Guild Block Lotto Suggestions??
05-01-2025, 04:32 PM
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You are correct....the guild sets a block per meeting as block lotto, everyone who makes one gets a ticket for the draw and the winning ticket takes all the blocks.
This can be fun and I am always on the hunt for blocks that would, used together, still make an interesting quilt. Hence this thread!
This can be fun and I am always on the hunt for blocks that would, used together, still make an interesting quilt. Hence this thread!
05-04-2025, 01:03 PM
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You are correct....the guild sets a block per meeting as block lotto, everyone who makes one gets a ticket for the draw and the winning ticket takes all the blocks.
This can be fun and I am always on the hunt for blocks that would, used together, still make an interesting quilt. Hence this thread!
This can be fun and I am always on the hunt for blocks that would, used together, still make an interesting quilt. Hence this thread!
06-21-2025, 12:56 PM
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Here is yet another that would be a terrific block lotto pick! I found the idea on a YouTube video by Noorul Huda:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2-IIGbj2Ac
Not sure what the name of this block is but you product two units at a time, and the finished block is made of 4 of these units...perfect for a scrappy look. Depending on your fabric picks, the block can be traditional or modern!
You can change the cutting sizes to alter the size of your finished block, but here are the measurements Noorul used.
-cut two squares from a single print: one 3" square and one 5 1/2" square (you could also use a print and coordinating solid, or two prints very close in hue)
-cut some 2" strips from a white or low volume fabric
-apply the strips to the 3" square such that they frame the 3" square
-trim that framed unit to 5 1/2" x 5 1/2", keeping the print square in the middle of the block
-on the wrong side of the fabric, draw a line down the diagonal of the 5 1/2" print square you cut in the beginning
-put that 5 1/2" print square right sides together with your frame block
-sew on either side of the diagonal line
-cut on the diagonal line to get two identical units
-arrange 4 units to make the finished block
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2-IIGbj2Ac
Not sure what the name of this block is but you product two units at a time, and the finished block is made of 4 of these units...perfect for a scrappy look. Depending on your fabric picks, the block can be traditional or modern!
You can change the cutting sizes to alter the size of your finished block, but here are the measurements Noorul used.
-cut two squares from a single print: one 3" square and one 5 1/2" square (you could also use a print and coordinating solid, or two prints very close in hue)
-cut some 2" strips from a white or low volume fabric
-apply the strips to the 3" square such that they frame the 3" square
-trim that framed unit to 5 1/2" x 5 1/2", keeping the print square in the middle of the block
-on the wrong side of the fabric, draw a line down the diagonal of the 5 1/2" print square you cut in the beginning
-put that 5 1/2" print square right sides together with your frame block
-sew on either side of the diagonal line
-cut on the diagonal line to get two identical units
-arrange 4 units to make the finished block
Last edited by WesternWilson; 06-21-2025 at 12:59 PM.
09-04-2025, 08:59 AM
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Kudos to my guild block lotto coordinator for this one, which is our guild block for September.
These squares are based on the art of Josef Albers, of which you can google examples. There is also a lovely children's board book available, "Squares and Other Shapes with Josef Albers".
I loved that this block got me looking at colour in a new way, and revealed the many gaps in my capacious solids stash! Solids lines are lamentably spare on light, almost white shades, which really help with these blocks. I work from the Kona Color Card and it was a biggggg help in making these blocks.
You can size them however you like, but here are the instructions we worked from:
https://vancouvermodernquiltguild.ca...-square-block/
These squares are based on the art of Josef Albers, of which you can google examples. There is also a lovely children's board book available, "Squares and Other Shapes with Josef Albers".
I loved that this block got me looking at colour in a new way, and revealed the many gaps in my capacious solids stash! Solids lines are lamentably spare on light, almost white shades, which really help with these blocks. I work from the Kona Color Card and it was a biggggg help in making these blocks.
You can size them however you like, but here are the instructions we worked from:
https://vancouvermodernquiltguild.ca...-square-block/
12-27-2025, 08:10 AM
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Here is another nice one, from "Quilting by Nona" on YouTube....and it makes multiples at a time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3n7PM2cLWE
This makes flying geese with a narrow band of contrast fabric between the "sky" and the "goose". Very clever technique.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3n7PM2cLWE
This makes flying geese with a narrow band of contrast fabric between the "sky" and the "goose". Very clever technique.
Last edited by WesternWilson; 12-27-2025 at 08:18 AM.
