We are participating in another blog hop. It is Quilting Around the Block USA Tour and we are week 47 – with Arkansas’ complimentary block. If you missed the previous blocks, there is a link below to see all of them on the tour website.
Here are some fun facts about Arkansas.
It’s state gem is the diamond. The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro is the only place in the world where you can dig for diamonds and keep them. Over 75,000 diamond have been found there.
The state mineral is quartz and the rock is bauxite, which is used in making aluminum.
The fiddle is the state instrument.
It’s strictly prohibited by law to mispronounce the state name. It’s “Ar-kan-saw.”
Meyer’s Bakery brought the world the gift of brown-and-serve rolls in the 1930’s in Arkansas.
Walmart opened its first store in Rogers in 1962 by Sam Walton.
The Little Rock Nine changed the face of the civil rights movement when they walked into Little Rock Central High School in 1957 after Brown vs. The Board Of Education ruling deemed segregation unconstitutional. Also, Paul McCartney has suggested that the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School was his inspiration for the song “Blackbird.”
Highly-acclaimed author John Grisham was born in Jonesboro and lived throughout Northeast Arkansas before his career took off.
Arkansas-native Hattie Caraway was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1932.
What started off as a small store in Howard County in 1938 turned into Dillard’s, one of the top department stores in the country.
47 hot springs flow from Hot Springs Mountain, at an average temperature of 143 degrees.
Please go back to our June 1st post to see two quilt patterns that we have for sale during the month of June and also a note in that blog posting where we are looking for additional pattern testers and pattern checkers.
This is an appliqué block representing the Natural State with a silhouette of the state; a sparkling diamond and a shining star. The fabrics used in the pattern cover photo are from the QT Fabrics Rapture basic collection. This block can definitely be made by an advanced beginner. If you think that you can’t do it, all I have to say is if an old retired attorney can do it, you can too!
Here is a photo of the Arkansas block that has been sewn with fabrics from my stash.
The design for this block came from the Arkansa state Flag and the fact that it is the only diamond producing state in the USA. The Arkansas state flag is comprised of the colors of red, white and blue. It has 25 stars on it as Arkansas was the 25th state admitted to the union and the stars form a diamond around the word “Arkansas.”
If you are new to our website and are interested in downloading a complimentary PDF pattern of our Arkansas block, all you have to do is look for the box on our blog, on the right hand side, that says “Like this content? Sign up for free updates” and sign up to receive our newsletter. When you have done that, you will receive a welcoming email from us that will contain a coupon code and a link back to the complimentary pattern. If you are on a cell phone, you may need to turn your phone horizontal to see the newsletter signup box. If you still can’t see it, here is a link: newsletter signup. The Welcoming letter currently has two coupon codes. One is for the Block Mania block and the other is for the Quilting Around the Block USA Tour. If you think you may be interested in the Block Mania block as well, please visit our June 1st blog post. If you do want both complimentary blocks, please request them in separate transactions as they have different coupon codes. Please be sure to note the correct coupon code. You will act as though you are purchasing the pattern and in the cart, you will apply the coupon code, which will make the pattern free. You will need to fill out contact information, but no payment method will be necessary. Don’t worry, we do not send out newsletters very often and we never sell email addresses or contact information. Here is what the pattern looks like. It is in a format very similar to most Blue Bear Quilt patterns, so if you see what you like in this free pattern, you will like our other patterns as well.
Please note: This pattern will only be complimentary until the end of July 2021. after that it will be available on our website under digital downloadable patterns.
Current newsletter subscribers, don’t despair! You will be able to download the complimentary pattern as well. You have already been sent a newsletter on June 20th which gave you the coupon code.
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Most recent posts:
June 6 –Mississippi
June 13 –Louisiana
Coming up next will be:
June 27 – Kentucky
July 4 – Illinois
We are so happy that you stopped by to visit us in the Around the Block USA Tour hop and we hope that you like our block. Please stop by to see all of the other designer’s wonderful blocks.
Participating Designers
- Charisma Horton
- Faith and Fabric
- Louanna Mary Quilt Design
- Slice of Pi Quilts
- Prairie Point Junction
- Tuning My Heart Quilts, LLC
- Traditional Primitives
- Inquiring Quilter
- A Stitch in Time
- On Williams Street
- TextileTimeTravels
- Stitch Adventure
- Designs by Sarah J
- Blue Bear Quilts
- Usquepaugh Baking Company
- The Quilting Room with Mel
- Orchid Owl Quilts
- Lizard Creek Quilting
- Seams To Be Sew
- Seams Like a Dream Quilts
- Pretty Piney Quilts
- QuiltFabrication
- One Quilting Circle
- Flying Parrot Quilts
- Stitched in Purple
- The Quilted Diary
- Katie Mae Quilts
- Wendt Quilting
- Calico Patch Designs
- Ladybug’s Cabin
- Appliques Quilts and more
- KISSed Quilts
- Carolina Moore
- Charlie’s Daughter, wool designs
- Quilt 2 End ALZ, Inc.
- Dragonfly’s Quilting Design Studio
- Off The Wall Quilt
- Sarah Ruiz Quilts
- Quilt Doodle Designs
- PhoebeMoon Designs
- Orange Blossom Quilt Design Studio LLC
- Tamarinis
