Bear Claw Quilt Tutorial
Over the past couple of months my friends at riley blake and i have been making one classic quilt block a week or at least one block design some are making numerous of each block design.
Bear claw quilt tutorial. Last week jenny taught one quick and easy way to set a quilt on point. This week she s demonstrating another simple method. Msqc s jenny shows us how to make a quick and easy bear paw quilt using jelly rolls 2 1 2 inch strips of precut fabric. Click here to watch the tutorial.
There are lots of other names for this block like the best friend bear s tracks bear s foot cat s paw duck s foot in the mud hand of friendship illinois turkey track and tea. It s the perfect pattern for your favorite 2 5 inch strips and it comes together like a dream. Today i m sharing a tutorial for one of my favorite classic quilt blocks the bear paw. Posted by elaine huff on may 06 2019.
If you head to my instagram or search the hashtag rbdblockchallenge you can see all of the. Cut each square on the diagonal to create triangles. Free bear paw quilt block pattern. Assemble the bear paw block.
Sew together each row. Easy quilting tutorial with jenny doan of missouri star quilt co. Make the back of each light 4 patch with a diagonal line between both pairs of corners. Press the seams of the top and bottom row toward the bear paw corners press the middle row toward the center square so that seams will lay flat.
Image from the jolly jabber blog. Arrange the components as shown in the photo below. This super fun scrappy bear claw quilt version is a tutorial from wendy s quilts and more here s another scrappy version using a single claw block. Today let s put together a variation of the traditional bear paw quilt block.
The bear paw quilt. This version was made by heidi staples of fabric mutt using this tutorial by rita of red pepper quilts one of my favorite sources for scrappy inspiration. Cut half of squares on the diagonal from upper left corner to lower right corner and half of the squares from the lower left corner to the upper right corner if your fabric is multi directional this is not important cut all on the diagonal either way. With your favorite quarter inch foot installed on your sewing machine stitch a quarter inch away from both sides of each line.
Pin to match points and join the rows together. Start by constructing the hst units.