Lotto blocks - February & March

These blocks were mailed to Tammy today, for Sunshine blocks.

The red ones are for February and the green ones are for March.

 

These blocks will eventually be made into donation quilts for children.

It's always fun to play with bright, colorful fabric and to use up some stash!

Louise

March lotto blocks, and Stash report

Here are my March blocks for the Sunshine lotto. The color green is so cheerful and alive!




This block is just full of frogs. I had one oddball pink square that was perfect for the center.


I've been busy sorting and culling fabric. Year to date, I've acquired 30.25 yds & de-stashed a whopping 113.25 yds, for a net depletion of 83 yards! I don't expect to de-stash anywhere near that next quarter because I've already gone through almost everything. As motivation, though, I will be counting the estimated fabric contained in any UFOs that I complete. My completed UFO count of ZERO is downright dismal!
Also, the 30.25 that I've acquired was more than I expected, making it clear that the smaller amounts of fabric I bought here and there certainly add up!

Louise

Sunshine Lotto blocks for February

Here are my blocks for Sunshine, mailed out today. The theme, if you couldn't guess, was Red!




This was a fun scrappy block from Quilter's Cache, called Four on the Road.




The designer, Marcia Hohn, is so generous to offer all these free patterns to us quilters!
This pattern would be a great candidate for reproduction fabric.

I've been going through my stash finding yards & yards to donate. It feels so good to pass along fabric that I'll never use, and to declutter!

Louise

January lotto blocks

These are the January lotto blocks that I will be sending to Tammy, to be made into Sunshine quilts.



I tried a new (to me) block, seen above in the top-left and the center.
I'm not sure of the name, but saw the block on the internet. I started with a big 4-patch:


I divided the 4-patch into 9 equal squares, like this:


I rearranged the 4 side-center pieces to make this block:

I love the llama fabric!
This block would be great for scrap quilts & I'm sure I'll be using it again!

Louise

August Lotto blocks

I finished the August Lotto blocks for the Sunshine group & will mail them off in a day or so. I really like doing these blocks. It was fun to play with purple & yellow, which I don't usually use. As a bonus, I used up some scraps! Tammy (of Sunshine) will incorporate these blocks into donation quilts for kids.
September's theme is "bright colors".....and another opportunity to use up scraps!

Louise

Lotto blocks for May & June

I made these blocks for Sunshine and mailed them off today. These 7 are "flower" blocks for May.





























Here is a close-up of one block - Cats in the garden, just where they want to be!


These 5 are pink & green, for June.

I love making these blocks because I can use up my scraps & try different blocks. These blocks will be blended with other blocks to make child & baby quilts.

Green lotto blocks

I'm ashamed that I don't have any completed UFOs to report, but I did finish some green lotto blocks to send off to Tammy, a Sunshine group member who makes the blocks up into baby and kids quilts. I've opted out of the drawing - I don't need any new projects!

The first set has cow & bug fabric. Doesn't the green just shout out "Spring"!


This 2nd set has some purple map fabric in it, with moon, star & sun faces.
All the fabric was pulled from my stash, which I strive for! These 9 blocks will be enroute tomorrow.

Louise