Buteau3rd, your lovely blocks arrived today. I especially like the fabric with the little angels and birds! Just whetting everyone's appetite for this drawing!

Kay

Just moving this back to the top. I hope to finish mine today.

beverly

Forgot, put me down for 3 please.

beverly

Kay,

I've got three I will get in the mail later this week. Home from work sick today.

Dee

I'm in for 2 this time. I should have them in the mail next week.

Robbi

hello
mine are on the way
also sent some scraps from the blocks.
michelle

They arrived today, Michelle.

So our count now is:
micyrey: 3, received + EXTRA FABRIC!
quiltpartner: 3, received
petalpatsy: 3
polardream: 3, received
buteau3rd: 3, received
lafonda_ranch: 2
faintheart: 3
grammyp: 3
kay_in_pa: 3, done

That's 26 HUGE blocks! Did I miss anyone?? And it's only the beginning of December! Whoo hoo and HO HO HO!!!

Kay

Kay, I should get mine in the mail tomorrow. I just noticed, the thread is titled December 2011, does that mean we are all really early?

beverly

I just got three done this morning. Kay, you can put me in for three and shall post them the next time I am in town near the post office. LOL Grammy P!

Good heavens! I lost a year! Busy thinking about the January applique/paper pieced lotto at the time, I guess.

Thinking of you today, Kay, as you get your second surgery. My husband posted three december blocks yesterday. You should get them sometime this week.

Still plenty of time guys, to get these simple four patches run off from your Christmas fabric. Whoever gets this stash shall hit the mother load.

Mine are in the mail. Keep an eye out for them, please.

beverly

Calliope & grammyp, your blocks have arrived.

It's really looking Christmasy around here with all this holiday fabric!

And, Beverly, thanks so much for the card. It, too, is contributing very much to the holiday spirit. Because of post-op limitations (can't let my eyes get below my heart, so no bending), we're not having a tree this year. What a blessing, though, to be able to actually SEE all the decorations around our valley.

And it's mighty festive at home with cards & quilt squares!

Kay

I'm hoping to participate this month, if I can just get through today! This is the day of our big neighborhood Holiday party. Started out years ago with just neighbors, but it's grown to include old friends and people from both of our workplaces. I just found out that my husband's CEO from his new job is coming! Yikes! I've never met him so now the pressure is really ON!!!

I've got lots of Christmas fabric and I'm sure some of it is still in pieces big enough for this challenge. Tomorrow I'll get it all out and do some relaxed sewing while eating party leftovers. Oh, I'm looking forward to tomorrow! LOL

Kate

faintheart, your blocks arrived last Saturday. Sorry for the delay in letting you know. My Mom had surgery Tuesday & I've been traveling back & forth to WV to help her. All is well, thank goodness!

Everyone, you would not BELIEVE the variety of holiday prints that are coming into this lotto. WOW, such beauty & joy just opening the envelopes!

Current count:

micyrey: 3, received + EXTRA FABRIC!
quiltpartner: 3, received
petalpatsy: 3
polardream: 3, received
buteau3rd: 3, received
lafonda_ranch: 2
faintheart: 3, received
grammyp: 3, received
kay_in_pa: 3, done
calliope: 3, received
k8orlando: still hoping to do some

That's 29 blocks promised + Kate's and anyone else who wants to jump in by the end of the month. That's enough for 2 quilts!!!

I did three blocks today and will be mailing them on Monday. Sorry to cut the timing so short! I know the slowness of Holiday mail may delay their arrival but I'm hoping they'll still get there by the 31st.

Kate

I finished sewing 3 blocks today (started the beginning of the month, where did the time go?!). Will put in mail tomorrow, when I mail out some other packages. Sorry for the last minute arrival, the month got away from me.

I am afraid I will not be able to get my blocks out this month. I have been called in for extra days at work and some family things have come up. I hope this won't cause any problems.

beverly

Beverly, from Kay's list it looks like you've already sent yours in!

Yep, I just double checked. Beverly you sent your blocks along with a lovely card!

You were so far ahead you missed yourself coming & going!

Kay

Oh my, I need a rest!

beverly

Here's a link to an easy tutorial for stacking/slicing/splicing blocks that may work great for these 4 patches.

stack n slice tutorial

Kay, I got mine in the mail yesterday. Hopefully the PO is slowing down a bit and you'll get them the first of the week.

Robbi

Carolnv & k8orlando, your lovely blocks arrived Thursday & Friday.

And, Kate, thanks for the thank you card! I enjoy moderating the lotto, and getting to see all the blocks come in.

This month, though, I'm rather puzzled about where around here I can possibly get a picture of ALL of these blocks in one shot! I think we'll have enough blocks that they could completely CARPET a room, and I'd have to hang from the ceiling to get the shot!

Kay

Wow...the participation this month is awesome even with the busy holidays! Will be neat to see the project(s) the winner creates with all those blocks. I'm excited to see who the lucky winner will be. Kay, maybe you should wait till new year's eve to hang from the ceiling. :-)

Dee

I'm sorry I couldn't make it. Once that machine got put up off the dining room table, I was in another world. Too much going on!

Robbi, your blocks came yesterday. I especially like those ornament fabrics... beautiful!

Kay

29 blocks, right?!? Wowie zowie.

are we drawing yet? when do we draw? do we draw today? do we draw tomarrow? do we do we?
michelle

LOL

I'm tallying them up now. Then I'll need a couple of volunteers to pick a name. Just want to make sure that what arrived tallies with the signups.

I'll pop back in at about 6 or so to see who's here to help choose... and watch with bated breath!!!

Kay

OK, as soon as a couple of people are available I'll do the drawing. I'll send one the list of names with a number attached. Once that person verifies receipt, I'll have someone else pick a number from 1-32 to see who wins this humongous lotto prize!

I'm sitting here now, Kay.....if you're on

I'm on. I'll send you the list, and then as soon as we get another person on, they'll pick the number.

Kay

I am online

Just posted under other thread.

We need a number between 1 and 29, please to determine who the winner of the December lotto is.

Many thanks!

Kay

Are you all ready? Drum roll?

I almost am reluctant to tell you the winner, but I let out such a whoop when magothyrivergirl called it I think you can imagine. She called my number.

I don't win often in drawings, so I am absolutely thrilled to have won it. And I want to thank all of you for participating in this one. What a jackpot.

Kay.........Honestly I will not be making two Christmas quilts. I would like to split this one with another lucky winner if you would have someone call another number. I'll take half and they can have half and two people can celebrate. I'll send you some extra postage money if need be. Calliope

OK, that sounds VERY generous!

Magothyrivergirl, would you pick another number, please?

Kay

Super lucky #....11

You'll have to pick another one......I have that number as well. LOL. Do you think I was meant to win this, or what???

Wow oh wow!!!~~LOL
Super - super lucky winner # 29

Whew......

This time we have a second winner and that would be...........

Carolnv

Congrats to the winners!
You are a sweetheart to share Calliope! Very generous.
This was fun - each number had a significance to me -
Happy New Year!!

I just had a ball with this.....Thank you so much Kay for all the work the lottos involve (been there and done that) and especially this month's lotto with all those blocks. Considering you had two surgeries in there to boot.

Happy New Year everyone. (I am so excited)

I'm sure Kay would like to tell you how generous another winner was this month.

Yes, congrats to everyone!

The "other" generous winner was buteau3rd, who made 3 blocks for us and declined to enter the drawing. What a lady!

Congrats to calliope and carolnv. You're both getting a treasure trove!

In order to get a picture of all the blocks together, I'd have had to lay them out in the yard and take a picture from the deck! So they're posted on the Google docs December 2010 page by participant (link below).

Calliope, if you'd like, go ahead and choose which blocks you'd like so I'll know how to split them! No need for extra postage, our postage kitty has been gradually creeping upward, so there's enough to cover the split packages.

Again. congratulations to EVERYONE for such a wonderful lotto month! What a great way to close 2010!

Kay

Here is a link that might be useful: December 2010 Block Photos

Congratulations to both of you, it was so very nice to share. Please post pictures when you finish your quilts.

beverly

WOW! Calliope, that was a generous thing for you to do, and because of that, I get to share in the winnings! I'm so excited! What a great way to end 2010 and so exciting to think about making a quilt. It'll be my first and a goal I set for myself for 2011. I mainly do tablerunners, so it'll be a challenge. Thanks so much. Happy New Year everyone! Carolnv

Well, I have fireplaces in every room of our old house and I have never made a mantle piece or table runner. I was thinking of using my block stash for those or maybe a tree skirt.......another thing I have been wanting to do, Carol so we both may be fulfilling a goal for 2011.

Kay, I have no preferences as to which blocks you send me (maybe Carol does) so I'm happy with any of them. They're all super.

Congrats to the winners! lucky ladies

Like Calliope, I have no preference to the beautiful blocks. So, divide them up and send us some of each person's and I'll be one happy quilter! Both my DH and MIL were so excited for me, when I told them this morning! My MIL was watching me sew them together, so it'll be great to receive the blocks!