This quilt block shows a blue background with six round bales of hay in the bottom center. The bales of hay are actually round, and we are looking at them from the side. Each bale is a green piece of fabric with a bright yellow leaf-like stitched spiral coming out from the center quite dramatically. They are placed in a pyramid pile with three rolls at the bottom.

Block-A-Day 299 – The Round Bales

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We’re going to attach forks to our tractor bucket so that we can lift the bales and feed them to the cows. It should save some time and labor for winter feeding.

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

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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

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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 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

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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 is fairly simple. It's five plants of corn against a very light blue background. Each plant comes up from the bottom and stops at about the same height, midway up. Each plant has two leaves coming off of it except the left which has one. At the top of each piece of green fabric is a bulb that's covered in leaves. The texture of the corn plant is indicated by using parallel rows of yellow stitching up and down the corn.

Block-A-Day 291 – The Cornfields

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Other fun facts- Corn is wild grass and the ear is part of the flower. There are 800 kernels in 16 rows on the average ear. While yellow is the most common color, corn also comes in blackish, blueish gray, purple, green, red, and white.

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

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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 is a corner block. There is a dark green grass patch in the bottom right of the square. On that grass patch are two jack-o-lanterns. The one in front is the traditional bright orange pumpkin with a spooky black face drawn on it with pen. There is also some thread or pen indicating a bit of a vine on it. Behind it is a tall squash that's more yellow. On it is a cuter spooky face with more rounded features. The top of this squash has some orange on it. This is all against a blue salmon-patterned background.

Block-A-Day 287 – Stingy Jack

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In Ireland, people started to carve turnips into scary faces to frighten away Jack. When the Irish immigrants came to the USA they started carving pumpkins. My favorite part? The roasted pumpkin seeds!

This quilt block is a corner block with a green section of fabric in the bottom right. This piece of fabric has a blanket stitching with equally deep green thread. Coming out of the green section and pointing towards the center is a tree. The trunk is dark brown, and the foliage is a bit cone shaped. It's the same green as the grass, and each piece is outlined in the same green stitching.

Block-A-Day 273 – Main Street Trees

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It’s grown to be quite a large tree with large branches. I’ve asked to have the branches trimmed twice so that my window can be seen from the street. There is kind of a love/hate relationship with my tree for me. I love how pretty it is and the shade it gives in the summer.

Block-A-Day 271 – River Run’s Trees

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Groups like this are common at River Run. The terrain has highs and lows that offer spots where trees grow well. The whole area is beautiful and the designers want to give a “back to nature” feel. Trees are so important to this atmosphere. They provide shade, color, and life.

This quilt block shows a green produce stand like you might find on the side of the road. at the top of the stand, going across the green front are the words

Block-A-Day 265 – Farmhand Produce

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The day before the market they would go to the front range with their mother. They had formed a partnership with a gardener there. They would bring back vegetables and sell them at our local market. They split what they made with the gardener and then donated a portion to the Mountain Family center. This was also their community service project for 4-H this year.