Here are some sample blocks for PIECED BOX BLOCK in mineral colors already completed. The month hasn't started and we already have several blocks for the Lotto!

V.....I sent a block.....please don't put my name in the drawing. Thanks.

SharonG/FL

Sharon, I received your block...thanks so much. I will have your May winning blocks in the mail on Saturday.

I love this June block...I really like the secondary pattern created when two of these are side by side. It should make for an interesting overall effect in these mineral colors! Yeah...I know the instructions read a bit more complex than we normally do, but it will be worth it for one lucky winner!
Happy sewing!
V.

Pretty excited! My sister, Patty, is here...we cut out fabric today for 8 blocks...four for her; four for me...we will share three each, keep one each for our 'sampler quilt'. How lucky can a girl be to have her sister quilting with her...???? Patty is so talented...teaches me so much! Hoping to learn how to do paper piecing this weekend!!! WoooHooooooo.....

Beth, you'll love the birdhouse paper piece pattern! It's a good one to start with and there are so many good fabric choices!

Beth...you are fortunate to have your sister there to play with...what fun!
K8's right about the paper piecing, the bird houses are super easy...I will finish mine today and post.
I look forward to seeing your june blocks!.
V.

my three for June!! Yes...it was great to have Patty here to play....between us, we did 16 blocks in a couple of days. We each kept two and I'll be mailing the package with three from each of us for the regular June lotto, and three each of the paper piece lotto. So much fun!! (I somewhere have a picture of all of our blocks together, but I can't find it!!!!)

Your blocks are dramatic...like that color combo!
V.

Here's my block. In the mail soon, Val. I found this one kind of tricky. My points aren't as good as I'd hoped.

All, I'll take the credit / heat on this block. Yes, it is a little tricker than others, but I thought the design in the finished product is way cool! ( ok ... Way cool is a bit dated of an expression, but so am I ;-)
V.

Val, the design is way cool. I was wondering if some of the pieces were a little oversized. I trimmed down the last square, I think to 9", before I added the final corners, and that seemed to help quite a bit. Maybe the instructions should have just given trimming instructions during the construction process. Or maybe my scant 1/4" seams are a little too scant. The blocks will make a great quilt, and I learned during the process. That's what it's all about! Thanks for all the time and energy you and Kate contribute to our forum.

Val picked the block and I picked the colors - we'll share the blame on this one. I think it's way cool too and has great potential, but we've haven't had much participation this month. Maybe it's the block or the colors or maybe it's the time of year. I know many of us are busy with gardens, vacations and kids out of school.

But... there's still time to participate if you want to! We have some cool blocks already and just a few more, with a couple borders, would make a wonderful quilt or wallhanging.

Kate

Yep...Val is way cool ! ...so's Kate, too! I can't imagine how either fit all this into the schedules they keep, but I'm SURE glad they do. THANK YOU, ladies! Strangely, I found this block to be fairly easy...but maybe I did it wrong, too!!!! Hahahhaa...no telling. But I'd encourage more participation, too...with these colors, it'd be an awesome lap robe, too...say for a Vet or someone in a nursing home. I love it...very rich looking, imho. Probably one of my favorite blocks since I started doing the lotto...

Lois ... Love the fabric you used...the block looks great!

Well for all my lotto fretting on the June block...,it's going to be a very cool quilt. My DH saw these laying out and said..".oohh...now these I like." (He's not always expressive when it comes to quilting blocks...other stuff ..I could go on...;-) )
Winner to be announced Monday night...!!!

wow!! that's going to be NICE! It's so rich looking. Yup..will make a great piece.

End of June is sneaking up on my rapidly! I'll get the July Lotto posting up soon!
If you want to check it out before I get it posted, remember you can see all of them at the At-A-Glance post. Link is below.

Kate

Here is a link that might be useful: 2014 LOTTO At-A-Glance

Who is on line and ready to select a random number between 1 and 8?

And for this block, I pick 8. Good Luck!
Theresa

Patti H. is the winner for our June Lotto! Congratulations Patti! These will make an awesome and interesting quilt top...can't wait to see what you do with them!

V.

Congrats Patti !

Wow!!! Congrats, Patty!!! You'll do something nice with those beauties!!!

Good for you, Patti. I don't know about anyone else, but those blocks make me hungry. They look like caramel.

Congrats! They're a beautiful assortment.