This quilt block shows a dark green wireframe structure with tools leaning or hanging from it. On the left is a weed hook, having a brown handle. Then a gray pitchfork. A brown handled trowel, and then a brown wooden rake, and finally hedge trimmers, with reverse gray/brown colors.

Block-A-Day 355 – Mom’s Hand Tools

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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 fifty-five of that project.

This quilt block shows a dark green wireframe structure with tools leaning or hanging from it. On the left is a weed hook, having a brown handle. Then a gray pitchfork. A brown handled trowel, and then a brown wooden rake, and finally hedge trimmers, with reverse gray/brown colors.
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Here are the hand tools Mom uses in her gardening.

The thing on the left is a weed hook, then a pitchfork, a hand spade, a leaf rake, and hedge trimmers.

Since she got her garden tractor, she doesn’t use the pitchfork much or the leaf rake. Dad bought her a leaf mulcher attachment last year. And, of course, she has a rototiller-type attachment to handle turning the garden.

The hand spade and weed hook she puts in the little wagon attachment along with bedding plants in the springtime.

She could not be more delighted with her arrangement.

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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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