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| Visit our other Educational Quilting Sites Our Nifty Fifty groups did swaps on both the Civil War and Revolutionary War. Each quilter designed their own quilt block and made a signature square with a description of their design and the history behind it. We had 33 categories in our Civil War Swap. The Revolutionary War Swap had 26 categories which included the Thirteen Colonies |
| Illinois Log Cabin Quilt Block in a Forest Green, Burgundy, and Cream Color Theme |
| Illinois Log Cabin Quilt Block with a stitched profile in the center of Abe Lincoln in a Forest Green, Burgundy, Blue and Cream Color Theme. |
Illinois Log Cabin Quilt Block in a Blue Plum and White Color Theme |
| Illinois Quilt Block in a Purple/Yellow/White Color Theme |
| Illinois Log Cabin Quilt Block in a Cranberry, Blue, Hunter Green, and Cream Color Theme |
| Illinois Log Cabin Quilt Block in a Purple, Black and White Color Theme |
| Illinois Quilt Block in Blue,Teal and White Color Theme |
| Illinois Log Cabin Quilt Block in a Peach and Olive Green Color Theme |
| Illinois Pieced Quilt Block with an American Eagle in the center in a Americana Red, White and Blue Color Theme |
| Illinois Quilt Block in a Maroon, Hunter Green, Navy and White ColorTheme |
| Illinois Flying Geese Quilt Block in a Batik,Bali, and Fossil Fern Color Theme on Black Background |
| Illinois Quilt Block in a Cognac/Gold, Hunter Green with secondary colors of pale rose,blue, and tan Color Theme |
| Illinois Monkey Wrench Quilt Block in a Black and White Color Theme |
| Illinois Snowflake Quilt Block in a Glow in the Dark Snowflake Theme |
| Illinois Purple Violet Quilt Block in a 50 State Flower Theme |
| Illinois Abraham Lincoln Quilt Block in a Redwork Theme |
| Illinois Sunbonnet Sue in an Abraham Lincoln Hat. Quilt Block in a Sunbonnet Sue Theme |
| Illinois State Quilt Block from Carol Doak's 50 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars Theme |
| Illinois Traditional Quilt Block in a 1930 Reproductive Fabric Theme |
| Illinois Traditional Basket Quilt Block in a 1930 Reproductive Fabric Theme |
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| Admitted to the Union in 1818 and was the 21st State State Capital-Springfield Government State Page Geography State Maps Weather Colleges History Cities Illinois State Music Illinois Folklore Stories |
| Illinois The Prairie State/The Land of Lincoln Our page has photos of the quilt blocks that were uniquely designed or chosen to represent the state of Illinois in our Nifty Fifty Quilt Swaps. Illinois is called the "Land of Lincoln" because Abraham Lincoln lived there until he became President in 1861. The most popular pattern in our swap for Illinois was the Log Cabin Quilt Block. Although we did get a couple of Abe Lincoln quilt blocks. Illinois is best known for shopping and site seeing in Chicago museums,and the beautiful lakes. Sit back, relax and browse through the beautiful quilt blocks. Learn more about the state of Illinois through our informative and educational links. Be sure to bookmark our pages and come back often to get inspiration from our unique quilt blocks. Please support our pages by using our Google search bar at the bottom of our page and our Amazon links for any purchases. Thank you for your support!! |
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Bird-Northern Cardinal
FlowerPurple Violet
Tree-White Oak
Motto-State Sovereignty,
Nation Union
Fish-Bluegill
Animal-White-tailed
Deer
Abbreviation-IL
FlowerPurple Violet
Tree-White Oak
Motto-State Sovereignty,
Nation Union
Fish-Bluegill
Animal-White-tailed
Deer
Abbreviation-IL
| Click on Quilt Blocks to go to the individual swap pages to see more blocks and finished quilts |
| Illinois Amish Quilt Block Coming soon from the Nifty Fifty Quilt Block Amish Swap |
| Illinois Butterfly Quilt Block in a Batik Butterfly Theme |
| Accepting quilters on a waiting list for our Nifty Fifty 30 Amish Swap. |
| Quilt Block Coming Soon |
| Nifty Fifty 14 Quilt Block Coming Soon |
| Nifty Fifty 16 This swap did Revolutionary War Categories instead of States. See Educational Link Below |
| Nifty Fifty 21 This swap did Native American categories instead of states. |
| Nifty Fifty 28 Album/Signature Block Swap Coming Soon!! |
| Visit All 50 States Some pages still under construction. Please bookmark our page and check back often |
| Please do not copy or use the original quilt block patterns on our pages without our permission. They are here to preserve the history behind our 50 state quilt blocks swaps and we are sharing them for inspiration to other quilters. Please appreciate and enjoy our quilters creativity and the history behind each state quilt block. |
| Family Travel Page Coming Soon Visit our family travel page which includes information if traveling to Illinois from National/State Parks, Museums, Festivals and Restaurants. Even a link to where the kids can eat free! |
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| Fun Facts Coming Soon Visit our page to see the State Flag, Seal, Quarter, Stamp, License Plate and some interesting, unusual and fun facts about the state of Illinois |
| If you need any quilting supplies be sure to check out the below carousal. Click on the lower right arrows to browse through some of our favorite quilting items. |
| Illinois Symbols |
| Illinois Information |
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| "God Bless" Unique Illinois Quilt Block in a Patriotic Theme in Red, White and Blue Includes the quilter's signature square in Remembrance of September 11, 2001 Visit our NF 27 website to read more signature blocks |
| NEXT STATE Visit to see our unique quilt blocks for the state of Indiana The Hoosier State |
| Brenda's Wish Quilt Unique Illinois Quilt Block |
| Sunbonnet Sue visiting Chicago Illinois. Quilt Block in a Sunbonnet Sue Theme |
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