This quilt block shows a fancy dark green tractor. It has a large back wheel and a smaller front wheel. There's a black smoke stack the same color as the wheels on the side and extending above the cab. There is a large white headlight on the front of the tractor (we're viewing it from the side) and a large cab with a light yellow tinted window. The smoke stack has white pen on it to show it's sheen. There are two white buttons in the axles of the wheels, one larger than the other. To finish it off in pen there's a small step below the chassis to help you into the tractor's cabin.

Block-A-Day 362 – The Fancy Tractor

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

Ollie is trying to figure out how he can never have to leave his tractor. His wife of 40 years is jealous and suspects he’s murmuring the tractor’s name in his sleep.

This quilt block shows a black and white dog against a light blue salmon-patterned background. The dog is made up of a cut out piece of black fabric, with a white stripe of fabric descending from her head and making up her muzzle. The dog is sitting and looking towards us. On each side of the head, with the stitching you can see two ears, and with a little pen you can see the two black eyes.

Block-A-Day 358 – Maggie The Dog

Tina December 24, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

And as I drove the tractor and baler over the windrows of hay the mice would run out to get away. She would scoop up as many as possible and just swallow them right down. She never got sick from it and she’d keep it up all day.

This quilt block shows a blue tractor from the side. It's very blue. The blue fabric is accented by a silver fabric. The silver fabric makes up the inside of the wheels, the steering wheel, and a small stripe on the side of the chassis. The wheels are a black fabric while the hubcaps are blue. The tractor is a smaller tractor with a little open seat in front of the steering wheel, and one big tired behind a small one.

Block-A-Day 354 – The Little Blue Tractor

Tina December 20, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

She has a little dump wagon she can haul manure, soil, and rocks in. She tills the garden with it and the garden has never been better. Mom’s thrilled for the chance to use her little rig and uses it even when doesn’t need to.

This quilt block shows a green shed with an open front opening. It's very wide and covers the whole lower part of the block. Inside the shed is equipment drawn with colored pens. There's a side-by-side, a tractor, a manure spreader, and a bale wagon. The manure spreader is a blue-green, the bale wagon is yellow, and the others are red.

Block-A-Day 353 – The Equipment Shed

Tina December 19, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

In this shed, we have a side-by-side, a tractor, a manure spreader, and a bale wagon. Don’t know where their baler is but I’m sure it’s in there somewhere. Scott used to clean and grease all the stuff before it went into the shed.

This block shows a detailed red tractor. This tractor has a red chassis. There is a seat with a starting wheel that is penned in white. The innards of the tractor are shown in the body of the tractor with black and white pen markings. There is a big wheel on the back end that is black, red, and silver on the large axle. There is a smaller wheel up front. The wheels have a white stitching outlining them. There is a smoke stack coming out of the chassis which has black pen on the top and little clouds coming out.

Block-A-Day 339 – The Massey-Ferguson

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

It doesn’t have power steering or power brakes and just nearly bounces the sense out of you when you have to use it. We use it to spread manure and drag fields now. I will be really sad when his time is over on the farm.

This quilt block shows a very large green tractor on top of a light blue salmon-patterned background. The tractor itself is made up of a splotchy dark green with a black fabric for the carriage window, the big tire, and the small front tire. There are yellow accents on the tractor, including its roof, a stripe on its chassis, and two yellow circles in the wells of the wheels. On the sripe in green it reads,

Block-A-Day 318 – The Tractor

Tina November 14, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

The leaping deer trademark has represented John Deere for 140 years. The slogan “Nothing Runs Like A Deere” was created for a snowmobile and has been running ever since.