This quilt block shows a dark brown and maroon bench with a cat sitting on it. The cat is a light tan cream color with black splotches. The bench sits on two black v-shaped stands. The slats are horizontal and outlined with stitching. This is all against a blue background.

Block-A-Day 285 – Tuna, The Cat On The Bench

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

Here is Tuna. She likes to come out in the afternoons and sit on this bench. The sun shines on her pretty coat and she gives herself a little bath. Of course, this little bath takes an hour.

This quilt block shows a square building of brown and yellow. In the upper left is a large sign that protrudes farther than the building's edge. It's white and on it are the words,

Block-A-Day 284 – Mountain Family Center

Tina October 11, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

Mountain Family Center is a wonderful resource for our community. They have a top notch thrift store and a very active much needed food bank. Our quilt guild donates lots of quilts, from baby quilts to full size bed quilts.

This quilt block shows a seasonal snocone stand. The top of the snocone stand has giant fake snocones coming out the top. They are pink and look like ice cream cones. Below that is a yellow canopy with a frill at the end. Then there are boards forming an H that are brown. Below the middle board is the front of the stand, which is a darker yellow than the frill. On the front is a picture of a wave in a circle, and underneath that the words in black pen, "Tropical Sno"

Block-A-Day 283 – Tropical Sno

Tina October 10, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

This summer we were happy with the addition of a snow cone booth. In the parking lot of the new bagel shop and dental office is Tropical Snow. They have a new summertime booth with yummy flavors. They have some amazing flavor combinations.

This quilt block shows a large just about square building. The main building material is a single large duotone polka dotted fabric (the dots being scattered and random). There are many smaller square windows outlined with an orange fabric, while inside they are a solid brown. They're each outlined by stitching. There is a light fixture above the middle door drawn in pen. The door is in the middle and is also outlined in an orange fabric. There are two signs, each detailed and colorful. On the left is a blue, black, and white sign with mountains on it and thew words,

Block-A-Day 282 – New-2-U And Never Summer Brewing

Tina October 9, 2021Block-A-Day 2 Comments

Upstairs was a 3.2 beer joint called The Upstairs. The bowling alley closed in the late seventies. Sonny and Ruthie Samuelson were the owners. After that Cindy Samuelson opened a feed store there and I bought feed for many years from her.

This quilt block shows a square building with a big round sign on top. The roof has a curvy bottom, and is a light brown. The big oval white sign on top has the word "Debbie's" in cursive and red. There's a red tail coming from the S and on it it says underneath, "Drive In" Below that is a light blue trapezoid that says, "Classic American Food." The building itself is a deep maroon. In lights, or dots, is the word, "Donuts." Below that is a yellow window, with a red "Open" sign vertical. Then there is a brighter red door to the left.

Block-A-Day 281 – Debbie’s Drive-In

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This is the first time that it has been a drive-in for decades. My first job was at that A&W when I was 14 years old. It was 1970 and I made $1.00 an hour to wash and fill root beer mugs. It was owned by Sodie and Marg Blevins.

This quilt block shows a square building. The roof is gray and flat. Underneath that is a brown building with gray double doors. There is a very detailed picture of a long boat drawn in pen on a yellow piece of fabric above the door. Below that, still above the door, is a dark brown sign with white letters that reads,

Block-A-Day 280 – Country Home Outfitter

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When I was a girl it was the hardware store we went to for everything. Actually, it was under different ownership but it was the hardware store where we bought everything to build our house in the late ’80s.

This quilt block shows a clock repair shop. it's shaped like an old mantel clock but with a bigger base, which is the rest of the building. Theere is a big clock face pointing 12:20 at the top of the roof. The building is all brown, like a wooden mantel clock. There is a window on the left and in it in brown letters reads,

Block-A-Day 279 – Timeless Clocks

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I think this kind of shop is a vanishing gem. There is a clock repair shop in Empire and stepping in there is like a step back in time. The closest thing to a “big ben” type clock in Granby is the clock outside United Business Bank.

This quilt block shows a square building with a sign on it and a wooden stairway up to a door. The building is white with black outlines showing the door and the windows. Inside the big window that's divided into three panes, there are the signs for UPS and FedEx penned in. The wooden staircase is brown and penned in to go up to the door. Above everything, hanging off the flat roof is a red sign. There's a black K backwards on top of a white K, and the words next to it are

Block-A-Day 278 – Kopy Kat Office

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

They can print some really big stuff down there, like blueprints and banners. The same with shipping. They are our go-to for UPS and FedEx. I always smile when I go in there because Joseph, the owner, has humorous signs posted behind the checkout counter.

This quilt block shows an oddly shaped building. It's square but either side of it is a candy-striped barber pole with a gold ball on top. Along the top or roof is a white stripe that has scissors drawn on it and the word "Barber" in red. Underneath that is a grid window, really a patch of light cloth with squares drawn in brown in pen. It's an orange building otherwise, with a dark brown rounded door. This is all against a blue salmon-patterned background.

Block-A-Day 277 – The Barber Shop

Tina October 4, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

I only know what I’ve seen in movies about barber shops. A place where guys go and get a haircut and hang out. It always looks like they are having a good time and that the barbershop is the most important place to be. So maybe this shop is just like that.

This quilt block shows a large dark gray building that takes up most of the block. The roof is the darkest gray and is square and flat. Underneath that is a very big sign that's yellow. It reads,

Block-A-Day 276 – Scott’s Water Plant

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There was an auto-dialer that would call our house if any sensor twitched when he wasn’t there. Then the phone would ring next to our bed and he would get up, get dressed and go to the plant to soothe whatever had ruffled its feathers.