This week’s block is West Virginia
With light blue cut a 5 3/4″ WOF and die shape #7 cut out (4) trapezoids, notice that they are only facing ONE way and the dark blue are going the other way, if you used a print for the dark blue earlier and cut then half and half, then cut these light blue half and half too (half facing one way, half the other way).
— I think rotary cutting 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles and then cutting 45 degrees on the corners is the best method!
the dark blue #7 trapezoids were already cut last week
With red and die #8 cut (12) rectangles, save (4) for this block, save the rest for later — 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles
(4) white #8 rectangles are already cut –2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles
also grab (16) white #5 triangles previously cut — 2 7/8″ triangles
and lastly grab a white #1 square already cut — 4 1/2″ square
Sew the white and red rectangles together, then pay attention to the trapezoids, sew white small triangles to ends of them, opposite sets in each color.
now sew another white triangle ABOVE the trapezoids!
new sew these units together into these cute blocks, I then trimmed the dog ears
then sew the block together like this with a middle white square
Here’s some facts about the Mountain state
Entered Union (rank): June 20, 1863 (35)
West Virginia’s early history from 1609 until 1863 is largely shared with Virginia, of which it was a part until Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861. The delegates of the 40 western counties who opposed secession formed their own government, which was granted statehood in 1863.
West Virginia is the only state in the Union to have acquired its sovereignty by proclamation of the President of the United States.
West Virginia is considered the southern most northern state and the northern most southern state. (huh?)
The first state sales tax in the United States went into effect in West Virginia on July 1, 1921.
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On January 26, 1960 Danny Heater, a student from Burnsville, scored 135 points in a high school basketball game earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The first federal prison exclusively for women in the United States was opened in 1926 in West Virginia.
The New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville is the second highest steel arch bridge in the United States. The bridge is also the longest steel arch bridge (1,700 feet) in the world. Every October on Bridge Day, the road is closed and individuals parachute and bungee cord jump 876 feet off the bridge. Its West Virginia’s largest single day event and attracts about 100,000 people each year.
West Virginia’s nickname is the Mountain State and its motto is “Mountaineers Are Always Free.”
Nearly 75% of West Virginia is covered by forests.
15% of the nation’s total coal production comes from West Virginia.
According to the crime index for 1997, West Virginia had the lowest crime rate in the country.
The first rural free mail delivery was started in Charles Town on October 6, 1896, and then spread throughout the United States.
On February 14, 1824, at Harpers Ferry, John S. Gallaher published the “Ladies Garland,” one of the first papers in the nation devoted mainly to the interests of women.
West Virginia has an mean altitude of 1,500 feet, giving it the highest average altitude east of the Mississippi.
Coal House, the only residence in the world built entirely of coal, is located in White Sulphur Springs. The house was occupied on June 1, 1961.
The world’s largest shipment of matches (20 carloads or 210,000,000 matches) was shipped from Wheeling to Memphis, Tennessee, on August 26, 1933.
William Tompkins used natural gas to evaporate salt brine in 1841, thus becoming the first person in the United States to use natural gas for industrial purposes.
The Christian Church was begun in West Virginia by Alexander Campbell in Bethany.
The first brick street in the world was laid in Charleston, West Virginia, on October 23, 1870, on Summers Street, between Kanawha and Virginia Streets.
Marbles; most of the country’s glass marbles made around Parkersburg
Now the next block is Maryland
all these blocks become very similar, don’t they?? yet, they ARE different!
Here almost all the fabric pieces are already cut
grab (8) dark blue of #4 triangles –5 1/4″ squares cut diagonally twice
grab (8) red #4 triangles also– 5 1/4″ squares cut diagonally twice
grab (4) white #8 rectangles – 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″
grab (4) white #2 squares– 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ squares
grab (4) light blue #2 squares — 2 1/2″ squares
with Light blue use scraps and cut (2) #6 squares, save 1 for this block, put the other aside– 3 3/8″ square
grab (4) red #5 triangles — 2 7/8″ square cut diagonally
I don’t think I need to show many steps anymore, sew 4 QSTs from dark blue and red
and 4 blocks from light blue and white small squares and white rectangles
then a diamond block with a light blue #6 center and small red triangles
Then sew the block together like this
Here’s some facts about Maryland
Nicknames: Free State; Old Line State
The first dental school in the United States opened at the University of Maryland.
Annapolis is known as the sailing capital of the world.
The highest point in Maryland is 3,360 feet above sea level on Backbone Mountain in Garrett County. The absolute lowest point in Maryland is a depression, often called Bloody Point Hole, 174 feet below sea level. The area is located approximately 1 mile west-southwest of the southern tip of Kent Island in Queen Anne’s County.
Maryland was first to enact Workmen’s compensation laws in 1902.
The first umbrella factory in the U.S., 1928, Baltimore
First Public School
The very first public school in the U.S. was the King Williams School. It was a Maryland school that opened doors in the late 1600s. Even then, education was valued for most citizens.
On September 14, 1814, Fort McHenry of Baltimore Harbor was attacked.
Watching this attack was lawyer Francis Scott Key, who went on to write the national anthem we all sing with our hands over our hearts today.
“O say can you see…”
Lipstick Lows
Lock up the lipstick and warn your little boys to be proper and ladylike.
Boys under the age of 10 are forbidden to wear lipstick in this state!
Girls can wear whatever they want in their color of choice.
Awkward Aging
If you’re traveling with the elderly make sure not to go into Maryland near their birthday. Citizens that live past the age of 90 are legally required to apologize for being alive every year that they survive their birthday. The apology has to be public, so no mumbling under your breath.
Great. I love these. Thank you.
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