Friday, January 27, 2012

Bear Paw!

Sneak peak, first block -- bear paw -- for  my dad's king-sized quilt.




Lots of "Secret Garden" fabrics in this one, with brown "Painter's Canvas" (yummy!) for the sashing.  In short, it will be quite a traditional quilt design, but made with modern fabrics.

And I can give a hearty endorsement to "Triangulations," which is working brilliantly for quick piecing of the 2.5" half-square triangles; I look forward to using it for the teeny tiny HSTs in some of the Farmer's Wife blocks.

This block doesn't look very pretty from the back: I don't think my Featherweight is the workhorse I would like her to be (as sweet as she is).  I want my Janome back!  I might have time to pick it up today.  Can hardly wait...!

Anyway, I hope you like this sneak peek, Pops.  XO

3 comments:

1. Archie The Wonder Dog said... 2

It looks great! Love that background fabric!

3. LizA. said... 4

Ooh, lovely. This has always been one of my favorite blocks.

5. Annabella said... 6

Love tramodernal designs and your Canadian bear paw is wonderful!