This quilt block shows a large just about square building. The main building material is a single large duotone polka dotted fabric (the dots being scattered and random). There are many smaller square windows outlined with an orange fabric, while inside they are a solid brown. They're each outlined by stitching. There is a light fixture above the middle door drawn in pen. The door is in the middle and is also outlined in an orange fabric. There are two signs, each detailed and colorful. On the left is a blue, black, and white sign with mountains on it and thew words,

Block-A-Day 282 – New-2-U And Never Summer Brewing

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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 eighty-two of that project.

This quilt block shows a large just about square building. The main building material is a single large duotone polka dotted fabric (the dots being scattered and random). There are many smaller square windows outlined with an orange fabric, while inside they are a solid brown. They're each outlined by stitching. There is a light fixture above the middle door drawn in pen. The door is in the middle and is also outlined in an orange fabric. There are two signs, each detailed and colorful. On the left is a blue, black, and white sign with mountains on it and thew words,
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This is another old building in Granby.

When I was a little girl, it was a bowling alley. My grandparents went there and bowled in leagues several times a week. They also went there to play poker and pinochle.

Upstairs was a 3.2 beer joint called The Upstairs. The bowling alley closed in the late seventies. Sonny and Ruthie Samuelson were the owners.

After that, Cindy Samuelson opened a feed store there, and I bought feed for many years from her.

A few years ago, the building was divided, and a children’s consignment store went in on the west side.

I have bought a lot of clothes for my grandchildren there.

On the east side is Never Summer Brewery. I have had a couple very nice pints there with friends.

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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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  1. I am an old friend of the Samuelson family, in the same class from 1st to 8th grade with Dick Samuelson. Spent quite a few nights sleeping next to the 3.2 Beer joint and watching Sonny fight people in front of the bowling alley. We once watched Sonny and some fella from Fraser grapple in the dusty road on the entrance to a community picnic near Fraser. They both stumbled back to the picnic, disheveled and bleeding, hugging each other! Apparently they were old friends from school, and it wasn’t the first time they had been in a fistfight with each other!
    Ruthie Samuelson on the other hand was the nicest woman I have ever met!
    We lived next door to Sonny’s parents. Dick, Ray D, and Cindy’s grandparents. They owned the Grand Bar across the street (Hwy 40) from the bowling alley. Nice folks!

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