2020 QUBEQOVQAL block #4 and #5

This week the block is Texas!

 

Here’s some facts about the Lone Star state

Entered Union (rank): Dec. 29, 1845 (28)

Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.

The armadillo is the official state mammal.

The Alamo is located in San Antonio. It is where Texas defenders fell to Mexican General Santa Anna and the phrase Remember the Alamo originated. The Alamo is considered the cradle of Texas liberty and the state’s most popular historic site.

The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.

More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States.

Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.

The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.

Texas boasts the nation’s largest herd of whitetail deer.

Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.

Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.

Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.

The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.

NASA, in Houston, headquarters for all piloted U.S. space projects

More land is farmed in Texas than in any other state.

Jalapeno pepper jelly originated in Lake Jackson and was first marketed in 1978.

We’re still working with the 8″ QUBE set and this week it’s die shapes #2 and #13 and #14 from the companion angles set

If you don’t have this set already, I highly recommend it, I just love kite blocks and triangle in a square blocks!

With dark blue cut out (4) of shape #13- I was able to use leftover fabrics from earlier, if you can’t then cut a 5″ WOF strip.

With white cut a 5″ WOF strip and cut out (24) of shape #14 triangles, save (8) for this block and put the rest aside.

With red use leftover fabrics or cut a 5 1/2″ WOF and cut out (19) of shape #2 squares, save (10) for this block, set the rest aside.

Also grab (10) white #2 squares cut previously.

 

For rotary cutting:

in dark blue cut out 4 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ squares and 63″ degree angles (yeah try to figure that out??) or maybe you have a tri-rec ruler? the finished block size is 4″ so 4 1/2″ unfinished, but out (4)triangles

With white, if you have a tri-rec ruler cut out (24) side triangles, keep 8 for this block and put the rest aside, EQ says to cut 5 1/4″ x 2 5/8″ rectangles and cut diagonally. I haven’t tried this.

with red cut (19) 2 1/2″ squares, save (10) for this block, put the rest aside.

also pick (10) white 2 1/2″ previously cut!

Start by making (5) four patches in red and white and (4) triangle in a square blocks with the dark blue triangles and white side triangles.

Then sew the block together like this with the red squares going diagonally the same way!

Wanna do one more block?

Let’s do Kansas!

It’s a pretty easy block too.

Here’s some facts about Kansas

Entered Union (rank): Jan. 29, 1861 (34)

Nicknames: Sunflower State; Jayhawk State

Origin of name: From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”

Dodge City is the windiest city in the United States.

At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.

The first black woman to win an Academy Award was Kansan Hattie McDaniel. She won the award for her role in “Gone with the Wind.”

Smith County is the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states.

The public swimming pool at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City occupies half a city block and holds 2 1/2 million gallons of water.

Handel’s Messiah has been presented in Lindsborgeach at Easter since 1889.

There are 27 Walnut Creeks in the state.

A hailstone weighing more than one and a half pounds once fell on Coffeyville.

The world famous fast-food chain of Pizza Hut restaurants opened its first store in Wichita.

Sumner County is known as The Wheat Capital of the World.

Helium was discovered in 1905 at the University of Kansas

What does a horse lie down on during surgery? They lay on waterbeds specially designed for them if you are at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Kansas State University. This is one of the best Kansas facts if you are looking for fun trivia questions.

Be Nice with Knives
If you see a man wearing a striped suit in Natoma, resist the urge to use them for target practice with your knives.
Law in this city dictates that you cannot throw knives at men dressed in striped suits.

Whale Watching
There isn’t much water in Kansas and the land doesn’t border on the ocean. Spotting a whale in this state would be a miracle unless you’re at Sea World. So, why is it that hunting whales is illegal in the state? You can only wonder.

You’ll only need 2 dies for this one from the 8″ QUBE set, #5 and #6!

With dark Red cut 3 3/4″ WOF strip and cut out (9) of shape #6, keep (5) and save the rest

Grab (4) white of shape #6 already cut.

Also grab (20) of #5 triangles already cut.

With dark blue, cut a 3 3/4″ WOF strip and cut (30) of shape #5 triangles, also using leftover scraps, save (16) for this block, put the rest aside.

Rotary cutting:

With Dark red, cut (9) 3 3/8″ squares, save (5) put the rest aside

Also grab (4) white 3 3/8″ squares already cut.

With dark blue cut (15) 2 7/8″ squares, cut diagonally into (30) squares, save (16) for this block, put the rest aside.

Grab (20) 2 7/8″ triangles already cut.

sew 5 diamond blocks with a dark red center and white triangles, and 4 with white diamonds and dark blue triangles.

IRON THE SEAMS OPEN! it’s very important on this block!

and sew the block together like this!

Yay! 2 more blocks done!

both are 12 1/2″ now