages to let them know they've won, confirming their mailing address, and asking how many of their own blocks they'd like to keep. When I have heard from them, I will email a chart to everyone with mailing addresses and instructions on who mails how many blocks to which winners. 

Because these are bigger blocks than usual for us and I want the winners to get as many different blocks as possible, I may be splitting things up more than usual.

Winners of October Variable Stars

The lucky winners of the much coveted variable stars this month are:

1. Michelle
2. Belinda
3. Coralie (Cory)
4. Sharon
5. Karie

Enjoy!

and the Liberated Houses Go To.....

drumroll puleeze.....


48 blocks to TAMERA
36 blocks to JANET S.
36 blocks to KATHIE


Congratulations gals - cannot wait to see how you put together your wonky towns & villages!

Sophie, thanks for allowing me to be the girl of the hour :)
~Carrie

Fireworks Blocks Drawing!

These are the winners for the fireworks blocks:
Carol--48 blocks
Caroline--48 blocks
Andra--48 blocks
Linda S.--48  Thanks for making it possible for 5 (five)! Winners!  ...and yes it really was by the random generator that you won!  :)
Janet R. 43 blocks

Congrats gals these look like some really fun blocks!
pattilou and the random generator (Sophie did all the work by making the list!)

JUNE WINNERS

...drum roll....

The lucky winners of the June baskets are:

#1 (56 blocks) Miss Coralie!!
#2 (51 blocks) a new member, Miss Pattilou!!
#3 (49 blocks) Miss Rho!!

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all the quilters.

Happy Stitching!
from Andi in Phoenix