Wow! What a great gift!

I had one block lotto win. I donated it to my quilt Guild. We do lots of quilts for various local groups. it's my first time joining a guild. I think I'm going to enjoy it.

bkay

Oh yes, I remember lottos. Those look great, Sue, and you put them together nicely. I won a few and even made some quilts with them. I also still have some. And, I still have some Happy Birthday blocks, too. The one that comes to mind are hearts made with pink and black. I had them on the 'audition' board a few times, but that's as far as I got with them. They are so beautiful.

I remember them fondly. I really enjoyed participating. I have photos of 58 months of lotto blocks that I made from 2011 to 2017. I made one of the Card Trick blocks, but not one of the other ones. I won seven times and made six quilts from the blocks. I combined two months' blocks into one quilt. I donated two, gifted three and still have one. We had quite a few participants in the beginning, but the numbers dwindled by 2017.

Yes, numbers dwindled for all my online groups. Facebook participation ended most of them. It's a shame. They were infinitely more interesting than Facebook.

bkay

Lois, yes the numbers of participants dwindled by 2017. But we did try to keep it going until 2019 when it was decided that Block Lotto had reached its ‘expiration date.’ And in that last year, we did not do an exchange but rather made the suggested block of the month and as the months went by, had enough blocks for our own quilt, in our own colours. The blocks to be made were suggested by Forum members, one per month.

It was an interesting take on the original Block Lotto project.

I was sorry to see the original plan be discontinued but, as you say, participants numbers dwindled and it was a challenge to keep it going.

Theresa