Bears Paw: New Quilts from an Old Favorite

by Russell, Marjorie

• ISBN13: 9781574327564
• ISBN10: 1574327569
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Collector Books

Summary

Each year a contest sponsored by the Museum of the American Quilter's Society (MAQS) encourages quiltmakers to develop innovative quilts from a traditional pattern. Bear's Paw was the theme of the 8th annual contest. Learn helpful tips about the well loved Bear's Paw from the 18 contest winners and finalists featured in this book. Easy enough for a beginner, the block is made of simple squares and half-square triangles. Sashing strips added between paws give three dimensional effects and innovations in design, color, and form. Winning quilts in the MAQS contest become part of an exhibit touring the United States - look for it in your area.

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(1)
Sponsors	7	(1)
The Contest	8	(1)
Bear's Paw Block	9	(78)
Winners and Finalists
Wild and Wooly	12	(4)
Claudia Clark Myers
A Night to Remember	16	(4)
Gayle Wallace
Gertrude Embree
Vanishing	20	(4)
Vicky Lawrence
Pointed Paws	24	(4)
Mary Ann Herndon
Last Breath of Spring	28	(4)
Greenwood Ridge
Laura Fogg
The Bear and the Boy: I Spy the Disappearing Bear's Paw	32	(6)
Wendy Butler Berns
Buggy Wheels	38	(4)
Barbara Clem
Sammamish	42	(4)
Nancy Cluts
Golden Blocks and the Three Bears	46	(4)
Pat Cochran
Lone Bear	50	(4)
Sherri Bain Driver
Bears Examination	54	(4)
Bonnie Fredrick
Bear's Pause	58	(4)
Chris Lynn Kirsch
Bear Country	62	(4)
Fay Pritts
Oblique	66	(4)
Elizabeth Rymer
Bear Necessity	70	(4)
Judy Sogn
Investment Journey --- Silver Thimbles and Stock Holding (STASH) group	74	(4)
Sunpaw	78	(4)
Cherie St. Cyr
Susan Marks
Brown Bear	82	(5)
Joan Walker
More Bear's Paw Blocks	87	(4)
Bear's Paw Block Variations	91	(3)
The Museum	94
Techniques and Essays
Curved Block Construction	14
Collage Landscape Construction	30
Selecting Fabrics (with a color wheel)	34
Color Wheel	37
Selecting Fabrics (without a color wheel)	40
Design Ideas	48
Choosing Quilting Motifs	52
Multiple Half-Square Triangles	56
Quilt Design Ideas	64
Drafting Blocks Any Size	68
Potato-Dextrin Resist	80
Patterns
Curved Block	15
10'' 60° Diamond Block	27
13 1/2'' Bear's Paw with Nine Patch Block	41
15 3/4'' Bear's Paw with Nine Patch Block	41
10 1/2'' Paw Within a Paw Block	44
9'' Three Bear Block	48
Lone Bear Quilting Motifs	52
10'' Bear's Paw Block	57
Bear Applique Pattern	61
9'' Bear's Paw Block with Long Claws	65
Skewed Bear's Paw Block	72
Brown Bear Wall Quilt Pattern	84
13'' Log Cabin Bear's Paw Block	85
More Bear's Paw Blocks
7'' Bear's Paw Block	88
9'' Bear's Paw Block	88
10 1/2'' Bear's Paw Block	89
12'' Bear's Paw Block	90
Bear's Paw Variations
8'' Bear's Paw Variation	91
10 1/2'' Bear's Paw Variation	92
14'' Bear's Paw Variation	93