1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- ?
3.Solstice- 1
4.Patti60- 2
5.Cziga- 1-2?
6.Woodenzoo- 1-2
7.Stitches- 2-3
8.Mary_c- 2
9.Bopeep- 1
10.Polardream- 1
11.Wynative- 1

Marie, you have mail. :)
Cathy

Is it too late to sign up? This is my first block lotto....I am fairly new to quilting but have found that it is soo calming!

If it is not too late, I would like to sign up for 2 pairs.

Cathy.........you can change my ? to three pairs of blocks. Nearly finished with them, and shall have them posted tomorrow or monday. Fun pattern. I shall have to add this to the list of quilts I intend to do.

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3
3.Solstice- 1
4.Patti60- 2
5.Cziga- 1-2?
6.Woodenzoo- 1-2
7.Stitches- 2-3
8.Mary_c- 2
9.Bopeep- 1
10.Polardream- 1
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2

Gordon, it's not to late! I've added you to the list and have sent you an e-mail.
Calliope, I updated your info. Since you are nearly done with them and are making 3 pairs, I take it they are as easy as they seem?
Hopefully, I'll get mine started this weekend!
Cathy

Great!! I was telling my mother about it and she wants to try it also...I need to set her up an account in here first. Will do that tomorrow.

Question....I found a dark blue in my stash...would that work or should it be lighter? More like true blue?
Thanks!!

Gosh I hope dark blue works.....one of my pair is a dark blue calico, and I like it the bestest. The pictures on flicker of this pattern done in blues runs the gamut. And the variety is wonderful. It puts me in mind of Delft.

Yes, Cathy, it's easy. And fun. A block goes together in about fifteen minutes after it has been cut. But then again, I took some gift money my DH gave me and spent some of it on templates and I am such a happy camper. They allow you to square up your blocks, and with any pattern with points, it sure makes life easy.

Here is another question..... I have always washed fabric before using it for anything...I heard that some people do not. Is washing the fabric okay? I would hate to have shrinkage or bleeding.

My thoughts on a 'true blue' are that it is BLUE. A true blue will not have a greenish, aqua, turquoise or purple (or any other color) tint to it. You have a navy, royal, sky blue and pastel (and others that aren't coming to mind right now :) ) blue and they are all true blues. Then you get some that have just a hint at a green (or other color) that would work here too. I really just want to stay away from other colors that hint at blue. LOL I hope that makes sense!
So, yes, if your darker fabric is a 'true blue' or with just a hint of another color, it should work out great.

Calliope, good to hear it does go together easily! I just picked up a lighter shade of blue and will make one pair with it and one pair with a darker rose [flower] print I have on hand.

As to washing fabric, I know that many are big fans of pre-washing, but I'll warn everyone, I do not do so. I don't have the time for it and all it entails.
How does everyone else feel? Shall we limit it to only pre-washed fabric? I'll go with majority rules.

Cathy

I do not prewash my fabric, either, Cathy unless there is a valid reason for doing it (like finding the cat laying on it before I get it up to the sewing room) or a fabric like flannel I KNOW will shrink. If one is concerned about dyes bleeding, then they have the option of soaking out their blocks before putting them together or using a dye catcher. Just MHO. And I'm not nearly as experienced as many on this forum. I'll go with the group consensus.

Cathy,

Mine are in the mail. My blue is blue, my WOW is actually white on white, so I'm feeling pretty good about the blocks.

Mine were one washed (the white) and one possibly washed (the blue). I don't prewash as many fabrics as I used to. I do know that my blue doesn't bleed, as I have used it in many Quilts of Valor, and haven't had a problem.

They're done, they're sent. Dyecatchers are awesome. I do not prewash either, and I'm never going to again.

I finished 2 sets last night so I increased my quantity. I will mail tomorrow.

Sue

I finished 2 sets last night so I increased my quantity. I will mail tomorrow.

Sue

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3
3.Solstice- 1
4.Patti60- 2
5.Cziga- 1-2?
6.Woodenzoo- 1-2
7.Stitches- 2-3
8.Mary_c- 2
9.Bopeep- 1
10.Polardream- 2
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2

Sue, I updated your info and will keep an eye out for them in addition to Caliope's and Mary's.
I suppose the pre-washing wasn't as big a deal as I thought it might be. :) So fabrics do not need to be pre-washed.
Cathy

i finished my 2 sets yesterday and will mail tommoro.

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3
3.Solstice- 1
4.Patti60- 2
5.Cziga- 1-2?
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 2-3
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1
10.Polardream- 2
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2

They were easy to do! lol I actually got mine done in just a few hours on Sunday. I think that's record time for me!
Mary, I received your blocks today.
Patti, I'll be keeping an eye out for yours.
Cathy

Well I'll definitely be sending at least 1 pair. I finished the first set today. I really like the colour choice, it is quite smart looking! I'll see if I can get another pair done before I have to mail them off.

I sat down to make one set last night after spending the day at Disney. I didn't expect to get more than one done but they went so quick and easy that I completed three sets! So please change me from a 1 to a 3. They are going in the mail today.

The blues are pretty (some light, some dark, but all definitely 'blue') and the white-on-white is a rose pattern I really like, so I love the way the blocks turned out. Hope everyone has as much fun with this pattern as I had!

Kate

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3
4.Patti60- 2
5.Cziga- 1-2
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 2-3
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1
10.Polardream- 2
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2

Calliope, your blocks are here. Thanks!
Cathleen, good to see that you are definitely joining us this month! ;)
Kate, I changed you to 3. They do go together quickly!
I'll be on the lookout for packages.
Cathy

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3
4.Patti60- 2
5.Cziga- 1-2
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 2-3
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2

Sue, your blocks arrived today. Thanks!
Cathy

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3
4.Patti60- 2 (Received)
5.Cziga- 1-2
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 2-3
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2

Two pairs just arrived today from Patti60! Thanks Patti!
Cathy

Cathy, don't you have mine yet? They were mailed on the 6th!!!

Kate

Kate, I just double-checked, and no, I haven't received yours yet. Perhaps it will come today, but yeah, I would think it should be here by now too.
Cathy

Cathy,
I have 2 pairs completed and in the mail to you as of today. Hope they get there quickly :)

Cathy, please sign me up for 3 pair. I'll try to get them mailed tomorrow.

Jant

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3 (Received)
4.Patti60- 2 (Received)
5.Cziga- 2
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 2-3
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2
13.Alabamajanet- 3

Guess what came in the mail today, Kate? LOL I think the post office did that on purpose! ;)
Janet, good to see you join us! I'll be keeping an eye out for yours and Cathleen's blocks and post when I receive them. Thanks!
Cathy

Yea! Thanks for letting me know!

Cathy, I mailed mine yesterday.
bopeep

I have one set done and I plan to mail out tomorrow or Monday.

Vicky

Very easy block and looks GREAT!

Cathy, I mailed out my blocks and just realized when I got home that I forgot to put my dollar in with it. Would you like me to send it in an envelop tomorrow? I'm such a scatterbrain sometimes. Duh!

Janet

Cathy,

Will you please re-send your address to me. I think I would lose my head if it wasn't attached to my shoulders.

Vicky

My 3 pairs went in the mail today.
Nancy

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3 (Received)
4.Patti60- 2 (Received)
5.Cziga- 2
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 3
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2
13.Alabamajanet- 3

LOL The mailing rush is on! ;)

Janet and Vicky, you've got mail!

Nancy, I updated the info.

Thanks everyone, for letting me know they've been sent!
I'll keep my eyes open and will update as they get here. :)
Cathy

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3 (Received)
4.Patti60- 2 (Received)
5.Cziga- 2
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 3
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1 (Received)
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2
13.Alabamajanet- 3

Your package arrived Bopeep! Thanks!
Cathy

My two sets went out in the mail today. Everyone here agrees that this one would be especially nice to win. The blocks were just so nice and easy! I tried to talk my son into making this quilt (he's starting one after Christmas) But he has his heart set on the Irish Chain.

Vicky

I liked it so well, I started a quilt top in this pattern in blues on yellow. It took me eight days, at approximately two hours a day and I sewed the last seam today. It's for an old antique iron bed and I needed it large to drape down farther than usual for a full-size, so ended up making it 96 X 96. It was a fun quilt top to make and it turned out nicely. I'll see if I can take a sneak preview pic of it tomorrow, because I may not get around to quilting it until after the holidays.

Cathy, here is the double four patch I finished up last night. Approximate time start to finish on the piecework and cutting, sixteen hours. I doubled the size of the block. It needs sandwiched and finished, of course, and is wrinkled, as I had it folded and didn't want to iron it again. It was fun.

Beautiful!!! I like the large size, too. With some clever matching and maybe a little sashing it could be interesting to mix the size we made for the lotto with some larger blocks.

I have to work at getting over my compulsiveness on avoiding mix-matching quilt blocks. You'll see I placed two pairs of like fabric blocks together to get a four block piece, and whomever wins the block lotto won't have a bunch of identical pairs.........but mixing the blocks should be even neater. I made these large to trial-run the pattern, and because I have need a a quilt out of blue and yellow to go in a room I am shall be redecorating. Now that I know it's something I enjoy doing, I hope to make more double four patch quilts with the 8", smaller block.

1.Vicky- 2
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3 (Received)
4.Patti60- 2 (Received)
5.Cziga- 2
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 3 (Received)
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1 (Received)
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2
13.Alabamajanet- 3 (Received)

Nancy and Janet, your blocks are here! Thanks!

Calliope, that is really pretty! You did a great job with it! One thing they say about this block is that there are many different layouts you can create using it.
Cathy

Cathy -

Please add me to the list. I have two sets made and hope to complete a third before mailing them out later this week. I love this block, including the color combo. Calliope - your larger block quilt is awesome.

Bonnie

1.Vicky- 2 (Received)
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3 (Received)
4.Patti60- 2 (Received)
5.Cziga- 2
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 3 (Received)
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1 (Received)
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1
12.Gordon43812- 2
13.Alabamajanet- 3 (Received)
14.Bonnie_nmi- 2-3

Vicky, your envelope arrived this afternoon! Thanks!
Bonnie, welcome aboard! ;)
Cathy

I figured out what I was doing wrong....shouldn't start something late at night!! My blocks will be in the mail by the weekend. This has been fun!!

I mailed mine today :)
Marie

Cathy - I mailed three sets today. I'm thinking I'd like to make a small quilt using just one white fabric and one blue fabric. I may cut the strips and blocks and just keep them by my machine for beginning and ending work. I've never made a two-color quilt, and I think this would be good for that. However, I'm still so swamped with Ufo's that I don't want to be entered in this month's drawing either. I'm not being particularly noble, but rather protecting myself from piling up so many projects that I get discouraged. I won the cute ladybug blocks in July - and that was the first time I had entered the lotto. It just seems fair to continue to participate to help keep the numbers up for the others who are in. When I can post pictures of two finished birthday quilts from September 2007 plus the ladybug quilt, I'll get back in the lotto game full swing.

Bonnie

1.Vicky- 2 (Received)
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3 (Received)
4.Patti60- 2 (Received)
5.Cziga- 2 (Received)
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 3 (Received)
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1 (Received)
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1 (Received)
12.Gordon43812- 2
13.Alabamajanet- 3 (Received)
14.Bonnie_nmi- 3

Two more packages arrived yesterday. Thanks Cathleen and Marie!
Linda, glad to hear you got it worked out and that you had fun with it!
Bonnie, while I understand, that's still so sweet of you to do! Looking forward to seeing those pictures of the finished quilts and your full participation once again!
Cathy

1.Vicky- 2 (Received)
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3 (Received)
4.Patti60- 2 (Received)
5.Cziga- 2 (Received)
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 3 (Received)
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1 (Received)
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1 (Received)
12.Gordon43812- 2
13.Alabamajanet- 3 (Received)
14.Bonnie_nmi- 3 (Received)

Just updating the list. Thanks Bonnie! Your blocks arrived.
Cathy

WOW! This is going to make a nice quilt!

1.Vicky- 2 (Received)
2.Calliope- 3 (Received)
3.Solstice- 3 (Received)
4.Patti60- 2 (Received)
5.Cziga- 2 (Received)
6.Woodenzoo- 2 (here)
7.Stitches- 3 (Received)
8.Mary_c- 2 (Received)
9.Bopeep- 1 (Received)
10.Polardream- 2 (Received)
11.Wynative- 1 (Received)
12.Alabamajanet- 3 (Received)
13.Bonnie_nmi- 3 (Received)

Linda (Gordon43812) has had to back out for this month.

Since all blocks are here, I'll get things ready for the drawing and announce the winner Sunday evening.
Unless anyone has any objections ;)
Cathy

I finished piecing my son's lap quilt and thought you guys might like to see it. I asked him what colors he wanted and he picked green and black. I then had him pick out the fabrics from my stash. I really wanted to add a lighter color and I have the ivy print on white also, but no, he wanted only the green and black. I think his way turned out better than mine would have! ;) It's about 40"X48" and just the right size for him while sitting at his computer.

Cathy, I absolutely love that. It's amazing how some things turn out so much better than we expect when we start thinking outside of the box of comfort we'd normally use. It's almost an act of faith to work in scrappies too, when we are so used to combining monochromes and complimentaries, and solids with patterns, and then all of the sudden start throwing them all in a bag and using the first one out when you grab for a piece.

I am starting a new quilt top now, a spiderweb scrappy, and not using any rhyme or reason to what strip I use next. It's very wonky, but I'm loving it.

You son is going to love that, too.