This week’s block is IDAHO Here’s some facts about the GEM STATE (and here I thought it was nick named the potato state!) Date became a State: July 3, 1890 Number accepted into the Union: #43/50 American Falls is unique from most communities because the entire town was moved in the mid-1920s when the original …
This week’s block is Hawaii. The pattern had appliquéd flowers on the basket, but it was the only appliquéd block in the whole quilt so I thought I’d just use a busy print in the background instead, we’ll see how it looks at the end. Here’s some facts about Hawaii – the ALOHA state Hawaii …
This week’s block is Georgia And some facts about Georgia On January 19, 1861, Georgia joined the Confederacy. The official state fish is the largemouth bass. In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork. Georgia is the nations number one producer of the three Ps–peanuts, pecans, …
This week’s block is FLORIDA! (It’s where I moved to From Denmark when I was 18 to go to college and soon after met my husband! we lived there until 2004 so around 8yrs for me) And some facts about the sunshine state Admission to Statehood: March 3, 1845 (27th State) Capital City: Tallahassee Greater …
This is Delaware and some facts about it Admission to Statehood: December 7, 1787 (1st State) Here is one of the more intriguing interesting facts about Delaware: while it is the second smallest state in the country, it was the very first state to join the country. It all started off with what most people …
Here’s the next block in the Covering America Quilt along- Connecticut! (my husband is from CT) and as usual, some facts about CT Connecticut was the fifth state to join the union with official statehood taking place in January of 1788. The state bird is the robin Hartford has remained the capital city of Connecticut …
This week’s block is Colorado Here’s some facts about Colorado Colorado means “colored red” and is known as the “Centennial State.” Admission to Statehood: August 1, 1876 (38th State) Colorado is the only state in history, to turn down the Olympics. In 1976 the Winter Olympics were planned to be held in Denver. 62% of …
This week’s block is California Here’s some facts about California In 1850 the state officially became a part of the United States and today there are more celebrities roaming about than grizzlies in most areas California produces more than 17 million gallons of wine each year. In 1925 a giant sequoia located in California’s Kings …
This week’s block is Arkansas Here’s some facts about Arkansas! Arkansas became the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Capitol City: Little Rock Elevations in the state range from 54 feet above sea level in the far southeast corner to 2,753 feet above at Mount Magazine, the state’s highest point. Arkansas contains over 600,000 acres …
It’s week 3 with the 50 states weekly QAL This is Arizona Here’s some fun facts about the state Arizona became the 48th state on February 14, 1912. Capitol city is Phoenix The Arizona trout is found only in the Arizona. The saguaro cactus blossom is the official state flower. The white flower blooms on …