A quilt block with a dark blue background showing a building with a red angular roof. It has the word

Block-A-Day 11 – The Builder

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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 eleven of that project.

A quilt block with a dark blue background showing a building with a red angular roof. It has the word
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I want the builder who works here to build my house. And I wouldn’t mind if it looked just like this! It’s such a cute little bungalow.

Forty years ago, I worked as a sign painter. This was before a computer designed everything. Back then, everything was drafted by hand with squares, circle guides, and rulers on heavy kraft paper.

We would look in a book of fonts and choose one to draft out. So when this project came up, I looked up fonts on the computer and planned to copy them on my storefronts. I’m using Sakura Micron pens to do the lettering on my buildings.

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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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