Oct Sampler blocks to Sue in OZ

I finally mailed my 2 October sampler blocks to Sue in Australia yesterday.  I apologize for not getting them out sooner.

 

Terri

First block for the month (Markelas)

Markelas has not been on the blog for a while, but when I told her about this month's block, she visited the blog, and was very interested in making the scrappy trip block. So here is Markelas' (Kelly's) first block. I've photographed and posted the block for her. Hopefully, she'll get the chance to make more before the deadline.

rho received more October sampler blocks

With Giselle's blocks received today, the total number of winning blocks is 44 of 49.

Thank you sewww much!

Caching Up

Those who were around in 2007-2008 might remember just how debilitating my then "mystery illness" was.  It started with irritated eyes and vision problems, a constant loss of voice or hoarseness, allergy symptoms and fatigue so extreme that I fell asleep at stop lights and could literally sleep for days ... and progressed to migraines, complex partial seizures and other problems that I attributed to my "broken brain."   After almost a year of poking and prodding ... and doctors scaring me with what their opinion about what it could be, we (and by "we," I mean me) traced it back to the cleaning chemicals that were constantly being sloshed around in open buckets up and down the hall outside my cubicle wall.

The bad news is that the first list of symptoms is back.
The not so bad news is that my contract for work there is ending ... so I will be out of the new office location (we moved on Nov 1) that is making me sick.

Until I lose this job and have time to recover, I may not be the best at being on top of things.  For example, I didn't get out of bed and mostly slept from Thursday night through Monday morning.  Emailing me to ask why I haven't yet added your blocks to the sidebar really just adds to my stress.  Spending an hour and a half reading through the posts and finding BAD LABELS really makes me wonder why I am giving up 90 minutes of what is now very precious "alert" time for people who can't be bothered to label their posts correctly.  I mass corrected all of the Oct 2011 received blocks ... but I do wonder why some of you think it's OK to continue to expect me to spend the time to fix your posts to make it possible for me to track down missing blocks--and you do know that you WILL EXPECT ME to track down those missing blocks.  Or maybe you still think YOUR IDEA about a label to use is a better idea than using one that would make it possible for me to find ALL the posts about sample blocks sent or received or ALL the posts that contain photos for blocks you expect to be counted and included in the drawing?

If you have posted blocks in the past week, please take a moment and check the list.

In case you haven't noticed, all this EXTREME fatigue and "broken brain" makes me VERY CRANKY. I have NO ONE to take care of me and yet some of you seem to think that when it comes to the block lotto, I am here to continue to waste hours TAKING CARE OF YOU.

We will be taking a Block Lotto break in December--I had planned to suggest a Block Lotto group swap next month, but after seeing the posts and complaining email messages, I am now asking myself WHY I would/should spend even more time doing that for some of you.  During my break (when I will inevitably be cleaning up the blog posts and updating the blog), I'll decide if I can continue ... and whether or not I want to do so.   Adding the stress of my contract ending and the job hunt to my health may well be all I can tolerate.

I appreciate the offers of help and may be taking some of you up on past offers to clean up the labels.  And before some of you ask, I am NOT interested in franchising the block lotto and spending what is often considerable time choosing and/or creating blocks and pattens for YOU to use in YOUR block lotto. Especially in my sick, cranky state, I'm just not that altruistic.    And while I ALWAYS appreciate your input, if you are going to email me about how I SHOULD be doing things, labeling posts,  or something else, please consider that the Block Lotto is a finely tuned machine that has evolved and grown over the past 10 years and over that decade, I have pretty much figured out what works and what won't.  If I poo-poo your idea (everyone using their own name for the labels, for example), it's because I probably have a better understanding of WHY the guidelines, labels, etc are what they are and what can be accomplished through following the established rules.

Another squishie today

Thanks for three lovely sample blocks Maree.
Cheers Sue

Scrappy trips photos Pat K.

Hi all
Here are my 6 blocks for this months lotto...These sure were easy to put
together after I "experimented" with a few until I finally got the technique
down ;o)...I hope we can get 5 or more winners
Pat K.
So. Ca.

Scrappy Trips from Vicki

Here are my 6 scrappy trip blocks for November. I loved making these blocks. I have made several of Bonnie's quilts.

blue sample blocks mailed

I mailed my sample blocks to Ellie, Janet and Andi today. Sorry for the delay; I was on a business trip in Chicago all last week (flew in a corporate jet!).

More Oct blocks arrived

Today I had 6 more Oct blocks arrive 3 each from Debra and Wendy. Thanks for such wonderful blocks girls.
Cheers Sue in Western Australia

6 blocks

I actually made 8, but I messed up on two of them. The black wasn't where it was supposed to be.

So my total blocks for this month is 6!!

Julie P.

rho received More blue/ivory sampler - Oct 2011

Yesterday I received more squishies in the mail.
from - -
Maree in New Zealand
Celine in the UK
Laura in IL

Beautiful, every one. With these blocks received, I have 42 of 49 winning blocks. Thanks Laura for the extra block!

Thanks everyone!

Curved rail blocks....

....are now a flimsy!  This will be a present for my sister once I get it quilted.

November's Scrappy Trips ~

...bring a smile every time I see somebody's posted their set! Of course, I need to try my hand at them. So, I wondered if they were best as a diamond...

or, an X...

I haven't decided, have you? Either way, good luck to us all!

:-}pokey

pokeydotquilting.blogspot.com

November blocks

Here are my 4 blocks for November.   I think this is one of the first times my husband has said he really likes the block I made!

October sampler blocks mailed

I mailed my blocks yesterday to Sue in Western Australia.