This quilt block shows a tall building with arched entryways on the bottom and a large span of vertical windows across the upper part. Above the windows is a sign that reads in blue pen, "Homer Municipal Airport." The windows are a gray fabric, with markings to show they reflect, and stitching showing the pane's edges. The archways below also have stitching. The building itself is a light tan fabric in the same salmon-pattern as the background which is blue.

Block-A-Day 164 – Homer Municipal Airport

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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 sixty-four of that project.

This quilt block shows a tall building with arched entryways on the bottom and a large span of vertical windows across the upper part. Above the windows is a sign that reads in blue pen, "Homer Municipal Airport." The windows are a gray fabric, with markings to show they reflect, and stitching showing the pane's edges. The archways below also have stitching. The building itself is a light tan fabric in the same salmon-pattern as the background which is blue.
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“My bags are packed; I’m ready to go….”

I named the Homer Municipal Airport after my grandfather Homer Smith. Homer was a small plane pilot who was killed when, while flying too low at night, his landing gear caught on a barbed wire fence in Idaho.

When I was a little girl, my Dad used to take me to small airports to watch the planes take off and land. Whenever we had to fly out from or pick someone up from Stapleton International in Denver, we always went early to watch the planes.

The last flight I took at Stapleton was when I went to my mother’s funeral in Phoenix. The Pope had been here, and the flight to Phoenix was filled with nuns going home. That is not a sight you see every day.

The next time I flew was out of DIA many years later. The art at DIA fascinates me. The murals and sculptures. Every time I am there, I see something I haven’t seen before.

I’m not sure where it is, but somewhere at DIA, a gargoyle is coming out of a suitcase on a high shelf. I look at airport art whenever I travel.

I wish I could remember what terminal I was in that had a giant paper airplane suspended.

I really liked that.

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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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