This quilt block shows a blue salmon-patterned background with a bunch of very thing black vertical lines on it. The vertical lines have a larger base at the bottom of them. These are dead trees with little black skeletal like branches coming off them. There are dozens and dozens on this block making up a quite burnt forest.

Block-A-Day 295 – A Collective Breath

Tina October 22, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

Then a miracle happened, the weather got colder, the wind changed and it snowed. My son refers to it as the day Hell Froze Over. Everyone took a deep breath and saw what was left.

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 tall building with a large skylight. The roof is a large orange trapezoid. On the center of the roof is a yellow piece of fabric that is also in the same shape as the roof. There are threads that separate the panes of glass in the skylight. Below the large roof Is a dark yellow/gold main body. On that main body is large writing with a white outline that reads,

Block-a-Day 288 – That Town & Country Insurance Co

Tina October 15, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

Insurance is a very contentious subject locally in my town. With the fire last year our county has had so much loss of home and property that you can imagine we have had so many claims.

This quilt block shows a large bright orange building with many windows. The roof is triangular and red, like the door. There are eight windows, and in each window are images of different kinds of dwellings. The sign at the top of the building has written on it,

Block-A-Day 69 – Hang Your Hat Property Management

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

I know an office in our area where the windows look much like this building: full of pictures of houses for sale and rent. As I’m sure most of you know we had a terrible fire in our area last October.