Thanks again, Ladies. You do a great job!!

You guys are awesome! If you need a hand with a month of sample blocks making, I'd be willing to help you. Linda has my email.

You guys are doing a wonderful job keeping this going. Thank You!!!

Once I retire, I'll be happy to chip in. I just can't swing it right now.

Valarie

A few ideas to help you gals along. All from quilters cache....

Shooting Star, white background/center with brights

Square in a Square, might be a nice twist for variety

Baby Bud could be fun for spring

Box Kite, scrappy with kona black and white as shown in sample

thanks for asking...your call!

You have been doing such a super job, both of you. Whatever you choose for next year will be just as great as this year. Thank you both!

Theresa

I just checked out Val's suggestions. Nice ones. While looking at those, I also scrolled through a lot in the "S" list. Sunlight and shadows looked like a good one too. Have fun ladies choosing.

Theresa

Sue and Linda - thanks so much for continuing the block lotto. Really appreciate the time you two put into it. I'm excited to see what blocks/colors you choose for the 2017!

Thank you both for doing the lotto. I'm always excited to see your block choices. I hope to participate more next year.

One suggestion is to try some modern quilt blocks like this: stacked block or some other blocks from Quilt block library.

Vasu

It is very dangerous looking through those websites. I Have seen several blocks I want to make on my own. One I Think I Will really get to is Scrap Jar Stars. Probably not the best for the Lotto, but sure good for the scrapaholics amongst us.

Theresa

Oh, great. More blocks to want to make. Looked up Scrap Jar Stars and found one where each block was made in a different color scheme. Liked that a lot.

Thank you, Sue and Linda, for organizing the Lotto. I know the participants enjoy it and even when I haven't participated, I enjoy seeing everyone's blocks and congratulating the winner.

I have so many ideas! :D I may make one as an example (for quilting practice) to add to the suggestion pile. If it doesn't get picked as one no biggie it'll still be fun :)

Is there a deadline?

Vasu, I use the genX quilt block library all the time and have made quite a few. It's a great way to find bloggers with new ideas! One of my favorite is #156, flower garden path...its in my current project below:

#119, Another star is another nice one... Part of the current project I will say most of those I've found on the site are either a different name then what you find on quilter's cache, or a variation. Also, the instructions vary based on the blogger...some can be challenging to follow, but fun all the same.

As for the lotto...whatever Linda and Sue select will be awesome...they have been doing great and we all appreciate their efforts!

V.

Linda/Sue - thank you so much for continuing the lotto. I've learned a lot by participating and really appreciate all the work that you put in to it. Whatever you come up with will be great. I'm looking forward to playing along next year!

Val - such pretty blocks!

Jennifer

Val - I love your blocks. Yes, many in the library are variations of traditional quilt blocks. Some instructions are not as clear and consistent as quilter's cache and may be hard to follow for beginner quilters.

I love the scrap jar star - makes me want to run to my scrap bucket/barrel (can't fit them in a jar anymore :-)

Vasu

Thank you everyone for your input. I will tell you that there is at least ONE of the blocks suggested already in the mix for 2017! Like Linda said, we try to make most of the blocks a simpler design to encourage new quilters to try different things.

With your input, I will finalize the 2017 Lotto and get started on the sample blocks. I hope to post the "2017 Lotto at a Glance" information in November.

Again, we will only have 11 blocks - December is too busy for much participation, so we will skip it.

Think about hosting the Lotto in 2018 - try making up some of the blocks you have your eye on and use them for the lotto ideas!

Sue

Thanks, Ladies for doing the Lotto. I'm hoping to participate in the future. I really enjoy seeing everyone's blocks. It's really nice to see the finished quilts, too.

bkay

I forgot to mention - I've seen some really striking black and white quilts recently.

Here is my suggestion for 2017 :) I wanted to make one to practice and see how the colors went together. It's called "The House That Jack Built." I was thinking we could use batik fabric in peacock type colors (teal, navy blue, gold, green, purple and maybe even fuchsia). And rotating the positions of the colors will make for a neat quilt too :)

The House That Jack Built Block

Hareball, very nice block. I had to go look at the directions because I wasn't getting how the block pieces came together! I'm going to add this to my list of make one day! Thanks.

carolnv Thank you :) I think it makes a really nice quilt. I can see so many color combinations working with it. :D When you make yours please post pictures! :)

Maybe we could do a polaroid quilt too. Each polaroid (block) could be a fabric with something about each of us or that interests us. If you like cooking use a cooking theme fabric or if you like animals a fabric with an animal. So the end quilt will be like a little photo wall of the members of the group. :)