Recently, my sister and brother-in-law moved to Kansas and are building a house near their daughter so I am planning on visiting soon. I’ve been puzzling over how to represent the state til I learned the geographic center of the contiguous United States is located about 2.6 miles northwest of the center of Lebanon, Kansas, just about 12 miles south of the Kansas-Nebraska border. So I have designed our Kansas block with a shining gold square (representing Kansas) in the center of our block to signify the center of the country.
Tag: 2015 States Of Modern Block Of The Week
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States Of Modern Week Three: Arizona
We continue our States of Modern this week with inspiration from the state of Arizona. Arizona is a western state filled with history and natural beauty. (more…)
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States Of Modern: Alaska (Week 2)
Alaska! Just the name conjures up Wide Open Spaces, Tall Mountains and lots of SNOW!
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2015 Block Of The Week: States Of Modern
I have set myself a challenge for 2015. And that is to explore the Modern Movement in Quiltmaking today. And I have determined an interesting way to do this… We are going to explore the states of the USA and interpret an aspect of each state in a modern quilt block. I hope you will follow along wherever in the world you live and learn about modern Quiltmaking along with my country while learning about our states.
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