This quilt block shows a weeping willow tree. The trunk of the tree rests in the center of the bottom of the block and grows upward, tapering to the end point at the top. Then yellow and green stitching comes out of the top like a fountain and "sprays" downward. With each stitching line there are green leaves outlined by stitching to indicate the leaves of the tree. On the left leave vine closest to the trunk there is drawn a dark green caterpillar with yellow spots.

Block-A-Day 220 – The Weeping Willow

Tina August 8, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

One day when I was walking by I saw the most hideous creature I had ever seen (I swear I just had an involuntary shiver). On the end of a branch, about a foot off the ground was a horned tomato worm.

This quilt block shows a yellow airport shuttle against a lighter blue salmon-patterned background fabric. The shuttle is rectangular shaped with a slightly outward curved front (on the left). The windows and windshield are a lighter yellow fabric. On the side, in pen, are the words,

Block-A-Day 158 – Take Me Home James

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

When I have taken the shuttle from the airport up the mountain I have talked to some very interesting people. Once I was sitting next to a young woman from the east coast inner city that had come to work at the YMCA here in the mountains.

This quilt block shows a large brown building with a lower entrance level, and an upper level with a mesh metal railing. The yellow sign at the top against the muddy brown says,

Block-A-Day 125 – The Parking Garage

Tina May 5, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

I have memories of shopping with my Grandmother as a little girl. She always drove a Cadillac or a Lincoln Continental. It felt like a boat. We would go to downtown Denver and there were two parking garages that she used. One went up and one went down. Both scared me silly.

This quilt block shows a square light orange building with a rhombus shaped dark blue roof. There's a dark door in the middle and a yellow window on either side. A sign on a post stuck in the ground to the left of the building reads,

Block-A-Day 76 – Sell It Quick Realty

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

When I was in the 6th grade we lived in Denver for a couple of years. During that time my mother’s favorite thing to do was to go to open houses. So at least twice a week we loaded up and went to look at houses.

This is a square gray building with a dark door on the right. The door has a window on the top, and to the left of the door is a window showing red cuts of meat. The sign below the flat slightly darker gray roof reads in cursive,

Block-A-Day 68 – Ernie’s

Tina March 9, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

When I was a little girl we had a market called Strauchman’s. Two brothers from Denver owned it and they had an amazing butcher shop. And they had an amazing butcher named Ernie.

A grand building on a quilt block featuring a gold dome on top.

Block-A-Day 8 – The Capitol

Tina January 8, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

This is a grand building. In the pattern, it is called “city building”. I put a gold dome on the top to remind me of our state capitol building in Denver, Colorado.