Happy 4th everyone! and pictures of one of my projects in progress
#1
Here is one of my projects I am working on for a back order. My version of the bear's paw done with the cut down method
The one on the top right is the pieced top done. It is 4 1/2" square. The one on the top left is the paws done of course and I use swatches for the sashing. Just haven't figured out what I want for the last sash and the center yet. The last one is a paw in progress. I use 1" hst's and swatches for the palm part and the light in the corner. I use to get so frustrated because when I cut to size before I put them together sometimes the paws would not be the same size and it was impossible to sew them straight across from each other. So I figured out if I wait and trim them then they will be the same size every time. So that is how I do it now.
The smallest Bear's Paw I have ever done I think is 2 - 2 1/2" square unfinished. I cut the 1" to 1/2" before and use a 1/8" seam--this was done by hand not! on the machine. I like to challenge myself sometimes. I get bored what can I say!!
The one on the top right is the pieced top done. It is 4 1/2" square. The one on the top left is the paws done of course and I use swatches for the sashing. Just haven't figured out what I want for the last sash and the center yet. The last one is a paw in progress. I use 1" hst's and swatches for the palm part and the light in the corner. I use to get so frustrated because when I cut to size before I put them together sometimes the paws would not be the same size and it was impossible to sew them straight across from each other. So I figured out if I wait and trim them then they will be the same size every time. So that is how I do it now.
The smallest Bear's Paw I have ever done I think is 2 - 2 1/2" square unfinished. I cut the 1" to 1/2" before and use a 1/8" seam--this was done by hand not! on the machine. I like to challenge myself sometimes. I get bored what can I say!!
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I love that you posted the process of the block! It makes me believe in possibilities!
I really like this block, and there was a time, I didn't care for the bear tracks, but I have changed my perspective on a lot of quilty things!
nice job...actually, since it was hand done - awesome job, Rhonda :D
I really like this block, and there was a time, I didn't care for the bear tracks, but I have changed my perspective on a lot of quilty things!
nice job...actually, since it was hand done - awesome job, Rhonda :D
#5
Originally Posted by SulaBug
Rhonda, this is so pretty!! :D
I am making a few tiny little
blocks from your pattern. If I
get them done, I might make
a mini quilt!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D
I am making a few tiny little
blocks from your pattern. If I
get them done, I might make
a mini quilt!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D
#6
Originally Posted by quiltncrazy
I love that you posted the process of the block! It makes me believe in possibilities!
I really like this block, and there was a time, I didn't care for the bear tracks, but I have changed my perspective on a lot of quilty things!
nice job...actually, since it was hand done - awesome job, Rhonda :D
I really like this block, and there was a time, I didn't care for the bear tracks, but I have changed my perspective on a lot of quilty things!
nice job...actually, since it was hand done - awesome job, Rhonda :D
Hmmmm maybe the "broach" would make a good tutorial --- probably too small for most tho.
#8
Originally Posted by Loretta
Rhonda, you are amazing!!!! I cannot get a bear Paw to look decent in a 12 inch square- how you manage it this small amazes me! Beautiful!!
I have thought about doing this as a tutorial. You can use the technique for any size quilt block. Most of my stuff is adjustable to any size. You don't have to do miniatures to do what I do unless you are making a small project.
#10
Thank you Lorretta. It is because of my perfectionist mother! This trait of hers to perfection only shows it's head in my work not my housework!LOL
It is mostly just 15 years of practice with miniatures and challenging myself to see what I can do. I'm so easily bored!! Also it is partly because I have been selling several hundreds hotpads to the local gift store over the last 11 years and several hundred bookmarks plus lesser amounts of the other stuff i sell her. It is lots and lots of practice til I am so sick of making hotpads! I always use the 1 1/2" template in a 6 across by 6 down pattern for my hotpads. and 6 or 8 across x 4 down for the checkbook covers eyeglass cases etc. So it becomes almost routine. When I decide to do something new then it takes me longer to decide how I want to do it so I have to take time to design.
That is the reason I developed these shortcuts so I could get more done in a shorter time. Typically I try to take up an order to Kalona every two or three weeks. That is usually 12 hotpads 3 or 4 eyeglass cases or check book covers and 6-18 bookmarks depending on what she is out of. I also do 3" squares that are 4 blocks across by 4 blocks down (1" blocks) and billfolds --mini quilts 5" x 8" and totes and coin purses. It just depends on what needs replaced. And whether I can keep up! Sometimes her shelves are bare if I have had too many other things to do.
It is mostly just 15 years of practice with miniatures and challenging myself to see what I can do. I'm so easily bored!! Also it is partly because I have been selling several hundreds hotpads to the local gift store over the last 11 years and several hundred bookmarks plus lesser amounts of the other stuff i sell her. It is lots and lots of practice til I am so sick of making hotpads! I always use the 1 1/2" template in a 6 across by 6 down pattern for my hotpads. and 6 or 8 across x 4 down for the checkbook covers eyeglass cases etc. So it becomes almost routine. When I decide to do something new then it takes me longer to decide how I want to do it so I have to take time to design.
That is the reason I developed these shortcuts so I could get more done in a shorter time. Typically I try to take up an order to Kalona every two or three weeks. That is usually 12 hotpads 3 or 4 eyeglass cases or check book covers and 6-18 bookmarks depending on what she is out of. I also do 3" squares that are 4 blocks across by 4 blocks down (1" blocks) and billfolds --mini quilts 5" x 8" and totes and coin purses. It just depends on what needs replaced. And whether I can keep up! Sometimes her shelves are bare if I have had too many other things to do.
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