This quilt block shows a windmill structure against a light blue salmon-patterned background. We're seeing the windmill top. There's a brown structure holding up the top that is a stack of brown wood leaning on each other with an X structure for support. The top of the windmill has a deep red triangle pointing upwards with a big circular fanout of bluish-green slats attached to the tip of it like a wheel. Each piece of fabric, including the slates is outlined with a light brown stitching.

Block-A-Day 343 – The Windmill

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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 three hundred and forty-three of that project.

This quilt block shows a windmill structure against a light blue salmon-patterned background. We're seeing the windmill top. There's a brown structure holding up the top that is a stack of brown wood leaning on each other with an X structure for support. The top of the windmill has a deep red triangle pointing upwards with a big circular fanout of bluish-green slats attached to the tip of it like a wheel. Each piece of fabric, including the slates is outlined with a light brown stitching.
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A windmill is an interesting addition to a landscape.

In the west, when you see a windmill, it usually means water is being pumped with wind power.

The first windmills, however, were for grinding grain. The oldest existing windmill is in the Netherlands, built in 1441 as a corn mill.

The American windmill was invented by Daniel Halladay in 1854. Windmills were used by the colonists to pump water, grind grain, and cut wood in sawmills.

They are still used in agriculture to pump water in areas where electricity is unavailable.

In 1890 wind turbine generators were widely used. All are predecessors of the wind turbines of today.

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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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