This quilt block shows a large pretty standard tree against a gray background. The tree is very large with billowy cloud like greenery at the top and a fat big trunk below. The trunk is a brown fabric, the grass a green splotchy fabric, and the greenery at the top a dark green with stitches to indicate cloud like bulges.

Block-A-Day 105 – The Boy And The Giant Tree

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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 one hundred and five of that project.

This quilt block shows a large pretty standard tree against a gray background. The tree is very large with billowy cloud like greenery at the top and a fat big trunk below. The trunk is a brown fabric, the grass a green splotchy fabric, and the greenery at the top a dark green with stitches to indicate cloud like bulges.
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This is a giant tree!

A shade tree big enough for a shady nap underneath or a picnic lunch.

An excellent tree for climbing high. And what a great tree for a house among the branches. I always thought that would be fun.

I was not a tree climber because there were no trees close to our house (and that whole afraid of heights thing kind of got in the way).

Another little story about Farmhand 1:

In California, they had a tree in front of their house. It wasn’t a giant tree like this one but big enough for climbing and tall enough to climb out of reach.

Mom, Dad, Farmhand 2 and 3 were ready to go to a meet-up. Farmhand 1 decided he didn’t want to go and climbed the tree. So there it was, everyone strapped in the van except Dad and #1.

They were at a standoff.

Dad talked to him for some time with no advance. He finally told him that the entire family would not be held hostage by a little boy in a tree and ordered him out.

That did it.

Isn’t parenthood fun?

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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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