It's #FabulousFlorianiFreebieFriday and we are {sew} excited to bring you another amazing Floriani State Flower by Sketching Across America!
This week, we are celebrating the great state of Georgia! This is now our 15th State Flower Design, and we hope that you have loved them as much as we have!
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Now it's time for one of our favorite parts of this segment - FUN FACTS!
Fun Facts About Georgia:
Georgia's largest crop is pecans. It’s also a top producer of blueberries. But, it is known as the peach state.
There was a Gold Rush in Georgia that lasted from 1829- 1861. It produced more than 870,000 ounces of gold, which sadly came mostly from Cherokee land. The Cherokee were soon evicted and sent along the famous trail of tears.
Georgia has weird laws like, it is illegal to keep a donkey in a bathtub.
Georgia’s population sits at around 10 million people, and it is the 8th most populous state in the United States.
Georgia’s official state bird is the brown thrasher; the state flower is the Cherokee rose.
Coca-Cola was invented in GA in 1886.
The first ever steamship to cross the Atlantic, the City of Savanna, sailed from Georgia.
Thomasville is called the City of Roses.
Blackbeard Island was the home of the pirate Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach.
In 1776, the total population of Georgia was only about 40,000 people.
That's all for this week! Don't forget to check back next week for another release of a State Flower, and check with your local dealer for our current Sketching Across America Thread set so you can stitch along with us!
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