We have Georgia on our minds with our newest block video for our Celebrating the States Series. Join us as we make a once in a lifetime quilt to get ready for the Semi-quincentennial!

We started this multi year, January 2022 through February 2026, Block of the Month to celebrate the Semi-quincentennial of the USA which will happen in 2026! One block a month for four+ years will make this quilt a manageable project for a once in a lifetime celebration for The United States! 250 years might seem young to our friends from all over the world but we're going to celebrate! It's going to be a great scrappy block quilt! I am making my blocks in Red, White, and Blue but you can use any color combination that you want! The color combinations that I've seen posted on our Facebook group, The Quilted Forest Friends, are AWESOME!! I am so looking forward to seeing your finished quilts!

All of the videos in this series may be found in our "Celebrate the States" playlist at this link:

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The Georgia block would be a great block to make with scraps. It wouldn't even need sashing between the blocks, just sew them together! I think the secondary design that would be made when the blocks are sewn to each other would be fun to see in all in a one color, lots of shades of the same color. I had to play around with the dimensions of the pieces and the values in order to get it looking right. I am very happy with what I finally came up with!
The block will measure 12 1/2" x 12 1/2" (12" x 12" finished in the quilt.)

I have been fortunate to travel to and through Georgia. When I was in college, I flew to Georgia to attend a conference. We took a bus trip around Atlanta, had a picnic at Stone Mountain, toured some local farms, parks, and businesses. It was an amazing trip and I was stunned by the beauty of the state. I wasn't as keen on the grits and fried green tomatoes, but Georgia, you can't win it all! I'd love to visit again, I'm keeping a list of the museums and sights I want to see next time I'm in Georgia!

For this month you'll need:
2 background rectangles, 3" x 13"

1 dark rectangle, 3" x 13"
4 dark rectangles, 3" x 5 1/2"
1 dark square, 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

1 medium rectangle, 3' x 13"
4 medium squares, 3" x 3"

Watch the video for all the cutting and piecing instructions.

All of the "Celebrating the States" blocks will be rotary cut. These blocks will be presented in video form only and will come out the last week of the month on our YouTube channel. Share this with your quilting friends and make the blocks together! Join our group on Facebook -The Quilted Forest Friends- and we will have posts where you can share the blocks you have made and be inspired by blocks others have made! We are loving all the blocks you've posted so far! Here's a link to the group:

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This quilt will be 56 blocks set with 1" sashing, 7 blocks across and 8 blocks down. It will measure 92" x 105". If borders are wanted, a 3" border will make the quilt 98" x 111". If you add a 6" border, it will measure 104" x 117". If no border is wanted, just sew the blocks together for a quilt that will measure 84" x 96". I am starting this quilt now because it has been a goal of mine (since the Bi-centennial when I was a young girl) to make a quilt for this very special, once in a lifetime celebration! #celebratethestates #rotarycutter

If you don't want a quilt that is as large as listed, split the blocks for the 50 states into half and put 25 states on the front and 25 states on the back and make it a two-sided quilt. If you use a 1" sashing, 5 blocks across and 5 blocks down and add a 3" border , it would be about 72" x 72".

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