This quilt block shows a very orange building with an orange roof and a light orange glass door (shaded with white pen). The sign above the double doors is red with a white and black border. It reads, "Gambles" in white pen in bold letters across it. All the fabric pieces are outlined by an orange and black stitching.

Block-A-Day 263 – Gambles

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Then on June 4, 2004 a wingnut named Marvin Heemeyer came down main street in Granby in an armored bulldozer, demolishing buildings as he went. A political dispute was at the root of this rampage and because Casey was part of our town government Gambles was one of his targets.

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This quilt block shows a table with an umbrella over it and two chairs. The umbrella is coming out of the center of the table. The umbrella itself is a bright yellow and blue in sections. Across the top of the umbrella is the word, "Midtown" and underneath it in a red piece of fabric is written "Café" in white scripty pen. The umbrella pole and the chairs are a dark brown with light colored stitching outlining them. On the lighter brown table is a white piece of fabric shaped like a coffee mug with coffee in it.

Block-A-Day 249 – Midtown Café

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This is named after a cafe across the street from my shop. It has tables with umbrellas on the sidewalk. Originally the building it is in was a small department store called The Villager. Other businesses have been in there including the Fabric Nook when the previous owner had it.

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This quilt block shows a brown building with three golden windows. Two vertically on the right side, and one above the darker brown door. The roof is a simple angled roof. Under the rood if a sign in cursive that says,

Block-A-Day 63 – Doc Susie

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She was actually the Coroner for Grand County in 1904 and investigated many of the deaths associated with the construction of the Moffat tunnel. She tended to a range of patients and medical conditions including childbirth, skiing injuries, and particularly pneumonia during the 1918 flu pandemic.

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