This quilt block shows two pieces of jagged green fabric with a bright green stitching outlining them. The first piece is along the bottom of the square, and the other is around the central blue fabric piece. The blue fabric piece is a pond, with a spiral stitching of a darker blue thread. In the middle of the pond is a duck, which is a piece of brown fabric with some stitching to indicate the wings and outline.

Block-A-Day 327 – Ducks In A Row

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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 three hundred and twenty-six of that project.

This quilt block shows two pieces of jagged green fabric with a bright green stitching outlining them. The first piece is along the bottom of the square, and the other is around the central blue fabric piece. The blue fabric piece is a pond, with a spiral stitching of a darker blue thread. In the middle of the pond is a duck, which is a piece of brown fabric with some stitching to indicate the wings and outline.
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Watching ducks on a pond is relaxing and very entertaining.

There is a reason many parks have duck ponds with benches around them. Watching the ducks flip down with their tails and little webbed feet waving in the air is fun.

I love to see a mama duck lead their little crew around the pond. When my children were small, I had a few additional children that spent their days with me.

We had to go grocery shopping once a week. I would line everybody up and tell them they were baby ducks and I was a mama duck. It worked.

They softly quacked around the store, and we weren’t a train wreck.

I hope I didn’t waddle quite as much as the real mama duck!

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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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