This week’s first block is North Dakota
a very “interesting block”. we’re still making 12″ blocks from the 8″ QUBE set and are getting near the end, there’s 24 large blocks total
with red cut 5″ WOF and cut out (4) of shape #15 kite shapes- Now EQ doesn’t show how to cut it, unless you do templates or FPP, let me know if you want that? or you might have a 4″ kite die by itself??
grab (4) red #8 rectangles –2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ should be the last of them
grab (4) red #5 triangles – 2 7/8″ triangles , should be the last of them
grab (8) white #14 triangles- should be the last of them
grab (4) #8 rectangles- should be the last of them also
grab (1) #6 dark blue square — 3 3/8″
sew the rectangles together and the diamond block and the kite blocks
then sew the block together like this
here’s some info about ND
Nickname: Sioux State; Flickertail State; Peace Garden State; Rough Rider State
Entered Union (rank): Nov. 2, 1889 (39) another place said #40, maybe two did it on the same date??
The town of Rugby is the geographical center of North America. A rock obelisk about 15 feet tall, flanked by poles flying the United States and Canadian flags marks the location.
North Dakota passed a bill in 1987 making English the official state language.
An attempt to drop the word North from the state name was defeated by the 1947 Legislative Assembly. Again in 1989 the Legislature rejected two resolutions intended to rename the state Dakota.
When Dakota Territory was created in 1861 it was named for the Dakota Indian tribe. Dakota is a Sioux word meaning friends or allies.
The Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba on the north, Minnesota on the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana as its western neighbor border North Dakota.
The Dakota Dinosaur Museum in Dickinson houses twelve full scale dinosaurs, thousands of rock, mineral and fossil specimens and a complete real Triceratops and Edmontosaurus.
The North Dakota State University research experiment station in Hettinger is the largest state owned sheep research center in the United States
The World’s Largest Buffalo monument is located at Frontier Village in Jamestown. The structure is 26 feet high, 46 feet long, and weighs 60 ton.
North Dakota grows more sunflowers than any other state.
Killdeer Mountain Roundup Rodeo is the home of North Dakota’s oldest PRCA rodeo.
The world famous Paul Broste Rock Museum in Parshall is built of natural granite quarried from the area. The entire structure was constructed with volunteer labor and opened for business in 1965. Paul called it his Acropolis on a hill.
New Leipzig is known as The Small, Friendly German Town on the Dakota Prairie and hosts an annual Oktoberfest.
Only one word is needed to describe Lake Sakakawea country – big. From the massive two-mile long Garrison Dam near Riverdale to the end of Lake Sakakawea near Williston, Lake Sakakawea is nearly 200 miles long with a shoreline of countless bays and inlets that cover 1,600 miles.
The American elm (Ulmus americana) is the official state tree and is commonly found across North Dakota. The American elm often reaches 120 feet or taller.
In 1982 Rutland hosted what was considered the grand daddy of all celebrations when the town went into the “Guinness Book of World Records” with the cooking and eating of the World’s Largest Hamburger. That year, between 8 and 10 thousand people came to sample the tasty 3591 pound burger.
The Lewis and Clark expedition encountered their first grizzly (brown) bears in North Dakota.
The piles of rock on White Butte, North Dakota’s highest point, are known of as rock johnnies or sheepherder’s monuments and according to legend were piled there by sheepherders as a way to pass the time while they tended their flocks.
The official state flower is the wild prairie rose. The flower sports five bright pink petals with a tight cluster of yellow stamens in the center. The state rose grows along roadsides, in pastures and in native meadows.
Only the Best Come North is the motto of the Minot Air Force Base located a few miles outside Minot’s city limits. The military community draws personnel from all over the world.
The next block is Mississippi
with light blue and scraps cut out (4) signature blocks with die #10– EQ again doesn’t give rotary cutting, but you could all a 2″ square in the corners and sew diagonally and then trim, then omit the triangles below
grab (4) light blue #1 squares– 4 1/2″ squares
grab 1 dark blue #1 square
grab (4) dark blue #5 triangles – 2 7/8″ triangles
and grab (4) white #5 triangles also
Now we are DONE cutting with the 8″ QUBE, the next few blocks are from the grab pile of already cut pieces!
Sew the signature blocks together like this or if rotary cut, see notes above
then sew the block together like this
Here’s some facts about this Magnolia state
Entered Union (rank): Dec. 10, 1817 (20)
In 1963 the University of Mississippi Medical Center accomplished the world’s first human lung transplant and, on January 23, 1964, Dr. James D. Hardy performed the world’s first heart transplant surgery.
The world’s largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula.
Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, on January 8, 1935.
In 1884 the concept of selling shoes in boxes in pairs (right foot and left foot) occurred in Vicksburg at Phil Gilbert’s Shoe Parlor on Washington Street.
The first female rural mail carrier in the United States was Mrs. Mamie Thomas. She delivered mail by buggy to the area southeast of Vicksburg in 1914.
The largest Bible-binding plant in the nation is Norris Bookbinding Company in Greenwood.
Pine Sol was invented in 1929 by Jackson native Harry A. Cole, Sr.
Coca-Cola, first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg
Have you ever heard of Natchez? It is the longest standing permanent settlement located along the Mississippi River. It was established in 1716 and at one point had 500 millionaires in residence. Talk about “land of the lucky!”
and some fun facts
Watch out Kids
If you are tired of your disobedient children, move them to Mississippi. The next time they fail to obey, you will be legally supported in shaving off their hair.
Baby Candy is Safe
Give the candy to the baby and back away slowly. It is illegal in this state to steal candy from babies.
Now that’s Weird
If you wear false teeth, keep them in your mouth when you dine out. Mississippi law forbids throwing dentures at others in a restaurant.