This quilt block shows two cows standing in the grass. The bottom of the block has a jagged cut piece of green fabric indicating the grass. On the right is a large Highlander cow with fur covering the front of her brown face. Next to her and a bit behind her is a much lighter orange-yellow calf that is half her height. It looks a bit like a teddy bear. The cow and calf are detailed with appropriately colored pen markings.

Block-A-Day 298 – Josie And Ben

Tina October 25, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

It is so much fun to see the baby calves in the spring because they’re so cute. They look like little teddy bears bouncing around the field.

This quilt block shows a bull standing in some grass with a few butterflies around him. The butterflies are yellow and are drawn in with pen. The grass is jagged with leaves poking up. In the grass is a big bull that's brown with long hair. It also has a long hairy tail. The head of the bull is covered with long hair that obscures one of its eyes. Atop the bul's head is a large pair of white horns pointing out and then upwards.

Block-A-Day 297 – Barryl The Bull

Tina October 24, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

All of Sisu farm’s cattle are grass-fed and finished. They’re a meat breed cattle and this is one of our bulls. His name is Barryl ad he’s very friendly. Occasionally he wants to go and visit other cows and he does, he just goes.

This quilt block shows a mountain ridge horizon in a dark brown and black. On the horizon is a layer of bright white and orange in a gradient. These indicate giant flames of a fire. Above the flames is a giant brown patch of fabric indicating a plume of smoke. In the upper left is a blue section of sky.

Block-A-Day 294 – Apocalyptic Skyline

Tina October 21, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

Two of the men that had been working with us also stayed. We had a water truck on site and had pulled a perimeter with a grader. Brandon Goober was with us that night. He wrote a song called “A Reason to Feel Safe”

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

Tina October 20, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

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

This quilt block shows an apple tree with apples in it. The trunk is a dark brown and very wide, tapering up towards the foliage. In the dark green of the greenery are red pieces of fabric with bright green tops that are apples. The foliage is outlined by a bright green stitching. Propped up against the tree is a silver ladder, and nexto the silver ladder is a satchel that's tan with several apples of the same kind inside.

Block-A-Day 292 – The Apple Orchard

Tina October 19, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

Apples and apple products (particularly apple cider vinegar) contain malic acid. This is believed to be helpful in treating fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and gallstones.

This quilt block shows a large piece of jagged fabric pointing up to indicate grass. It's green of course. Then in the center of the block is a dark brown pole stuck in the grass, and on that pole is a scarecrow. The scarecrow has blue jeans on with patches, and an orange shirt on with patches drawn in with pen. At the end of the legs and arms you can see yellow straw coming out. Above the shirt is a the lower part of a yellow ball and a big brown frumpy hat. On top of that hat drawn in black pen is a crow.

Block-A-Day 290 – The Scarecrow

Tina October 17, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

We have been doing our outside decorating here at the shop. Yesterday we put our scarecrow out front. We had a lot of fun building her and she’s a little scary. I love fall colors and I wear them all the time.

This quilt block shows a square building of brown and yellow. In the upper left is a large sign that protrudes farther than the building's edge. It's white and on it are the words,

Block-A-Day 284 – Mountain Family Center

Tina October 11, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

Mountain Family Center is a wonderful resource for our community. They have a top notch thrift store and a very active much needed food bank. Our quilt guild donates lots of quilts, from baby quilts to full size bed quilts.

This quilt block shows a seasonal snocone stand. The top of the snocone stand has giant fake snocones coming out the top. They are pink and look like ice cream cones. Below that is a yellow canopy with a frill at the end. Then there are boards forming an H that are brown. Below the middle board is the front of the stand, which is a darker yellow than the frill. On the front is a picture of a wave in a circle, and underneath that the words in black pen, "Tropical Sno"

Block-A-Day 283 – Tropical Sno

Tina October 10, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

This summer we were happy with the addition of a snow cone booth. In the parking lot of the new bagel shop and dental office is Tropical Snow. They have a new summertime booth with yummy flavors. They have some amazing flavor combinations.

This quilt block shows a large just about square building. The main building material is a single large duotone polka dotted fabric (the dots being scattered and random). There are many smaller square windows outlined with an orange fabric, while inside they are a solid brown. They're each outlined by stitching. There is a light fixture above the middle door drawn in pen. The door is in the middle and is also outlined in an orange fabric. There are two signs, each detailed and colorful. On the left is a blue, black, and white sign with mountains on it and thew words,

Block-A-Day 282 – New-2-U And Never Summer Brewing

Tina October 9, 2021Block-A-Day 2 Comments

Upstairs was a 3.2 beer joint called The Upstairs. The bowling alley closed in the late seventies. Sonny and Ruthie Samuelson were the owners. After that Cindy Samuelson opened a feed store there and I bought feed for many years from her.

This quilt block shows a square building. The roof is gray and flat. Underneath that is a brown building with gray double doors. There is a very detailed picture of a long boat drawn in pen on a yellow piece of fabric above the door. Below that, still above the door, is a dark brown sign with white letters that reads,

Block-A-Day 280 – Country Home Outfitter

Tina October 7, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

When I was a girl it was the hardware store we went to for everything. Actually, it was under different ownership but it was the hardware store where we bought everything to build our house in the late ’80s.