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Friday, June 4, 2021

Tales From The Scrap Yard: Some Really Cool Bear Paws

Bear Paws Quilt Top
in cool colors
42  x 56

Made of 14 inch (finished) Bear Paw blocks.


Back on March 24 I received several bags of scraps and I decided to document  with "Tales From The Scrap Yard" how many donation quilts I could make from those scraps. I've been trying to make the quilts all different.  I sorted the scraps into different bins and boxes and this is the first and probably only quilt I'll be able to make from the cool scraps although there are some cool scraps left that will be made into a few other blocks to be shared in quilts in a rainbow of different colors.  The neutral backgrounds came from my scraps. 



This is quilt top #8 made from those March 24 scraps. When finished it will probably be donated to


Last year 3372 quilts were donated through Quilts Beyond Borders to a variety of initiatives that serve needy people and children. A summary of those initiatives and the number of quilts received may be found on the Quilts Beyond Borders April 30, 2021 blog post. 



 

14 comments:

  1. These cool colored bear paws certainly are cool! Usually bearpaw blocks tend to be browns and earth colors, the blues and aquas and purples are great!

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  2. I really like bear paws and 14"-ers would be GREAT!! I'm on a Quilt of Valor making kick and these would be fab in red, white and blue. Might put those on the QOV agenda. Yours are a great inspiration.

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  3. i think you have now been declared - Master Scrapper!!!
    What a great quilt - and an amazing way to use all those beautiful Scraps!!!

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  4. Oh my gosh, I love your bear paws and so will the child or adult who receives it!

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  5. Another scrapyard beauty! Do you have an estimate of how many more will come from that March 24 gift?

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  6. OMG--what a gorgeous Bear Paw quilt in those cool colors..nice work hugs, Julierose

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  7. That's another really pretty quilt! No doubt it will be much loved, just like all the others you have donated. ---"Love"

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  8. I love all of your flimsies/quilts but this top has to be my favourite. Those cool colours are beautiful and I love how you have varied those bear paw blocks made entirely from one fabric and others where the “claws” are a different one from the centre square. So delightful, one you want to keep looking at.

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  9. That's really pretty! Great use of those cool color scraps!

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  10. Love the cool bear paw blocks. Great quilt top.

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  11. Love your bear paw purple quilt! It's beautiful and well done on reducing scraps.

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  12. That is cool! Way to go. I am enjoying seeing what you make with them.

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  13. LOVE this quilt top, Cathy!! I had hoped for Bear Paw blocks when I finish my term as guild president, back when that guild did such things. Instead, I got fabric and still don't have a Bear Paw quilt! :o((

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