This quilt block shows two patches of grass, one big one on the bottom left and a small one on the bottom right. The grass patches are jagged cut green fabric outlined in yellow stithing. Coming out of the left patch of grass is a flower spike, a column of bulbs, that looks a bit like Gladiolus. The bulbs are colored pink and red (red with pen and pink fabric). Next to the spike of bulbs is a bunny viewed from the back. The bunny is tan, has a lighter tail, and two ears, one floppy.

Block-A-Day 212 – Fluffy And Bonnie Bunny

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They are not good pets for children, their spines aren’t as flexible as cats and that makes them harder to pick up properly. But for an adult, a rabbit makes a really nice pet. It frightens them to be picked up but they love to sit on your lap and be petted.

This quilt block shows another corner of grass. This grass is much darker green but it does have the same bold and dashed yellow stitching on the upper border. On top of the dark green grass are stitched lines going up forming stalks of flowers. Each flower ends in a square or triangle-shaped button of varying colors (yellow, blue, gray). These buttons are very small.

Block-A-Day 211 – Marge Seedpod Is At It Again!

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Marge Seedpod has been at it again! For those of you who are new to the blog Marge is a local horticulturalist that developed Shirley Hearts (Heart shaped flowers in various colors, exclusive to That Town).

This quilt block shows a corner of well-tended grass in the bottom right. The grass is indicated by a piece of light green fabric with a strong big stitching on the edge of it. On top of the grass are three big dark green trees in cone shapes. The trunks are brown, but both the foliage and trunks are outlined by a similar yellow-green stitching. This is all against a blue salmon-patterned background.

Block-A-Day 210 – Evie Spangler’s Trees

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A very sweet little boy named Bobby. Evie was by herself raising Bobby and she did a great job. Bobby grew, did well in school and helped his mom. Before she knew it he wanted to be called Bob and was ready to go away to college.

This quilt block shows a jagged piece of green fabric at the bottom to indicate grass. Above that strip of grass is a pretty detailed wheelbarrow constructed out of very dark brown fabric with a yellow stitching outline. The top rim and inside of the wheelbarrow is a gray fabric. Inside the wheelbarrow, which we are seeing from the side, is dirt, brown fabric marked with pen, and a flower pot. Inside the flower pot are pen lines going up into buttons. The flower bulbs are tiny two-hole buttons of various colors.

Block-A-Day 208 – The Wheelbarrow

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Occasionally, that included a kid that wanted a ride. Always amazed me how much I could move by just adding two handles and 1 wheel to my efforts.

This quilt block shows a roadside herb stand. The stand is made up of two dark sticks on the side and a triangular thin ceiling that is orange. Inside the stand are four pots in a row, each a piece of orange polka-dotted duotone fabric. On the top of each pot is a piece of green fabric. Each piece is a different shape and heavily stitched to indicate its shape. The shack and pots are outlined with a bright yellow stitching. This is all against a blut salmon-patterned background.

Block-A-Day 203 – Farmhand Herbs

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Farmhand Herbs is a roadside stand selling herb plants and cut herbs. Farmhand 1 is very interested in herbs and medicinal plants. So a roadside stand seemed like a good idea. Shown in the picture are from left to right:

This quilt block shows a small pile of rocks with a small (but tall) bush next to it in the shape of a tree. On the pile of shaded (with a pen) tan rocks is a black snail. the snail shell is an ombre rust and tan with a spiral stitching inside it. The mollusk is black with two antenna. The bush/greenery is almost as tall as the block and kinda pointy. This is all against a blue salmon-patterned background.

Block-A-Day 202 – Petey And Bob, The Mollusk

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Bob is about 5″ long. Bob may seem like an odd pet but they actually make nice pets. They don’t bark, shed or claw the furniture.

This quilt block shows a bunch of flowers. Five tulip looking flowers extend upwards from a jagged piece of green fabric made to look like grass. The stalks of the flowers are pen and stitching. The leaves that point upwards, two for each flower on each side are a darker green with a light green stitching outline. The tops of the flowers, the bulbs, are a bright orange at the base, with a yellow part sticking out the top, much like a tulip.

Block-A-Day 200 – The Tulips

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I have a little story about tulips this year at our house. Farmhand 1 planted and grew some very beautiful red and yellow tulips. While they were in full bloom Farmhand 4 picked them. Without permission.

This quilt block shows an apple tree. Much like the previous orange tree there are jagged shaped patches of grass at the bottom of the block. Then there is a trunk that is dark brown and lined by yellow stitching. At the top are many scattered leaves and large round reddish-orange apples. Each apple has a light green stems and leaves sticking out of the top. This is all against a blue salmon-patterned background.

Block-A-Day 199 – The Apple Tree

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I didn’t know that just because you plant a seed from a macintosh apple doesn’t mean you will get a macintosh apple tree. Every tree, like people, is different.

This quilt block shows a citrus tre. This is an orange tree with a tall brown trunk, and at the top many green leaves and five orange citrus fruits. The leaves and fruits are scattered around at the top of the tree.Each leaf has a light yellow stitching, and each orange has an offwhite stitching along with the trunk. This is all against a blue background.

Block-A-Day 187 – The Orange Tree

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However, last winter he would come into my room in the morning and because I slept on my side he was right at eye level to me. He’d tap my forehead with the cutie until I woke up so I could peel it for him.

This quilt block shows a sandbox. Each corner of the sandbox is capped with the end of a brown log. The upper left brown log has grass at the bottom. The sides of the sandbox are made up of a green fabric indicating the walls/boundary. Inside is a light brown fabric for sand, a truck made out of pen, a yellow toy shovel stuck in the sand, and an orange bucket. At the bottom of the square is jagged grass. This is all against a blue salmon-patterned background.

Block-A-Day 186 – The Sandbox

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When the littlest was digging down he could get where we could only see the bottom half of him sticking out. A garden hose was always on hand with an on/off so they could have lakes, moats and floods.