This quilt block shows a white garage and a lot of smoke. The garage is a white piece of fabric, with black pen markings on it to give it its details. There is drawn in a yellow lamp at the top of the garage, and the shadows are drawn in on two garage doors. Everywhere else except the upper left of the block is covered with a black fabric and brown fabric indicating smoke. It's quite dramatic.

Block-A-Day 293 – The Fire, October 21st, 2020

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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 two hundred and ninety-three of that project.

This quilt block shows a white garage and a lot of smoke. The garage is a white piece of fabric, with black pen markings on it to give it its details. There is drawn in a yellow lamp at the top of the garage, and the shadows are drawn in on two garage doors. Everywhere else except the upper left of the block is covered with a black fabric and brown fabric indicating smoke. It's quite dramatic.
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It’s been a year since the East Troublesome Fire.

Three blocks, starting with today, will talk about that event.

I debated whether to include it in my quilt, but because it was such a big event, I want the people who look at it and read my stories to remember that we are all survivors after I’m gone.

My story does not compare to the hundreds of people that lost so much.

On October 21st, I was at work, and in my shop, there were only windows in the front. Through those windows was blue sky all day.

I knew that was a very narrow view and that smoke was getting heavier all the time.

Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw when I walked out the shop’s back door.

This is what I saw. You can see the patch of blue above the billowing smoke; it is 6:00 pm.

This garage is 30’ behind the store.

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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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