This quilt block shows a very large house against a blue background. The house is two-storied, with two peaks in the slanted roof that's coming down towards the viewer. The upper floor has six square yellow windows, each outlined by a black stitching. The lower floor has an awning coming out that's supported by white pillars. The awning and the roof are the same color dark brown. Behind the white pillars, also outlined in black, are four square yellow windows. These windows are two on each side of a round dark brown door with white stitching. It's indeed a large hosue.

Block-A-Day 360 – The Olsson Mansion

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The Olssons have always been pretty self-sufficient. Very little of what they eat doesn’t come from the farm. Sugar and coffee are two notable exceptions. Vegetables come from the garden, fruits from the orchard. Flour is milled from the wheat they grow. This way of life was paramount to Lars and Ebba. They passed the conviction to their children who in turn have instilled it in their children.

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