This quilt block shows a flower stand: lots of baskets of flowers encased in a brown square bracket with a sign on top that reads,

Block-A-Day 59 – Frocks And Flowers

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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. This is day fifty-nine of that project.

This quilt block shows a flower stand: lots of baskets of flowers encased in a brown square bracket with a sign on top that reads,
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This is the flower half of Frocks and Flowers. In the real world, both halves are in the same building—a really cool historical building called The Anderson Building.

When Dana’s husband was a little boy, he would walk by the building every day and think that someday he would own it, and now he does!

I made the leaves and stems for these flowers using variegated thread and a close zigzag stitch. I kept my hand on the width adjustment and made it narrower as I went up the leaf.

The flowers were made by sewing beads on top of the leaves.

I marked where the pots would be and sewed the leaves before ironing the pots down.

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Tina

Tina

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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