Wyoming and 'Butch and Sundance'

Wyoming quilt block

The Wyoming quilt block may look familiar to you, but that is likely due to the fact that many quilt blocks look similar. Changes in patch placement or rotation, and the colour value of the patches can make an entirely new block. You may be interested to check some of these blocks out for yourself, so I have listed a few on the Wyoming quilt block pattern page.

This nine patch quilt block is an easy one for the beginner quilter and introduces you to half square triangles and flying geese patches if they are new to you.

Fun Facts about Wyoming

• Any person who fails to close a fence in Wyoming is subject to a fine of up to seven hundred and fifty dollars.


• When you fly over Wyoming, you will notice that they have built their highways in an argyle pattern.


• "Wyoming" is Native American slang for "Almost square."


• Harry Longabaugh became known as the Sundance Kid because he served a jail term for horse stealing in Sundance, Wyoming.


• The famous Hole in the Wall hideout for Butch and Sundance (and numerous other outlaws of the time) is located in the Big Horn Mountains of Johnson County, Wyoming.


• Wyoming touches more states than any other.

_{'Wyoming' quilt block image © W. Russell, patchworksquare.com
'Butch and Sundance" wanted poster image courtesy public domain}