Rosa, What are you doing, you enabler, you! If I were home, at least one of those patterns would already be ordered! How cute those are!!! By sewing a block at a time, you could quit and make a wall hanging if you get tired of it. To each their own, but I do like the perks of back-basting most applique. Glad it's working for you. SharonG/FL-IN

Her BOMs are cute. The flickr site shows how they look in different fabrics, which is fun to see. I just finished the top for 2010's Bunny Hill snowbound (needs ironing and quilting!). The snowmen are all wool felt, all machine appliques and hand embroidered. It will get more buttons and embellishments after quilting. I chose to do a standard sashing instead of the Irish Chain in the pattern. I'm still working on the Tisket Tasket BOM of hers from 2009! I have through July done, will by very happy when I finally get that one done! I choose not to do this year's (partially because I had two unfinished UFO BOMs), and to me the background was too busy, but I saved the patterns in case I ever need a cute squirrel!

Thanks for the comments. As for pattern choices... my goodness they're difficult! One pp that I chose that I thought would be simple, turned out to be a nightmare to make (my apologies!). I would love to choose more complex/adult/mature patterns, but I worry about whether they would scare away beginner level quilters. Another problem I'm running into is that there are a lot fewer non-juvenile themed patterns in pp that are on free sites. And many of the applique patterns seem awfully time consuming for a lotto, though I love them.... such as floral wreath patterns. The last couple of lottos, I've tried having pp and applique in the same month so that quilters who enjoy one technique, but not the other, don't need to sit out a cycle. And it's very difficult finding TWO patterns, one pp & one applique (in the same or similar sizes) that will go together in the same project. I'll try a couple of more lotto cycles, but would definitely welcome suggestions of pattern/fabric combinations that fit the criteria I'm trying to meet each month. Thanks, Kay

Another fantastic quilt. You have been very busy. I can’t imagine all that hand stitching. It would take me years to finish. I understand why you found it at a thrift store. The original owner probably thought, ”What was I thinking of?”