2020 QUBEQOVQAL Block #14 Montana and #15 Kentucky

This week’s block is super easy! Montana!

with dark blue scraps cut and die #8 cut (4) rectangles– 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles

do the same with dark red

grab (4) white #3 triangles -4 7/8″ triangles

and the same in dark red

grab (2) light blue #2 squares– 2 1/2″ squares

and the same with red

sew dark red and dark blue rectangles together

then dark red and white large rectangles

and a four patch from red and blue squares

and sew the block together like this

Here’s some info about the Treasure State

• Admission to Statehood:

  November 8,1889 (41st State)

  Montana’s name comes from the Spanish word mountain.

  Montana has the largest migratory elk herd in the nation.

  The average square mile of land contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope, and 3.3 deer.

  The Montana Yogo Sapphire is the only North American gem to be included in the Crown Jewels of England.

  In 1888 Helena had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the world.

  46 out of Montana’s 56 counties are considered “frontier counties” with an average population of 6 or fewer people per square mile.

  No state has as many different species of mammals as Montana.

  The moose, now numbering over 8,000 in Montana, was thought to be extinct in the Rockies south of Canada in the 1900s.

  Yellowstone National Park in southern Montana and northern Wyoming was the first national park in the nation.

  Montana has the largest grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states.

  Montana is home to seven Indian reservations.

  and some silly laws

  Ladies, make sure your clothing weighs in at more than 3 pounds and 2 ounces when you climb up on the table in Helena. Saloon table dancers are only legal with that amount of clothing.

  Ladies, while you are weighing your dancing clothes do not peek at your husband’s mail. It is forbidden in this state for wives to view their husband’s mail.

  If you see a group of at least seven Indians, feel free to shoot. A group of seven or more is considered a war party in Montana.

  Keep your lips shut and your glance straight ahead. Laughing in public could cost you more than a thousand bucks.

  When you settle down for a movie in Montana, be careful what you choose to watch. If felonious crimes are in the movie, you are committing a misdemeanor crime just by watching.

  If you are single in Montana you cannot go fishing alone. Once you marry, it will remain illegal for you to fish alone.

 

Next block is Kentucky

with dark red scraps and die #2 cut (16) squares, save (6) for this block, put the rest aside– 2 1/2″ squares

grab (4) #2 red squares — 2 1/2″ squares

grab (10) white #2 squares — 2 1/2″ squares

with light blue scraps and die #3 cut (8) triangles, save 4 for this block, put the rest aside — 4 7/8″ triangles

grab (4) dark blue #3 triangles — 4 7/8″ triangles

sew 4 HSTs from light and dark blue

then 3 four patches with dark red and white and 2 four patches with red and white

and sew the block together like this

Here’s some facts about this bluegrass state

Entered Union (rank): June 1, 1792 (15)

Kentucky was the 15th state to join the Union and the first on the western frontier.

The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse race in the country. It is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the first Saturday in May.

The great Man o’ War won all of his horse races except one which he lost to a horse named Upset.

The old official state tree was the Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus.) The tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) is the current official state tree. The change was made in 1976.

Cheeseburgers were first served in 1934 at Kaolin’s restaurant in Louisville.

Chevrolet Corvettes are manufactured in Bowling Green.

The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant owned and operated by Colonel Sanders is located in Corbin.

The song “Happy Birthday to You” was the creation of two Louisville sisters in 1893.

Post-It Notes are manufactured exclusively in Cynthiana. The exact number made annually of these popular notes is a trade secret.

Middlesboro is the only city in the United States built within a meteor crater.

The world’s largest free-swinging bell known as the World Peace Bell is on permanent display in Newport.

More than $6 billion worth of gold is held in the underground vaults of Fort Knox. This is the largest amount of gold stored anywhere in the world.

The largest underground cave in the world: 300 miles long, the Mammoth-Flint Cave system

Fishing Fowls
Your bow and arrow may help you survive out on the road, but don’t even think about fishing with it in this state.
Kentucky long ago put a stop to bow and arrow fishing.

Bee Patrol
You may not worry about the purity of a bee when it sinks that stinger into your skin, but apparently there is something to worry about here.
Kentucky law requires every bee that travels over its state line to present a certificate of health.
The politicians want to be sure that every bee is from a clean, healthy previous environment.

Empty Your Pockets
You love your ice cream, but you’ll have to find somewhere better than your pocket to hold your cone while you drive through Kentucky. Law prohibits ice cream riding in your pocket.