This quilt block shows a very brown building. On either side of the building are two bed post looking columns with round tops. Between them is a storefront with a rounded roof. The big sign in light tan on the roof reads,

Block-A-Day 248 – E. R. Thorne

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

My good friend, Bert Shilling’s grandfather was E.R. Thorne. He came to Cowdrey, Colorado in 1903. He purchased the first general store from Frank Lyons, his uncle. He built the current store in 1927.

This quilt block shows a square building with a tall broad roof in the shape of a trapezoid (we're looking at it from the front). On the orange roof is a flower design, with a two-holed start button on a yellow piece of fabric. Underneath the burnt orange roof are the stylized words,

Block-A-Day 239 – Kathy’s Krafts

Tina August 27, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

This square was made with my dear friend Kathy in mind. She had the most amazing craft room you could imagine. Designed just for her with places for all her various crafts. My grandsons would go up and help her haul boxes up and down the stairs to her amazing room.

This quilt block shows a light brown slatted fence with curved (round) ends with day lily flowers behind it. The flowers are made out of light orange fabric for the bells/blooms and have little pen lines coming out of them for the pistels. There are also long green leaves too. The flowers and leaves (and fence) are outlined with a green stitching. This is all against a blue salmon-patterned background.

Block-A-Day 193 – Snow Fence Planters

Tina July 12, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

This little square reminds me of the planters that were in front of my shop when I bought it 5 1/2 years ago. They were big square things that were waist high and about 24″ square.

This quilt block shows a building shaped a little bit like the lower part of a baby bottle. It is plump and wide with a cap-like baby-blue roof. On the roof is a giant diaper safety-pin that is pink on the left end. Letters on the building read,

Block-A-Day 62 – Coochie Coo

Tina March 3, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

When my son who farms told me 11 years ago they were going to use cloth diapers, I said “Are you sure?” Thinking how much work it was and knowing how super busy they are.

This quilt block shows a mushroom shaped building with an orange polka-dotted top. The polka-dots are made with little light two-holed buttons. On the cap roof it reads,

Block-A-Day 61 – The Toy Store

Tina March 2, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

They carry toys that encourage “making up your own story”. Handmade kitchens for aspiring chefs. Hobby horses for the little ones who watch westerns with their grandpas. Duplo blocks abound, and of course Legos too. Tops and kites. Trains and easels for the young engineer and artists. Costumes that are made from thrift store treasures by the store owner. Little girls especially like the “fancy hats”.

The Quest For A Cute Bathroom

Tina June 2, 2017Store Updates Leave a Comment

The quest for a cute bathroom began when I bought my store about twenty months ago. I have a very old building and very old plumbing and had a very unique paint job in the bathroom. It was described as looking like a migraine headache, or possibly seizure inducing. Now, when you come to the Fabric Nook I’m proud to say be my guest and point you in the direction of my new, cute, feminine bathroom!