This quilt bock shows a large tree in the middle growing up from the bottom. The trunk is a solid piece of brown fabric much like the color of bark, outlined by two stitches of yellow thread. The foliage likewise is one nebulous piece of dark green fabric with an outline like that of a tree. IT is also outlined in two stitches of yellow thread. However, amidst the tree foliage are kites in varying degrees of stuck. One kite is embedded into the foliage, only showing half of itself, it's tail coming out in another place. Another larger kite is embedded ot the right, its corners stuck. It's longer tail is coming out of the right side. There is another kite hanging down that is blue.

Block-A-Day 231 – The Kite Eater

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Today I continue my quest in creating and posting one block a day of the fabulous That Town And Country Quilt by the lovely Susan-Claire Mayfield. This is day two hundred and thirty-one of that project.

This quilt bock shows a large tree in the middle growing up from the bottom. The trunk is a solid piece of brown fabric much like the color of bark, outlined by two stitches of yellow thread. The foliage likewise is one nebulous piece of dark green fabric with an outline like that of a tree. IT is also outlined in two stitches of yellow thread. However, amidst the tree foliage are kites in varying degrees of stuck. One kite is embedded into the foliage, only showing half of itself, it's tail coming out in another place. Another larger kite is embedded ot the right, its corners stuck. It's longer tail is coming out of the right side. There is another kite hanging down that is blue.
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The infamous kite-eating tree.

Remember poor Charlie Brown trying to fly a kite, and every time he did a tree ate it? I think he just took the kite out in one Peanuts strip and fed it to the tree.

Fortunately, we didn’t have big trees to eat our kites, but we had to be very careful of power lines.

My kids enjoyed flying kites when they were young.

It’s one of those old-fashioned things that is still fun if you have a kid who will try it.

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Tina

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Tina Holley is a third-generation ranching widow, mother, and grandmother whose family roots in Grand County date back to the 1940s. Tina wears many hats and has been sewing for over 45 years... She added another “hat” when she purchased the Fabric Nook from her kindergarten teacher in 2015. Tina is passionate about guiding customers in achieving their personal and creative goals. Her goal is to empower and help make everyone’s idea a beautiful reality about which they can feel great. She began her artistic journey as a garment maker in middle school by designing and creating her own clothes. Later on, she took apart clothes from thrift stores and put them back together to improve her construction and alteration skills. In addition to her sewing expertise, she also knits, crochets, and is an award-winning quilter.

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