Week 27 - Bear Paw
Good morning, hope you are all well. Wow, we have had some serious rain here the last couple of days. I live at Maraekakaho and we are all okay and not too flooded. Thinking of everyone in Napier though and really hoping that the rain eases up today. Watching the news this morning - wow, what a lot of damage done to some homes and neighbourhoods.
Okay, this week we have the Bear Paw Block. Oh my goodness, I am loving our 6” block this week. Of course I love the 12” block as well but I am so happy how the smaller one has turned out.
This week I have made the background the darker fabric for both blocks. Of course you can place the colours wherever suits your blocks. Great for scrappy too.
Here’s a bit of inspiration for you around this stunning block.
Scrappy Bear Paw by Wendy’s Quilts and More
Source: The Jolly Jabber blog
Source: avidvintageshop2
How stunning are these vintage bear paw blocks - I would love to find these.
Source: Fabric Mutt
This is a favourite for me. Not “technically” a bear paw block as it has three triangles on each side - however it looks like one to me. Added in is a log cabin block for the centre squares - stunning.
“The design for this quilt first appeared in my sketchbook months ago. I've always been a fan of the Bear Paw quilt block, and I thought it would be fun to do a giant version of the block and turn the center of each paw into a Log Cabin block. My husband and I spent one of our early wedding anniversaries in a cabin up at Big Bear Lake in California, so there was a little nostalgia to this for me too. I've been waiting all this time for the right fabric to appear, and when I received a package of goodies from my friends at Birch Fabrics & Fabricworm, I realized that this was exactly what I'd been waiting for. I pulled together prints from their lovely new Wild Land collection by Miriam Bos (including a few extras that I went back and purchased myself because I loved them so much!), along with the new Twinkle and Firefly Mod Basics, and paired them with some Birch solids that I've been hoarding for the last year. The result is everything I dreamed it would be.”
Hope these quilts give you lots of inspiration on how you can use this stunning versatile block.
Have a great week and I’ll see you back here next Wednesday. Take care, Christine.
